Managing Risk in the Foreign
Exchange, Money, and Derivative Markets
Cutting through unneccessary
detail and complicated technicalities, Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money, and
Derivative Markets offers a no-nonsense approach on how to propel your success in the
international trading market without engaging in unacceptable and often unknown risks.
Clear, to the point, and packed with many real-life examples, this critical business tool
gets to the information quickly and easily with the same approach Heinz Riehl uses so
successfully in his seminars around the world.
In Managing Risk in the
Foreign Exchange, Money, and Derivative Markets, Riehl a master of managing risks in
treasury and derivatives and an internationally known expert who also pioneered many of
the techniques described here combines down-to-earth coverage of price risk, credit risk,
and liquidity risk with a practical focus on risk versus return analysis.
"Just making money
is not good enough anymore!" he says.
Each chapter contains
pertinent information, time-tested advice, relevant charts and graphs, and examples of
market scenarios. Novices and professionals alike will learn how to:
• Recognize risk and assess
its size
• Manage and control price,
credit, and liquidity risks
• Exploit opportunity
• Decipher derivatives
• Judge the advantages and
dangers of new financial products
• Evaluate the impact of
trades on balance sheet and capital ratio
• Protect against human
error and fraud
The book also provides a
wealth of knowledge on how and why the financial market has changed over the last ten
years and how to anticipate future trends. And throughout, Riehl maintains the unique
ability to spotlight the finer points of the market while still focusing on the
"big-risk picture."
No excess information. No
extraneous data. Just the facts you need to fuel your success. That's what Managing Risk
in the Foreign Exchange, Money, and Derivative Markets is all about. As Riehl says:
"It will convert opportunistic transactors into risk- vs. return-conscious people who
behave as if they owned the bank."
About the Author
Heinz Riehl, one of the
world's leading experts in managing risk in treasury and derivatives, is founder and
president of Riehl World Training & Consulting, Inc., a risk-management consulting
firm which advises international banks, central banks, and multinational corporations
worldwide, Additionally, he is Adjunct Professor of International Business and Finance at
New York University's Stern School of Business. He aisc serves as expert witness in
disputes about financia trading. In 1996 he retired after 35 years of service from
Citibank New York, where he was a seniol vice president and both a cofounder and membel of
the Market Risk Policy Committee. Riehl was also for many years a member of the New Yorl
Federal Reserve Bank's Foreign Exchang( Committee and chairman of its Risk Managemen
subcommittee. He is coauthor of McGraw-Hill'! Foreign Exchange & Money Markets.
334 pages