Managing Financial Risk (Institutional Investor Series in Finance) - Hardcover

Smith Jr., Clifford W.; Smithson, Charles W.; Wilford, D. Sykes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887303714 ISBN 13: 9780887303715

Publisher: Longman Higher Education, 1989

Synopsis

Discusses the risks caused by exchange rates, commodity price fluctuations, interest rates, and market volatility, and suggests a variety of risk management strategies

About this title

From the Back Cover

The established leading authority in Risk Management--completely updated. For years, financial executives and risk managers have recognized Charles Smithson's Managing Financial Risk as the authoritative source for comprehensive coverage of risk management products. While other books may touch on specific strategies and products, Managing Financial Risk stands alone in exploring derivaties and risk management from all angles, providing trusted guidance to both the sell and the buy sides. Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition, updates and expands this indispensable resource. Combining a comprehensive explanation of forwards, futures, swaps, options, and hybrid securities with the latest technologies for effectively managing financial risk, this authoritative and insightful edition now includes: a look at recent innovations in the risk management marketplace, including electricity derivatives and featuring credit derivatives--the newest of the risk management products; explanation of implementing a risk management program; new coverage on the effective use of risk management by institutional investors and financial institutions; an expanded discussion of the way a dealer measures and manages the credit and market risk associated with derivatives--a discussion that includes a clear expositon of "value-at-risk."

About the Author

Charles Smithson is a managing director and head of the CIBC School of Financial Products. In addition to his work in the private sector, Mr. Smithson has held positions in academe and the U.S. Government. He served as a member of the Working Group for the widely recognized Groups of Thirty Derivatives Project and currently serves on the boards of directors of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the International Association of Financial Engineers. Mr. Smithson has written articles for academic journals on subjects ranging from labor market discrimination to product liability to financial engineering. His other books include The Doomsday Myth, Managerial Economics, The Economics of Mineral Extraction, and The Handbook of Financial Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Longman Higher Education
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887303714
• ISBN 13: 9780887303715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416