Financial institutions management : a risk management approach

By: Saunders, AnthonyContributor(s): Cornett, Marcia MillonMaterial type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance, and real estatePublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, ©2003Edition: 4th edDescription: xxii, 778 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780071233040; 0071233040Subject(s): Risk management | Financial institutionsDDC classification: 332.1
Contents:
Part 1 Introduction: why are financial intermediaries special?; the financial services industry - depository institutions; the financial services industry - insurance companies; the financial services industry - securities firms and investment banks; the financial services industry - mutual funds, the financial services industry - finance companies; risks of financial intermediation. Part 2 Measuring risk: interest rate risk 1; interest rate risk 2; market risk; credit risk - individual loan risk; credit risk - loan portfolio and concentration risk; off-balance sheet activities; technology and other operational risks; foreign exchange risk; sovereign risk; liquidity risk. Part 3 Managing risk: liability and liquidity management; deposit insurance and other liability guarantees; capital adequacy; product diversification; geographic diversification - domestic; geographic diversification - international; futures and forwards; options, caps, floors and collars; swaps; loan scales and other credit management techniques; securitization.
Summary: This text focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. The central theme is that the risks faced by managers and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are becoming increasingly similar.
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Part 1 Introduction: why are financial intermediaries special?; the financial services industry - depository institutions; the financial services industry - insurance companies; the financial services industry - securities firms and investment banks; the financial services industry - mutual funds, the financial services industry - finance companies; risks of financial intermediation. Part 2 Measuring risk: interest rate risk 1; interest rate risk 2; market risk; credit risk - individual loan risk; credit risk - loan portfolio and concentration risk; off-balance sheet activities; technology and other operational risks; foreign exchange risk; sovereign risk; liquidity risk. Part 3 Managing risk: liability and liquidity management; deposit insurance and other liability guarantees; capital adequacy; product diversification; geographic diversification - domestic; geographic diversification - international; futures and forwards; options, caps, floors and collars; swaps; loan scales and other credit management techniques; securitization.

This text focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. The central theme is that the risks faced by managers and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are becoming increasingly similar.

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