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This text takes risk management theory and explains it in a 'this is how you do it' manner for practical application in today's financial world.
Explores the contemporary state of globalization, competition and growth in China. This book focuses on issues, such as foreign direct investment, international trade, reforms in the financial sector, the development of rural township and village enterprises, the investment stra…
Explores the contemporary state of globalization, competition and growth in China. This book focuses on issues, such as foreign direct investment, international trade, reforms in the financial sector, the development of rural township and village enterprises, the investment stra…
"Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as finance has proved to b…
Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as finance has proved to be…
The recent global economic crisis has revealed that the prevailing risk management systems in the banking and financial sectors are utterly inadequate to protect the public from unacceptable levels of risk. Such "black holes of risk," which expose all of us to catastrophic harm,…
"In the last twenty years, several periods of turmoil have shaped the financial and economic system. Many regulatory policies, such as Basle III, have been introduced to overcome further crises and scandals. In addition, monetary policy has experienced a transition from conventi…
"The computational demand of risk calculations in financial institutions has ballooned. Traditionally, this has led to the acquisition of more and more computer power -- some banks have farms in the order of 50,000 CPUs, with running costs in the multimillions of dollars -- but …
"Who do you think of when you imagine a hedge fund manager? A greedy fraudster, a visionary entrepreneur, a wolf of Wall Street? These tropes capture the public imagination of a successful hedge fund manager. But behind the designer suits, helicopter commutes, and illicit pursui…