A concise and and easy to follow introduction to financial risk management This basic survey text offers an accessible introduction to financial risk management, covered in its major components: credit, market, operational, liquidity, legal, and reputational, along with user-friendly processes and tools to conduct your own risk assessments and risk alignments. While there are some mathematical concepts included, these are kept at levels everyone will find easy to grasp. * Provides a comprehensive overview of financial risk management, including credit, market, operational, liquidity, legal, and reputational risk areas * Discusses the latest trends and next generation techniques emerging in financial risk management * Provides risk assessment and risk alignment tools and examples This book offers a good basic understanding of the major areas of risk exposure that all organizations, both public and private, face in operating in today's complex global marketplace. It provides insights into best practices and next generation techniques for readers entering government, not-for-profit, business, and IT positions in which risk management will play an ever expanding role.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Risk Management.
Definition of Risk and Financial Risk Management.
Gambling, Investment Risk, Chance, and Probability.
Enterprise and Systemic Risk.
Relationship between the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC).
Risk Management and Internal Controls.
Risk Management in Corporations.
Evolution of Risk Management.
Ethical and Moral Foundations to Risk Management.
Summary.
Notes.
Chapter 2 Risk Frameworks and Standards.
COSO.
COSO for Small Public Companies.
Enterprise Risk Management (COSO II).
ISO 31000 and ISO 31010.
COBIT, ITIL, and NIST.
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
Basel II for Banks and Solvency II for Insurers.
Risk Management Certifications and Associations.
Summary.
Notes.
Chapter 3 Conducting Your Own Risk Assessment and Alignment.
Determining Risk Appetite.
Conducting Risk Assessments.
Risk Analysis.
Qualitative, Semi Qualitative, and Quantitative Risk Analysis.
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