Risk - James T Gleason

Finance professionals grapple with risk every day-it's theinescapable partner of all financial market participants. As aresult, high-stakes financial professionals are continually tryingto streamline and perfect their risk management techniques.Financial risk management quantifies and controls risk (losspotential) and helps drive capital to its optimal use (profitseeking). This book is a much-needed guide for financial firms. Itdescribes the latest risk management tools, financial instruments,and practical implementation strategies. And they're presented in areal-world, nonacademic manner. This book presents the latestinformation on

• Identifying risk: the spectrum of risks faced by marketparticipants
• Measuring and quantifying risk: ways to track and value marketand credit risks
• Managing risk: a practical framework for financial riskmanagement implementation

Also includes "The Ten Commandments of Financial RiskManagement," how and when to use the latest financial instrumentsand derivatives, and setting up a trackable risk managementinitiative.