Risk

Risk expert James Gleason bypasses presents a down-to-earth, practical look at important new risk management tools and their uses. Gleason demonstrates how an improved understanding of risk provides a new paradigm for management. His exploration covers the full spectrum of financial risks that affects all players and offers practical solutions for overcoming typical challenges.

Introduction.
How This Book Is Organized.
Risk Management Transparency.
The Spectrum of Risks Chart.

Section I THE RISKS AND THEIR CONTOURS. 1. Global Risk Management's Emergence.
Technology and Communications.
Quantitative Models.
Dealers in Flux, Too.
Major Messages in This Book.
Wrap-Up.

2. The Full Spectrum of Risks.
Operational Risk.
Other Nonfinancial Risks.
Wrap-Up.

3. The Contours of Financial Risk.
Funding Risk: The Primal Arc.
Markets and Risk.
Basis Risk.
Alternative Views an Insights.
New Measurement Tools and Management Techniques.
Credit Risk.
The Contours of Credit Risk.
Portfolio Risk.
Our Journey
Wrap-Up

Section II MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT.
4. Market Risk: Tools and Uses.
Hedge Example.
Arbitrage.
Speculation.
Wrap-Up.

5. Commodity Market Risk Management.
Case Study: Big Auto Co.
Case Study: Innovative Enron.
Commodity Market Features.
Wrap-Up.

6. Currency Market Risk Management.
Market Dynamics.
Valuation and Risk Mechanics.
Risk Illustrations.
End Users.
Intermediaries.
Wrap-Up.

7. Fixed-Income Market Risk Management.
Market Dynamics.
Time Matters.
Valuation.
Risk Mechanics.
Risk Illustrations.
Corporate Users.
Dealers.
The Investors.
Wrap-Up.

8. Equity Market Risk Management.
Valuation and Risk Mechanics.
Risk Illustration.
Equity Derivatives.
Dealers and End Users.
Wrap-Up.
Market Risk Summary.

Section III CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT.
9. The Schism in Credit Risk Management.
Credit Risk Management Difficulties.
Wrap-Up.

10. Credit Risk Management for Trading.
The Variable Exposure Problem.
Pre-Settlement and Settlement Risk.
Monte Carlo Simulation.
Credit Risk versus Exposure.
Credit Limit Problems.
Charging for Credit.
Systemic Concerns.
Wrap-Up.

11. Credit Risk Management for Traditional Lending.
The Traditional Credit Process: Commercial Loans.
Competition and Change to the Process.
Summary of Changes to the Process.
The Prior Models for Credit Risk.
The New Models for Credit Risk.
Case Study: Bank of Montreal.
Credit Market Trends.
Wrap-Up.

Section IV RISK IN PORTFOLIOS
12. Market Risk in Portfolios.
Portfolio Risk Measures: Their Evolution.
Forecasting for VaR.
VaR Summary.
Stress Testing.
The Lessons of 1998.
Wrap-Up.

13. Simulation.
Case Study: Global Oil Co.
Wrap-Up.

Section V DEVELOPING A GLOBAL RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS.
14. Risk Management: The Vision and the Reality.
The Vision for Risk Management: Go Global.
The Reality at Global Financial Institutions.
Wrap-Up.

15. The Global Risk Management Development Model.
Management Direction.
Risk Management Development Projects.
Integrating with the Operating.
Infrastructure.
Wrap-Up

16. Developing GRM: What Works, What Doesn't.
The Chase Example.
Features of Success.
Pitfalls to Avoid.
Wrap-Up.
Conclusion.
The Ten Commandments for Going Global with Risk.
Appendix: Financial Risk Definitions.
Notes.
Index.