Balanced, practical risk management for post - financialcrisis institutions
Fundamentals of Risk Management fills a critical gap leftby existing risk management texts. Instead of focusing only onquantitative risk analysis or only on institutional riskmanagement, this book takes a comprehensive approach. The disastersof the recent financial crisis taught us that managing risk is bothan art and a science, and it is critical for practitioners tounderstand how individual risks are integrated at the enterpriselevel.
This book is the only resource of its kind to introduce all ofthe key risk management concepts in a cohesive case study spanningeach chapter. A hypothetical bank drawn from elements of severalreal world institutions serves as a backdrop for topics from creditrisk and operational risk to understanding big-picture riskexposure. You will be able to see exactly how each rigorous conceptis applied in actual risk management contexts. Fundamentals ofRisk Management includes:
* Supplemental Excel-based Visual Basic (VBA) modules, so you caninteract directly with risk models
* Clear explanations of the importance of risk management inpreventing financial disasters
* Real world examples and lessons learned from past crises
* Risk policies, infrastructure, and activities that balancelimited quantitative models
This book provides the element of hands-on application necessaryto put enterprise risk management into effective practice. The verybest risk managers rely on a balanced approach that leverages everyaspect of financial operations for an integrative risk managementstrategy. With Fundamentals of Risk Management, you canidentify and control risk at an expert level.
Clifford Rossi
Business & Management Risiko-, Notfall- u. Krisenmanagement Risikomanagement Risk, Contingency & Crisis Management Wirtschaft u. Management