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Plight of the Fortune Tellers: Why We Need to Manage Financial Risk Differently

by Riccardo Rebonato

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"Overall, the book gives an interesting insight into the development of modern risk management theory." Will Jackson, Fund Strategy

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"Nowhere have I read a better account of how a conscientious, intellectually disciplined market risk manager approaches his work in today’s complex world. ... Rebonato has written an accessible, non-technical book." Nicholas Dunbar, Risk
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About the Author

Riccardo Rebonato is global head of market risk and global head of quantitative research and quantitative analysis at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He is visiting lecturer in mathematical finance at the University of Oxford and adjunct professor at the Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London. His books include Volatility and Correlation: The Perfect Hedger and the Fox and Modern Pricing of Interest-Rate Derivatives: The LIBOR Market Model and Beyond (Princeton).
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Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xxvii

Chapter 1: Why This Book Matters 1

Chapter 2: Thinking about Risk 22

Chapter 3: Thinking about Probabilities 40

Chapter 4: Making Choices 67

Chapter 5: What Is Risk Management For? 107

Chapter 6: VaR and Co: How It All Started 117

Chapter 7: Looking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Problems 139

Chapter 8: Which Type of Probability Matters in Risk Management? 182

Chapter 9: The Promise of Economic Capital 199

Chapter 10: What CanWe Do Instead? 223

Endnotes 259

Index 267

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780691133614
Subtitle:
Why We Need to Manage Financial Risk Differently
Author:
Rebonato, Riccardo
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Location:
Princeton
Subject:
Banks & Banking
Subject:
Strategic planning
Subject:
International - Economics
Subject:
Corporate Finance
Subject:
Economics - International
Subject:
Finance
Subject:
Economics
Subject:
Financial risk management
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
October 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in
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