Financial Risk Manager Handbook 2001-2002 (Wiley Finance) - Softcover

Jorion, Philippe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471093726 ISBN 13: 9780471093725

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

The definitive guide to acing 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 instruction manual 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 will also serve 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.

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From the Back Cover

Risk professionals looking to earn Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification, corporate training programs, professors, and graduate students all rely on the Financial Risk Manager Handbook for the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on financial risk management. Presented in a clear and consistent fashion, this book 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. The 2001-2002 edition outlines the essentials of financial risk management by covering such topics as quantitative methods, capital markets, and credit, operational, market, and integrated risk management.

With the FRM exam fast becoming an essential requirement for risk managers around the world, the Financial Risk Manager Handbook focuses on practical financial risk management techniques and solutions that are emphasized on the test. Questions from previous exams are explained through tutorials so that you may prepare yourself or your employees for this comprehensive exam and for 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. Jorion is Editor of the Journal of Risk and is on the editorial board of a number of other financial journals. In 1999, he won the Smith Breeden Prize and the William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research. He has written 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471093726
• ISBN 13: 9780471093725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 832