"As a guide for
practitioners by practitioners, 'The Practice of Risk Management' is a unique contribution
to the risk management community. I highly recommend it to all practitioners in risk
management." Yong Li, Director Global Association Risk Professionals.
Tis book provides a
practical guide to implementing risk management on a day-to-day basis, focusing on the
management of market risk. A collaboration between Goldman, Sachs & Co and SBC Warburg
Dillon Read, it is the first book of its kind to describe the firm-wide risk management
landscape. The book is divided into four sections. The first places risk management in
context, looking at the events that have shaped its development and have led to its
recognition as a core competence for financial firms. The second explores the issues
associated with compiling a toolkit for measuring a firm?s exposure to market risk
including stress testing, value-at-risk and scenario analysis. The third section addresses
the practical challenges of implementing and sustaining a market risk management function.
Finally, the book describes how risk management considerations are influencing the wider
environment and examines regulation, reporting and disclosure, risk capital management,
capital allocation and investment and presents a general framework for measuring risk
adjusted performance. Published in association with Goldman, Sachs & Co.; SBC Warburg
Dillon Read.
340 pages