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JONATHAN GOLIN, a graduate of Berkeley and Harvard Law School, has more than fifteen years' experience in the financial sector. He worked at the Economist Intelligence Unit and as a credit analyst at Tokai Asia in Hong Kong before joining Thomson BankWatch Asia in 1997, a specialist rating agency. After BankWatch was absorbed by Fitch Ratings in 2000, Jonathan wrote the first edition of The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook (2002). Subsequently, he relocated to London and established his own bank credit research and training consultancy. Clients included Rabobank, Genworth Financial, Euromoney Training, the African Development Bank, and the Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation. More recently, Jonathan was employed by the UK's main bank regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a risk specialist. Other books in which he had a lead role include Capital Flows Along the Mekong: The Complete Guide to Investing in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (1995) and Covered Bonds beyond Pfandbriefe: Innovations, Investment and Structured Alternatives (2006). PHILIPPE DELHAISE, PhD, is the founder of Capital Information Services and the Carbon Management Consulting Group. He was the President of the Asia Division of Thomson BankWatch, and served as an adjunct professor of finance at City University of Hong Kong. Philippe Delhaise is a graduate of the University of Louvain (Belgium), with degrees in engineering, philosophy, and economics, and a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is currently the President of CTRisks Rating, a licensed rating agency in Hong Kong. In 1998, Wiley published Delhaise's well-received book on the 1997 banking crisis in Asia: Asia in Crisis: The Implosion of the Banking and Finance Systems.

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Praise for The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook, SecondEdition

"In this second edition, Philippe Delhaise and Jonathan Golinbuild on their professional experience with Thomson Bank Watch Asiato produce a clear introduction to bank credit risk analysis. Asvery few books on this topic exist, it is a most welcomepublication. The short and transparent chapters are rich oninstitutional information, building on intuition. It is quite anachievement to analyze bank solvency with no reference to heavymathematics and statistics. The book covers topics of recentinterest such as liquidity risk, sovereign and banking crises, andbank restructuring."
—Jean Dermine, Professor of Banking and Finance, Chair,INSEAD

"Messrs. Delhaise and Golin have written what must be consideredthe seminal book on bank credit analysis. Its breadth and scope isreflective of the decades of experience they have in decipheringthe core elements of bank credit risk. I found the chapter oncountry and sovereign risk particularly useful. This book should beconsidered essential reading for anyone in the field of credit riskanalysis."
—Daniel Wagner, CEO of Country Risk Solutions andauthor of Managing Country Risk

"This book is an excellent reference for anyone involved in bankrisk management. It combines practical tools with case studies.Based on their substantial experience, Golin and Delhaise nicelybridge the gap between theory and practice."
—André Farber, Professor of Finance,Université Libre de Bruxelles

"Jonathan Golin has done it again. Both he and Philippe Delhaisehave taken a very complicated and timely topic and have distilledthe subject matter into an easy read that is useful to thosedirectly or indirectly involved with bank credit analysis."
—Craig Lindsay, Chairman, Hong Kong Securities andInvestment Institute

"Messrs. Delhaise and Golin have updated their first edition ofthis handbook with such a high degree of relevance and insight, onthe heels of the 2007–2008 banking crisis, that this referenceguide will surely be essential reading for every market participantinvolved with bank risk analysis. There are few people as qualifiedto write on this subject as these gentlemen; their experiencespeaks volumes. Once again, they are to be commended for distillinga complex subject into a practical and useful handbook."
—Andrew Miller, Management Consultant, FinancialServices, Hong Kong

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From the United States S&L crisis of the '80s and the Asianbanking crisis of the '90s, to the recent HSBC money launderingscandal and the LIBOR rate fixing scheme, it seems that hardly ayear has gone by over the past three decades that the bankingindustry hasn't made sensational headlines.

While the financial services industry generally, and banks inparticular, continue to provide some of the most attractiveinvestment opportunities in today's global markets, financialanalysts, investment managers, and savvy investors of every stripemust be especially diligent when assessing the fitness of bankinginstitutions. This is no easy feat, considering that the world ofbanking has its own conventions and arcane jargon devised, it wouldseem, to serve no other purpose than to confuse outsiders. It isalso important to note that banks don't operate like other types ofcompanies, and investors attempting to make sense of bank incomestatements and balance sheets can easily become confused, or worse,be led dangerously astray.

Coauthored by a Harvard-trained attorney with years ofexperience at the world's leading specialist bank rating agency anda past president of Thomson BankWatch Asia, The Bank CreditAnalysis Handbook, Second Edition is your hands-on guide to thetheory and practice of bank credit analysis and rating.

Clearly, concisely, the authors:

• Demystify banking terms, concepts, principles and practices forall finance professionals
• Walk you, step-by-step, through the analysis of bank financialstatements
• Provide an abundance of charts, graphs, and spreadsheetillustrations
• Explore regional variations, globally, in banking, bankanalysis, and bank ratings
• Describe the roles that bank credit analysts play, as well asthe methodologies they use
• Include international case studies from North America, Asia,and Europe
• Devote an entire chapter to bank equity analysis
• Supply a unique, insider's view of the credit assessment andcredit rating of financial institutions
• Arm you with an understanding of the reality behind publishedfinancial statements
• Offer coverage of the Basel Accords on Capital Adequacy andLiquidity and share their view that a bank could be compliant underthose and other regulations without being creditworthy.

A uniquely practical guide to bank credit analysis as it iscurrently practiced around the world, The Bank Credit AnalysisHandbook is a must-have resource for equity analysts, creditanalysts and bankers, as well as wealth managers and investors.