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Author Rossi, Clifford, author.

Title A risk professional's survival guide : applied best practices in risk management / Clifford Rossi
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014

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Series Wiley finance
Wiley finance series.
Contents A Risk Professional's Survival Guide -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- CHAPTER 1 Navigating Risk at Sifi Bank -- OVERVIEW -- FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION AND PROFIT MAXIMIZATION -- SIFIBANK STRUCTURE AND HISTORY -- SIFIBANK ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT GOVERNANCE -- Lines of Business -- Sifi Bank Balance Sheet Composition -- Industry Structure and Competition -- BANK REGULATORY LANDSCAPE -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 2 Overview of Financial Risk Management -- RISK MANAGEMENT DEFINED -- Situational Risk Management -- ELEMENTS OF RISK MANAGEMENT -- RISK IDENTIFICATION AND TYPOLOGY -- RISK MEASUREMENT -- RISK ANALYSIS -- RISK MITIGATION -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 3 Risk Governance and Structure -- SIFIBANK'S RISK GOVERNANCE-THE EARLY YEARS -- Criteria for Effective Risk Management -- A Theory of Risk Governance -- PRESCRIPTIONS FOR STRONG RISK GOVERNANCE -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 4 Economic Capital, Risk-Adjusted Performance, and Capital Allocation -- SIFIBANK'S BUSINESS PROBLEM -- ECONOMIC CAPITAL AND VALUE-AT-RISK -- STRESS TESTING AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS -- RISK-ADJUSTED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT -- RISK-ADJUSTED PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 5 Credit Risk Theory -- OVERVIEW -- A Theory of Default -- PORTFOLIO CREDIT RISK DYNAMICS -- ANALYTIC METHODS FOR CREDIT PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT -- COUNTERPARTY RISK -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 6 Consumer Credit Risk Measurement -- OVERVIEW -- MEASURING PRODUCT EXPECTED LOSS -- INCORPORATING BORROWER OPTIONS INTO RISK VIEWS AND COMPETING RISK ASSESSMENT -- LOSS SEVERITY -- GENERATING CREDIT LOSS ESTIMATES -- LOAN LOSS RESERVING AND FORECASTING -- UNEXPECTED LOSS -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 7 Commercial Credit Risk Overview -- SIFICOMMERCIAL LENDING DIVISION -- DEVELOPING RISK RATINGS -- RISK-RATING SCORECARD PROCESS
LOAN REVIEW PROCESS -- RATING CRE LOANS -- COMMERCIAL LOAN SYNDICATION -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 8 Credit Risk Mitigation -- OVERVIEW -- INSURANCE CONTRACTS -- CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND RISK MITIGATION -- CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP MECHANICS -- CREDIT-LINKED NOTE MECHANICS -- COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATION MECHANICS -- CREDIT HEDGING OUTCOMES -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 9 Interest Rate Risk -- OVERVIEW OF SIFIBANK'S INTEREST RATE RISK EXPOSURE -- Duration Models -- Extensions of the Duration Model -- PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS -- ANALYTIC VAR MEASUREMENT OF INTEREST RATE RISK -- MONTE CARLO VAR INTEREST RATE RISK METHODS -- MODELING INTEREST RATE RISK OF MORE COMPLEX INSTRUMENTS -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 10 Market Risk -- CALCULATING VAR FOR A PORTFOLIO -- SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND VAR -- POSITION LIMITS POLICIES -- VAR LIMITATIONS AND ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 11 Liquidity Risk Management -- SIFIBANK'S EXPOSURE TO LIQUIDITY RISK -- SIFIBANK'S APPROACH TO LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT -- Building a Static Maturity Ladder -- STRESS TESTING THE LIQUIDITY PROFILE -- Scenario 1: Systemic Risk Event -- Scenario 2: Sector-Specific Risk Event -- Scenario 3: Sifi Bank-Specific Risk Event -- LIQUIDITY CONTINGENCY PLANNING -- LIQUIDITY MEASUREMENT -- Advanced Liquidity Analytics: Probability-Based Liquidity Modeling -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 12 Market Risk Hedging -- OVERVIEW -- HEDGING PRINCIPLES AND BASICS -- HEDGING USING FUTURES CONTRACTS -- ROLLING HEDGES AND RISKS -- HEDGING USING OPTIONS -- DELTA HEDGING -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 13 Hedging Interest Rate Risk -- OVERVIEW -- HEDGE INSTRUMENT ALTERNATIVES -- Futures and Forwards -- Options -- Delta Hedging -- Use of Multiple Hedge Instruments -- Hedge Optimization Techniques -- Cost Considerations -- Addressing Basis Risk
Effects of Option Time Decay (Theta) -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 14 Operational Risk Management -- OVERVIEW -- INTERNAL CONTROLS ASSESSMENT -- QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL RISK -- REGULATORY STANDARDS -- CYBER-SECURITY RISK -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 15 Model, Regulatory, Legal, and Reputational Risk Management -- OVERVIEW -- MODEL RISK -- DATA ERRORS -- MODEL ASSUMPTIONS -- RISK LAYERING -- GUARDING AGAINST MODEL RISK -- REGULATORY RISK -- LEGAL RISK -- REPUTATION RISK -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 16 Toward Integrated Risk Management -- OVERVIEW -- DEFINING INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT -- KEY RISK INTEGRATION POINTS -- ALIGNING RISK INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RISK-TAKING -- SUMMARY -- QUESTIONS -- Answer Key -- Index -- EULA
Summary "Balanced, practical risk management for post-financial crisis institutions. A Risk Professional's Survival Guide fills a critical gap left by existing risk management texts. Instead of focusing only on quantitative risk analysis or only on institutional risk management, this book takes a comprehensive approach. The disasters of the recent financial crisis taught us that managing risk is both an art and a science, and it is critical for practitioners to understand how individual risks are integrated at the enterprise level. This book is the only resource of its kind to introduce all of the key risk management concepts in a cohesive case study spanning each chapter. A hypothetical bank drawn from elements of several real world institutions serves as a backdrop for topics from credit risk and operational risk to understanding big-picture risk exposure. You will be able to see exactly how each rigorous concept is applied in actual risk management contexts. Fundamentals of Risk Management includes: Supplemental Excel-based Visual Basic (VBA) modules, so you can interact directly with risk models Clear explanations of the importance of risk management in preventing financial disasters Real world examples and lessons learned from past crises Risk policies, infrastructure, and activities that balance limited quantitative models This book provides the element of hands-on application necessary to put enterprise risk management into effective practice. The very best risk managers rely on a balanced approach that leverages every aspect of financial operations for an integrative risk management strategy. With Fundamentals of Risk Management, you can identify and control risk at an expert level"-- Provided by publisher
"Takes a comprehensive approach to risk management, leveraging every aspect of financial operations to develop an integrative, expert risk management strategy. Introduces all of the key risk management concepts in a cohesive case study spanning each chapter"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Includes index
Copyright © John Wiley & Sons
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Subject Risk management.
Risk Management
risk management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities.
Risk management
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014018147
ISBN 9781118953044
1118953045
9781118922378
1118922379
9781322236421
1322236429