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Risk Management and Financial Institutions, Fourth Edition Paperback – 6 March 2015
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Risk Management and Financial Institutions explains all aspects of financial risk and financial institution regulation, helping readers better understand the financial markets and potential dangers. This new fourth edition has been updated to reflect the major developments in the industry, including the finalization of Basel III, the fundamental review of the trading book, SEFs, CCPs, and the new rules affecting derivatives markets. There are new chapters on enterprise risk management and scenario analysis. Readers learn the different types of risk, how and where they appear in different types of institutions, and how the regulatory structure of each institution affects risk management practices. Comprehensive ancillary materials include software, practice questions, and all necessary teaching supplements, facilitating more complete understanding and providing an ultimate learning resource.
All financial professionals need a thorough background in risk and the interlacing connections between financial institutions to better understand the market, defend against systemic dangers, and perform their jobs. This book provides a complete picture of the risk management industry and practice, with the most up to date information.
- Understand how risk affects different types of financial institutions
- Learn the different types of risk and how they are managed
- Study the most current regulatory issues that deal with risk
Risk management is paramount with the dangers inherent in the financial system, and a deep understanding is essential for anyone working in the finance industry; today, risk management is part of everyone's job. For complete information and comprehensive coverage of the latest industry issues and practices, Risk Management and Financial Institutions is an informative, authoritative guide.
- ISBN-101118955943
- ISBN-13978-1118955949
- Edition1st
- PublisherWiley US
- Publication date6 March 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions17.78 x 4.24 x 25.4 cm
- Print length752 pages
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New to this edition:
- New chapter comparing scenario analysis to valuation (Chapter 7) as the distinction between the two is becoming increasingly important.
o Introduces the reader to the statistical processes usually assumed for market variables (without any stochastic calculus)
o Explains how a Monte Carlo simulation works
o Distinguishes between the real and risk-neutral worlds
o Careful explanation of what risk neutrality means for variables such as default probabilities
- New chapter on the fundamental review of the trading book (Chapter 17) an important new proposal from the Basel committee.
- New chapter on margin, OTC markets, and CCPs (Chapter 18) covers recent developments in the trading of over-the-counter derivatives and introduces the reader to a number of credit risk issues.
- New chapter on enterprise risk management (Chapter 27) that discusses risk appetite, risk culture, and the importance of taking a holistic approach to risk management.
- The book is now divided into six parts: Financial Institutions and Their Trading, Market Risk, Regulation, Credit Risk, Other Topics, and Appendices.
- Improved sequencing of the book’s material for example, the calculation of value-at-risk and expected shortfall is now covered immediately after these risk measures are introduced.
- Additional emphasis throughout the book on the use of expected shortfall consistent with the Basel committee’s plans for changing the way market risk capital is calculated (see Chapter 17).
- Updated and improved material on CVA and DVA (see Chapter 20).
- Presents a new, simpler method for taking volatility changes into account in the historical simulation method (developed by the author for this edition see Chapter 13).
- New end-of-chapter problems and fully updated and improved PowerPoint slides.
- Software downloads available via the author’s web site.
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All Finance Professionals Need to Understand Risk
Companies must take risks to survive and prosper, but deciding which risks are acceptable, which are not, and what action to take is the tricky part. To be successful, all finance professionals need a solid understanding of risk.
Risk Management and Financial Institutions, written by one of the most respected authorities on financial risk management, is thorough, textbook–level instruction for all finance professionals, on all aspects of financial risk.
Fully revised and updated, this top–selling book clarifies such complex topics as the diff erent types of financial institutions and how they are regulated, valuation and scenario analysis, credit risk, margin and collateral, volatility, and much more.
You′ll find new coverage of timely subjects, such as central clearing, scenario analysis, enterprise risk management, and the latest regulatory issues and gain access to a supplementary website with additional software and helpful learning aids.
About the Author
JOHN C. HULLis the Maple Financial Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and codirector of Rotman's Master of Finance program. He has been a consultant to many North American, Japanese, and European fi nancial institutions, and is the author of three books, which are widely used by both practitioners and academics, and an associate editor of eight academic journals.
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- Publisher : Wiley US; 1st edition (6 March 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 752 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1118955943
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118955949
- Dimensions : 17.78 x 4.24 x 25.4 cm
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About the author

John C. Hull is a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
He is a respected researcher in the academic field of quantitative finance (see for example the Hull-White model) and is the author of two books on financial derivatives that are widely used texts for market practitioners: "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives" and "Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets".
Hull is an editor of the Journal of Derivatives (since 1993), The Review of Derivatives Research (since 1993), the Journal of Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation (since 1994), the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies (since 1996), the Journal of Risk (since 1998), the Journal of Bond Trading and Management (since 2001), the Journal of Derivatives Accounting (since 2002) and the Journal of Credit Risk (since 2004).
He studied Mathematics at Cambridge University (B.A. & M.A.), and holds an M.A. in Operational Research from Lancaster University and a Ph.D. in Finance from Cranfield University. In 1999, he was awarded the Financial Engineer of the Year Award, by the International Association of Financial Engineers. He has twin sons named Peter and David, and a wife named Michelle.
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