Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Second Edition

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An essential guide to financial risk management as well as the only way to ace the GARP FRM Exam
The Financial Risk Management Exam (FRM Exam) was developed by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) as a means of establishing an industry standard of minimum professional competence in the field. It is given annually in November for risk professionals who want to earn FRM certification. Authored by renowned financial risk management guru Phillipe Jorion, with the full support of the GARP, this is the definitive guide for those preparing to take the FRM Exam. With the help of questions (and solutions) taken from previous exams, Jorion coaches readers on quantitative methods, capital markets, and market, credit, operational, and risk management concepts and assessment techniques. In addition to being the indispensable guide for those aspiring to FRM certification, Financial Risk Manager Handbook also serves as a valued working reference for risk professionals.
Phillipe Jorion, PhD (Irvine, CA), is a Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine. He has also taught at Columbia University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of British Columbia.


Book Info
Handbook presents the various disciplines associated with financial risk management. Text was first created as a study support manual for the GARP's annual FRM exam, and as a general guide to assessing and controlling financial risk in today's rapidly changing environment. This edition is expanded to be suitable as a reference text for any risk professional. Previous edition: c2001.


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A comprehensive reference and training guide for financial risk management Risk professionals looking to earn the Financial Risk Manager (FRM™) certification, corporate training programs, professors, and graduate students all rely on one book for the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on financial risk management–the Financial Risk Manager Handbook. Presented in a clear and consistent fashion, this completely updated Second Edition is the best way to prepare for the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam and has become the core text for risk management training programs worldwide. This definitive guide supports candidates studying for GARP’s annual FRM exam and prepares you to assess and control risk in today’s rapidly changing financial world. Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Second Edition summarizes the core body of knowledge for financial risk managers, covering such topics as quantitative methods, capital markets, as well as credit, operational, market, and integrated risk management. It also discusses relevant regulatory, legal, and accounting issues essential to risk professionals. The FRM is recognized as the world’s most prestigious global certification program–created to measure a financial risk manager’s capabilities. With the FRM exam fast becoming an essential requirement for risk managers around the world, the Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Second Edition focuses on practical financial risk management techniques and solutions that are emphasized on the test–and essential in the real world. Questions from previous exams are explained through tutorials so that you may prepare yourself or your employees for this comprehensive exam and for the risk management scenarios you will face at some point in your career.


About the Author
PHILIPPE JORION is Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Irvine. He holds an MBA and a PhD from the University of Chicago and a degree in engineering from the University of Brussels. Dr. Jorion has authored more than seventy publications–directed towards academics and practitioners–on the topic of risk management and international finance. He is Editor of the Journal of Risk and is on the editorial board of a number of other financial journals. He has won the Smith Breeden Prize for research and the William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research. He has written the first edition of Financial Risk Manager Handbook as well as Financial Risk Management: Domestic and International Dimensions, Big Bets Gone Bad: Derivatives and Bankruptcy in Orange County, and Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk.


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This definitive guide supports candidates studying for GARP's annual FRM exam and prepares you to assess and control risk in today's rapidly changing financial world. Financial Risk Manager Handbook, Second Edition summarizes the core body of knowledge for financial risk managers, covering such topics as quantitative methods, capital markets, as well as credit, operational, market, and integrated risk management. It also discusses relevant regulatory, legal, and accounting issues essential to risk professionals.


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