Financial Risk Manager Handbook

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The essential reference for financial risk management

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, theFinancial Risk Manager Handbook is the core text for riskmanagement training programs worldwide. Presented in a clear andconsistent fashion, this completely updated FifthEdition-which comes with an interactive CD-ROM containinghundreds of multiple-choice questions from previous FRM exams-isone of the best ways to prepare for the Financial Risk Manager(FRM) exam.

Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Fifth Edition supportscandidates studying for the Global Association of RiskProfessional's (GARP) annual FRM exam and prepares you to assessand control risk in today's rapidly changing financial world.Authored by renowned risk management expert Philippe Jorion-withthe full support of GARP-this definitive guide summarizes the corebody of knowledge for financial risk managers.
* Offers valuable insights on managing market, credit,operational, and liquidity risk
* Examines the importance of structured products, futures,options, and other derivative instruments
* Identifies regulatory and legal issues
* Addresses investment management and hedge fund risk

Financial Risk Manager Handbook is the most comprehensiveguide on this subject, and will help you stay current on bestpractices in this evolving field. The FRM Handbook is the officialreference book for GARP's FRM® certification program.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.
 

Contents

Part Two Capital Markets
109
Part Three Market Risk Management
245
Part Four Investment Risk Management
381
Part Five Credit Risk Management
429
Part Six Legal Operational and Integrated Risk Management
585
Part Seven Regulation and Compliance
655
About the CDROM
715
Index
717
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About the author (2009)

Philippe Jorion is Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine. He has also taught at Columbia, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and the University of British Columbia. He holds an MBA and a PhD from the University of Chicago and a degree in engineering from the University of Brussels. Dr. Jorion has authored more than ninety publications—directed towards academics and practitioners-on the topic of risk management and international finance. He is on the editorial board of a number of financial journals and was editor of the Journal of Risk. His work has received several prizes for research. Dr. Jorion has written the first four editions of Financial Risk Manager Handbook (Wiley), as well as Financial Risk Management: Domestic and International Dimensions; Big Bets Gone Bad: Derivatives and Bankruptcy in Orange County; and Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk. He is also a managing director at Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), a global fund of hedge funds.

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