The Essentials of Risk Management

The bestselling bible of risk management gets a comprehensive update, with special attention to the pandemic crisis, new emerging risks associated with digital finance and the emergence of disruptive new technologies and FinTech

The Essentials of Risk Management has long been the go-to guide to financial risk management, combining academic research with real world applications. Now, in this thoroughly updated edition, the authors revisit previously covered topics while addressing a wide range of new issuesfrom the pandemic to new technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), climate change and distributed ledger technology (DLT).

This third edition of continues to cover all the relevant topics, from the structure and workings of various financial markets and the financial instruments used in risk management, to best-practice risk policies, methodologies, and infrastructure. Using simple language and step-by-step techniques, the authors show you how to implement risk management programs in complex areas such as market risk management, credit portfolio management, economic capital, asset-liability management and stress testing.