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Book Risk Management in Banking  Insurance and Financial Services

Download or read book Risk Management in Banking Insurance and Financial Services written by R. K. Mishra and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title contains articles related to risk management in banking, insurance, financial services, and other allied areas. It develops and enhances expertise and the understanding of various risks faced by these sectors. Further, it examines the mechanism of designing and usage of various specific risk mitigating options and strategies available.

Book Risk Management in Banks and Insurance Companies

Download or read book Risk Management in Banks and Insurance Companies written by Anja Blatter and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Banking  Risk and Insurance Management

Download or read book Banking Risk and Insurance Management written by Mohan Prakash, N.R. and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The financial services sector is witnessing such rapid changes and innovations that the existing books are hardly able to keep up with the rapid developments in the entire gamut of financial services. This book aims to fill this gap by covering the most recent developments and new products in the sector. Closely following the syllabus of MBA UGC curriculum and PGDM, the book has a single-window approach, that is, to meet the total requirement of students in this subject area through a single book. The book thus has all the potential of becoming the students' best companion.Key Features• The only book to cover all three topics, viz., banking, risk and insurance management• Includes recent developments in all the three sectors• Highlights the updated Basel III norms• Carries a special chapter on Marketing and CRM in banking sector• Includes pedagogical features like case studies, box items, and review questions

Book Financial Institutions Management

Download or read book Financial Institutions Management written by Anthony Saunders and published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. This book presents the central theme of risks faced by financial institutions managers and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed. It emphasises on the areas of activities such as asset securitization, off-balance-sheet banking, and international banking.

Book Commercial Banking Risk Management

Download or read book Commercial Banking Risk Management written by Weidong Tian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection comprehensively addresses the widespread regulatory challenges uncovered and changes introduced in financial markets following the 2007-2008 crisis, suggesting strategies by which financial institutions can comply with stringent new regulations and adapt to the pressures of close supervision while responsibly managing risk. It covers all important commercial banking risk management topics, including market risk, counterparty credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, fair lending risk, model risk, stress test, and CCAR from practical aspects. It also covers major components of enterprise risk management, a modern capital requirement framework, and the data technology used to help manage risk. Each chapter is written by an authority who is actively engaged with large commercial banks, consulting firms, auditing firms, regulatory agencies, and universities. This collection will be a trusted resource for anyone working in or studying the commercial banking industry.

Book Foundations of Financial Risk

Download or read book Foundations of Financial Risk written by GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding financial risk and regulation Foundations of Financial Risk details the various risks, regulations, and supervisory requirements institutions face in today's economic and regulatory environment. Written by the experts at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), this book represents an update to GARP's original publication, Foundations of Banking Risk. You'll learn the terminology and basic concepts surrounding global financial risk and regulation, and develop an understanding of the methods used to measure and manage market, credit, and operational risk. Coverage includes traded market risk and regulation, treasury risk and regulation, and much more, including brand new coverage of risk management for insurance companies. Clear explanations, focused discussion, and comprehensive relevancy make this book an ideal resource for an introduction to risk management. The textbook provides an understanding of risk management methodologies, governance structures for risk management in financial institutions and the regulatory requirements dictated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. It provides thorough coverage of the issues surrounding financial risk, giving you a solid knowledgebase and a practical, applicable understanding. Understand risk measurement and management Learn how minimum capital requirements are regulated Explore all aspects of financial institution regulation and disclosure Master the terminology of global risk and regulation Financial institutions and supervisors around the world are increasingly recognizing how vital sound risk management practices are to both individual firms and the capital markets system as a whole. Savvy professionals recognize the need for authoritative and comprehensive training, and Foundations of Financial Risk delivers with expert-led education for those new to risk management.

Book Risk Management in Banking

Download or read book Risk Management in Banking written by Joël Bessis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seminal guide to risk management, streamlined and updated Risk Management in Banking is a comprehensive reference for the risk management industry, covering all aspects of the field. Now in its fourth edition, this useful guide has been updated with the latest information on ALM, Basel 3, derivatives, liquidity analysis, market risk, structured products, credit risk, securitizations, and more. The new companion website features slides, worked examples, a solutions manual, and the new streamlined, modular approach allows readers to easily find the information they need. Coverage includes asset liability management, risk-based capital, value at risk, loan portfolio management, capital allocation, and other vital topics, concluding with an examination of the financial crisis through the utilisation of new views such as behavioural finance and nonlinearity of risk. Considered a seminal industry reference since the first edition's release, Risk Management in Banking has been streamlined for easy navigation and updated to reflect the changes in the field, while remaining comprehensive and detailed in approach and coverage. Students and professionals alike will appreciate the extended scope and expert guidance as they: Find all "need-to-know" risk management topics in a single text Discover the latest research and the new practices Understand all aspects of risk management and banking management See the recent crises – and the lessons learned – from a new perspective Risk management is becoming increasingly vital to the banking industry even as it grows more complex. New developments and advancing technology continue to push the field forward, and professionals need to stay up-to-date with in-depth information on the latest practices. Risk Management in Banking provides a comprehensive reference to the most current state of the industry, with complete information and expert guidance.

Book Operational Risk Management in Banks

Download or read book Operational Risk Management in Banks written by Giuliana Birindelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on several topical issues related to the operational risk management in bank: regulation, organisation and strategy. It analyses the connections between the different key-players involved in the operational risk process and the most relevant implications, both operational and strategic, arising from the implementation of the prudential framework.

Book The European Insurance Industry

Download or read book The European Insurance Industry written by Antonella Cappiello and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the methodologies and functions of a systemic approach to risk governance and internal control capable of tackling the complexity of the insurance business. It focuses on the main trends currently impacting the insurance industry, characterized by new operators, new products and services, new tools, new styles of competition, and new risks. It provides tips and empirical contributions addressing the role of sound internal control and risk management models within an ongoing revision of prudential regulation to better deal with the evolving scenario where insurance activities are becoming increasingly risky and complex. The book is of particular interest to scholars and students of insurance and financial services and practitioners in the insurance industry.

Book Powering the Digital Economy  Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance

Download or read book Powering the Digital Economy Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance written by El Bachir Boukherouaa and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses the impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector. It highlights the benefits these technologies bring in terms of financial deepening and efficiency, while raising concerns about its potential in widening the digital divide between advanced and developing economies. The paper advances the discussion on the impact of this technology by distilling and categorizing the unique risks that it could pose to the integrity and stability of the financial system, policy challenges, and potential regulatory approaches. The evolving nature of this technology and its application in finance means that the full extent of its strengths and weaknesses is yet to be fully understood. Given the risk of unexpected pitfalls, countries will need to strengthen prudential oversight.

Book The Digital Journey of Banking and Insurance  Volume I

Download or read book The Digital Journey of Banking and Insurance Volume I written by Volker Liermann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, one of three volumes, showcases the effective transformation of companies providing banking and insurance services. This first volume gives a business-oriented introduction to the setting and the current challenges of fintech, regtech, and insurtech and provides an outlook on what will be needed in the future. Specific sub-departments in financial services are examined with a view to accounting, risk, and regulatory segments. The book also addresses the importance of cultural aspects of the coming digital transformation with an eye to requirements that will enable a digital bank or insurance company to thrive in 2025. The angle shifts over the volumes from a business-driven approach in “Disruption and DNA” to a strong technical focus in “Data Storage, Processing and Analysis”, leaving “Digitalization and Machine Learning Applications” with the business and technical aspects in-between.

Book The Digital Journey of Banking and Insurance  Volume III

Download or read book The Digital Journey of Banking and Insurance Volume III written by Volker Liermann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the third one of three volumes, focuses on data and the actions around data, like storage and processing. The angle shifts over the volumes from a business-driven approach in “Disruption and DNA” to a strong technical focus in “Data Storage, Processing and Analysis”, leaving “Digitalization and Machine Learning Applications” with the business and technical aspects in-between. In the last volume of the series, “Data Storage, Processing and Analysis”, the shifts in the way we deal with data are addressed.

Book Bank and Insurance Capital Management

Download or read book Bank and Insurance Capital Management written by Frans de Weert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the financial crisis, capital management has become a critical factor in value creation for banks and other financial institutions. Although complex and subject to regulatory change, the strategic importance of capital management became apparent during the crisis and has moved the subject to the top of corporate agendas. Bank and Insurance Capital Management is an essential guide to help banks and insurance companies understand and manage their capital position. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it provides proven techniques for managing bank capital, as well as explaining key capital management perspectives, including accounting, regulatory, risk and capital management and corporate finance. It also shows how to analyze a firm's stakeholders such as depositors, policy holders, debt holders and shareholders, and manage their expectations, and how to align risk and capital management so as to best optimize the return on capital and preserve capital in periods of stress. Economic capital is also discussed in depth, as are the practicalities of bank and insurance M&A, and the book also shows how financial innovations can be used to optimise the capital position and how diversification effects are reflected in the capital position. This book will arm readers with the knowledge and skills needed to understand how capital management can improve capital structure and performance, achieving an optimal cost of, and return on capital, creating value as a result.

Book Risk Management  Strategic Thinking and Leadership in the Financial Services Industry

Download or read book Risk Management Strategic Thinking and Leadership in the Financial Services Industry written by Hasan Dinçer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a broad overview of risk management in the banking industry, with a special focus on strategic thinking and decision-making. It reveals the broader context behind decision models and approaches to risk management in the financial industry, linking the regulatory landscape for capital management and risk to strategic thinking, together with behavioral and cultural assessments.

Book Economic Capital and Financial Risk Management for Financial Services Firms and Conglomerates

Download or read book Economic Capital and Financial Risk Management for Financial Services Firms and Conglomerates written by B. Porteous and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-12-19 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present a comprehensive and timely discussion of economic capital and financial risk management for financial services firms and conglomerates. Topics covered include: the different types of risks that firms collect; risk governance issues; how stress testing can be used to measure risk; the provision of a clear and precise definition of economic capital; the different types of capital that are eligible to back regulatory capital, and; the development of models that can be used to estimate a firm's economic capital requirements. A unique feature of the book is that, for the first time, the economic capital requirements of financial services firms across the entire risk spectrum, from the short end to the long end, are considered in one book. The authors develop models to estimate the economic capital requirements of banks, asset management firms, life and non-life insurance firms, pension funds, and the financial services conglomerates that comprise these firms. Economic capital is compared to regulatory capital and regulatory capital arbitrage is discussed. The diversification benefit present in financial services conglomerates is quantified and the practical management of this diversification benefit is dealt with. The authors give new insights into capital management and performance measurement for financial services conglomerates and provide detailed descriptions of the main financial services firm regulatory capital changes that are ongoing at the time of writing. This superb and original book charts new ground in the practical application of economic capital for financial services firms and conglomerates. It is required reading for all capital allocation and risk professionals.

Book Managing Risk in the Financial System

Download or read book Managing Risk in the Financial System written by John Raymond LaBrosse and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incisive, authoritative and thoughtful, this important and timely collection of papers exploring the unresolved issues left by the recent global financial turmoil, will undoubtedly shape the policy responses to come. Interdisciplinary in approach and wide-ranging in jurisdictional scope, it draws together influential commentators, practitioners and regulators, to create a new milestone in the search for the fundamentals of a more stable global financial system.? - Eva Lomnicka, King?s College London, UK ?This book contains a large number of chapters, nearly 30 in all, by acknowledged experts on various aspects of the recent financial crisis. Whichever aspect of this crisis that may interest you, such as bank taxes, deposit insurance, TBTF and how to respond, cross-border issues, and many, many others, you will find chapters that are both authoritative and stimulating in this collection. The editors are to be congratulated not only in their selection of authors but also in the speed with which they have taken them from conference presentation to book chapter.? - Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics, UK Managing Risk in the Financial System makes important and timely contributions to our knowledge and understanding of banking law, financial institution restructuring and related considerations, through the production of an innovative, international and interdisciplinary set of contributions which link law and policy issues surrounding systemic risk and crisis management. The recent financial crisis has exposed both the banking industry and financial system safety net players in many countries to a considerable level of distress as well as economic and reputational damage. These circumstances have heightened the need for policymakers to consider remedial measures under a broad umbrella that encompass inter alia prompt corrective actions, early closure of distressed entities, deposit insurance, bail-outs, state-aid, bank resolution and restructuring techniques. These essays provide an important contribution to research in this area, at a crucial time in the debate around the future financial industry. Contributors

Book Risk Management and Insurance Planning

Download or read book Risk Management and Insurance Planning written by JATINDER LOOMBA and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are accustomed to risks. Be it a theft or burglary, a fatal road accident, natural disaster or death—the possibility of a person encountering a risk, can never be underestimated. To mitigate the intensity of risks, it is always advisable to manage risks, beforehand. This book explains how to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and impact of unfortunate events, through risk management. The chapters are skillfully designed to give a comprehensive approach to the need of insurance; the right plan for different needs; and the right place to buy the insurance. The essential concepts are dealt with thoroughly to build the foundation of the subject. The book skillfully elucidates the roles and the duties of an Agent, and the traits required to transform into an efficient one. It highlights some of the most important insurance claims, which are only prevalent in the developed countries (US and UK), like tort liability problems, long-term care insurance, personal umbrella insurance and Uninsured Motorist Coverage and personal umbrella policy. The book emphasizes on exposures to mortality, health, disability, auto, overseas and travel insurances. While discussing the topics, like retirement options, it ornately describes various pensions and annuity schemes available as well. The book is primarily intended for the postgraduate students of Management. However, it will also be beneficial for Risk Managers, and Insurance Agents. Key Features • The chapters are interspersed with Figures, Tables, Exhibits and Takeaway Tips to provide interesting facts related to the topic discussed in the chapter. • The topics are explained through case studies, and graphical represent-ations, to add a practical approach to the subject. • MCQs help in strengthening life insurance concepts. • A separate Chapter is devoted to the Insurance Laws.