Synopses & Reviews
Keep up with what's happening right now in banking.From the growth of electronic banking, to the rapid rise in overseas operations, to deregulation and recent laws, Gup and Kolari's Commercial Banking: The Management of Risk, Third Edition will help you understand these new realities and keep up with what's happening in the banking industry.
With a strong emphasis on managing risk and maximizing profit, this up-to-date text provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management and current banking practices used to control different kinds of risk. You'll examine the factors that affect the value of a bank and techniques for managing that value including the use of financial derivatives. You'll also explore the principal lending activities to businesses and individuals from the point of view of both the bank and the borrower.
Features
- New chapter on Credit Evaluation (Chapter 8).
- New chapter on Securities, Investment, and Insurance Services (Chapter 15).
- Expanded coverage of futures and options and their use in managing bank risks.
- A strong emphasis on lending.
- Comprehensive coverage of banking activities, including brokerage services, insurance, trust activities, etc.
- Cases studies, which give you the opportunity to work problems that deal with current issues.
- Up-to-date bank regulatory and legal changes, including forthcoming Basel II and the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.
Synopsis
This brief book provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management, emphasizing risk management. It examines current banking practices that control different kinds of risk. It explores the management of bank lending, securities, capital, liabilities, and liquidity; and discusses regulation, competition, policy, and internal bank management. This book is very current and covers the latest banking developments, including new product and service offerings and the changing role of banks in the financial system.
Synopsis
Keep up with what's happening right now in banking.
From the growth of electronic banking, to the rapid rise in overseas operations, to deregulation and recent laws, Gup and Kolari's "Commercial Banking: The Management of Risk, Third Edition" will help you understand these new realities and keep up with what's happening in the banking industry.
With a strong emphasis on managing risk and maximizing profit, this up-to-date text provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management and current banking practices used to control different kinds of risk. You'll examine the factors that affect the value of a bank and techniques for managing that value including the use of financial derivatives. You'll also explore the principal lending activities to businesses and individuals from the point of view of both the bank and the borrower.
Features New chapter on Credit Evaluation (Chapter 8). New chapter on Securities, Investment, and Insurance Services (Chapter 15). Expanded coverage of futures and options and their use in managing bank risks. A strong emphasis on lending. Comprehensive coverage of banking activities, including brokerage services, insurance, trust activities, etc. Cases studies, which give you the opportunity to work problems that deal with current issues. Up-to-date bank regulatory and legal changes, including forthcoming Basel II and the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.
Synopsis
From the growth of electronic banking, to the rapid rise in overseas operations, to deregulation and recent laws, Gup and Kolari's Commercial Banking: The Management of Risk, Third Edition will help you understand these new realities and keep up with what's happening in the banking industry. With a strong emphasis on managing risk and maximizing profit, this up-to-date text provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management and current banking practices used to control different kinds of risk. You'll examine the factors that affect the value of a bank and techniques for managing that value including the use of financial derivatives. You'll also explore the principal lending activities to businesses and individuals from the point of view of both the bank and the borrower.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 1. Functions and Forms of Banking.
Chapter 2. The Bank Regulatory Environment.
Chapter 3. Evaluating Bank Performance.
PART II: ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 4. Bank Valuation.
Chapter 5. An Overview of Asset/Liability Management (ALM).
Chapter 6. Techniques of Asset/Liability Management: Futures, Options, and Swaps.
PART III: INVESTMENT, LENDING, AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 7. Investment Management.
Chapter 8. Credit Evaluation Process.
Chapter 9. Commercial and Industrial Lending.
Chapter 10. Real Estate and Consumer Lending.
Chapter 11. Liquidity Management.
PART IV: CAPITAL, LIABILITIES, AND OFF-BAL-BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 12. Capital Management.
Chapter 13. Liabilities Management.
Chapter 14. Off-Balance-Sheet Activities.
PART V: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Chapter 15. Securities, Investment, and Insurance Services.
Chapter 16. Other Financial Services.
Chapter 17. Electronic Banking.
Chapter 18. Global Financial Services.
Glossary.
Index.