JACK CLARK FRANCIS is Professor of Economics and Finance at Bernard M. Baruch College in New York City and author of several well-known college textbooks. He previously served as a Federal Reserve economist and on the finance faculty of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

WILLIAM W. TOY is a Vice President in the Equity Derivatives Department at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a codeveloper of the Black-Derman-Toy interest rate options model. He holds a PhD in physics from MIT.

J. GREGG WHITTAKER is a Managing Director and the global head of Credit Derivatives for Chase Securities in New York City and a former senior vice president of S. G. Warburg, where he headed the Equity-Structured Products Division. He earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Options Fundamentals (T. Weithers).

A Historical Perspective on Equity Derivatives (J. Hill & B. Dunn).

PRODUCTS TRADED ON ORGANIZED EXCHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES.

U.S. Options Exchanges (J. Junkus).

U.S. Stock Index Futures Markets (T. Petzel).

Index Participation Units (E. Kirzner).

Exchange-Traded Equity Funds-Genesis, Growth, and Outlook (G. Gastineau & C. Weber).

International Equity Derivatives (J. Junkus).

ISSUER DERIVATIVE STRUCTURES.

Warrants (E. Harty).

Japanese Warrants (B. Sucher & J. Knight).

Convertibles (A. Aithal).

Buy-Write Securities (T. McManus).

The Enigma of Tax-Driven Security Design: The Unbundled Stock Units and Other Experiences (R. Sah & N. Vasavada).

SYNTHETIC STRUCTURES.

Applications of OTC Options and Other Structured Products (M. Zurack).

Americus Trust's Primes and Scores: Precursors to Leaps, Percs, Elks, Yeelds and Chips, and Supertrust (E. Harty).

Public Equity-Linked Debt (W. Toy & M. Ryan).

Equity Swaps: Structures, Uses, and Pricing (J. Marshall & R. Yuyuenyongwatana).

Nikkei 225 Put Warrants (M. Ryan & R. Granovsky).

Synthetic Warrants (T. Lindberg).

Supershares (M. Rubinstein).

Structured Equity Derivative Products (J. Whittaker).

A Practitioner's Guide To Structuring Listed Equity Derivative Securities (J. Braddock & B. Krause).

ACCOUNTING, TAX, AND REGULATORY ISSUES.

Accounting Considerations for Equity Derivatives (M. Joseph).

Legal Issues Concerning Equity Derivative Instruments (P. Gottlieb & J. Gatsos).

The U.S. Taxation of Equity Derivative Instruments (E. Kleinbard).

Developments in U.S. Derivatives Regulation (T. Russo & M. Vinciguerra).

SEARCHING FOR MEANINGFUL PATTERNS.

Why Financial Instruments Fail or Succeed (J. Francis).

What Lies Ahead? (G. Gastineau & L. Margolis).

The Theory of Security Design (A. Boot, et al.).

Index.