Structured Credit Products are one of today's fastest growing investment and risk management mechanisms, and a focus of innovation and creativity in the capital markets. The building blocks of these products are credit derivatives, which are among the most widely used products in finance. This book offers a succinct and focused description of the main credit derivative instruments, as well as the more complex products such as synthetic collateralised debt obligations. The book features: * Detailed product descriptions and analysis * Case studies on US, European and Asian transactions * Latest developments in synthetic structures. Written in an accessible style by an acclaimed author in the field of finance, this book is aimed at the entire banking, securitisation and fund management market.