Advanced Financial Risk Management: Tools and Techniques for Integrated Credit Risk and Interest Rate Risk Management (Wiley Finance Series) - Tapa dura

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An in--depth look at financial risk management Advanced Financial Risk Management integrates interest rate risk, credit risk, foreign exchange risk, and capital allocation using a consistent risk management approach. It explains, in detailed, yet understandable terms, the analytics of these issues from A to Z. Written by experienced risk managers, this book bridges the gap between the idealized assumptions used for valuation and the realities that must be reflected in management actions. It covers everything from the basics of present value, forward rates, and interest rate compounding to the wide variety of alternative term structure models. Donald R. Van Deventer (Hawaii) founded the Kamakura Corporation in April 1990 and is currently President. In 2003, he was voted into the Risk Hall of Fame for having made a profound contribution to the field of risk management. Kenji Imai (Hawaii) heads Software Development for Kamakura and participates in selected Japan--related financial advisory assignments. Mark Mesler (Hawaii) heads the information production for Kamakura Risk Information Services.

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"This invaluable book combines a rigorous primer on risk management and fixed income analytics with sophisticated treatment of modern financial instruments and markets. I am particularly impressed with the authors' treatment of modern credit risk management models and techniques. Any serious student of the fields of risk management and investment strategies will find this volume extremely useful." - Edward I. Altman, Director, Credit & Debt Markets Research Program, Max L. Heine Professor of FinanceNew York University, Stern School of Business

"Derivatives traders in credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations are using state of the art technology that integrates both interest rate and credit risk. In this groundbreaking book, Don van Deventer, formerly treasurer of one of the largest banks in the United States and a member of the RISK hall of fame, Kenji Imai, and Mark Mesler show why it's desirable and practical to apply these same concepts to the total balance sheet of a financial institution. This book should be on every risk manager's essential reading list." - Robert Jarrow, Ronald and Susan Lynch Professor of Investment Management, Johnson School of Business, Cornell University

"Van Deventer, Imai, and Mesler utilize their incomparable academic and professional experience and their technical expertise to comprehensively express their perspectives on how integrated interest rate and credit risk management creates shareholder value. I recommend this book to banking and hedge fund professionals seeking a complete education in current interest rate and credit risk management practices." - David P. Belmont, Author of Value Added Risk Management in Financial Institutions

"Successful risk management demands up-to-date knowledge of asset-liabilities management, market, credit and operational risk; and the ability to implement sound quantitative tools and techniques. This book provides an insightful overview of credit and interest rate risk, and discusses a broad treatment of the related modeling theory and methods. In particular, it discusses the pros and cons of both structural and reduced form models of credit risk. The presentation is accessible, foregoing unnecessary technical details. Written by experienced professionals, it offers both technical information and advice that can help practitioners involved in managing credit and interest rate risk." - J.R. Sobehart, VP - Senior Analyst, Credit and Operational Risk Analytics, Citigroup Risk Architecture

"In clear prose, the authors show why market-based tools such as put option theory, interest rate analytics, mark-to-market thinking, and bond prices are so important to modern credit risk management. Helpful examples pepper each chapter, illustrating and developing important concepts. This reader-friendly book is both a reference manual and a teaching companion for developing risk management skills." - Drake Pike, Head of Credit Risk Management, Asia ex-Japan Lehman Brothers