Risk Management and Financial Institutions

Hull’s Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 2/e explains risk management theory in a ";this is how you do it"; manner, encouraging practical application in today’s world. Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition incorporates new information regarding Stress Testing, liquidity risks, ABS’s, CDO’s, and the credit crunch of 2007.KEY TOPICS: Introduction; Banks; Insurance; Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds; Financial Instruments; How Traders Manage Their Exposures; Interest Rate Risk; Value at Risk; Volatility; Correlation and Copulas; Regulation, Basel II, and Solvency II; Market Risk VaR: Historical Simulation Approach; Market Risk VaR: Model-Building Approach; Credit Risk: Estimating Default Probabilities; Credit Risk Losses and Credit VaR; ABSs, CDOs, and the Credit Crunch of 2007; Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing; Operational Risk; Liquidity Risk; Model Risk; Economic Capital and RAROC; Risk Management Mistakes to avoid; Com