Risk Management Technology in Financial Services: Risk Control, Stress Testing, Models, and I.T. Systems and Structures - Softcover

Chorafas, Dimitris N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0080976271 ISBN 13: 9780080976273

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014

Synopsis

Written for professionals in financial services with responsibility for I.T. and risk management, Dimitris Chorafas surveys the methodology required and I.T. systems and structures to support it according to Basel II. The book is consistent with the risk management certification process of GARP, as well as the accounting rules of I.F.R.S., based on research the author conducted with I.A.S.B.. The author provides an in-depth discussion of the types of risk, stress analysis and the use of scenarios, mathematical models, and I.T. systems and infrastructure requirements.

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About the Author

Since 1961, Dr Dimitris N. Chorafas has advised financial institutions and industrial corporations in strategic planning, risk management, computers and communications systems, and internal controls. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Paris, and the Technical University of Athens, Dr Chorafas has been a Fulbright scholar. Financial institutions which have sought his assistance include the Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Vontobel, C.E.D.E.L., the Bank of Scotland, Credit Agricole, Österreichische Länderbank (Bank Austria), First Austrian Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Mid-Med Bank, Demir Bank, Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Credito Commerciale and Banca Provinciale Lombarda. Among multinational corporations Dr Chorafas has worked as consultant to top management, are: General Electric-Bull, Univac, Honeywell, Digital Equipment Corp, Olivetti, Nestlé, Omega, Italcementi, Italmobiliare, A.E.G.-Telefunken, Olympia, Osram, Antar, Pechiney, the American Management Association and host of other client firms in Europe and the United States. Dr Chorafas has served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as visiting professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Also, the University of Alberta, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, and Technical University of Karlsruhe. More than 6,000 banking, industrial and government executives have participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, other European countries, Asia and Latin America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080976271
• ISBN 13: 9780080976273
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352