Practical Risk Management: An Executive Guide to Avoiding Surprises and Losses

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Acknowledgments.Biographies.Introduction: Financial Risks and Avalanches.PART I: DEFINING AND MEASURING RISKS.1. Losses: One-Hundred-Year Floods that Happen Every Three Years.2. The Basics: A Common Understanding of the Risks.3. Liquidity: The Heart of the Matter.4. Suitability: Coping with Customers.5. Process Risks: The Next Frontier.6. Measurement: Quantifying the Risks.PART II: DEVELOPING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RISK MANAGEMENT.7. The Risk Management Process: Building the Foundation.8. The Financial Risk Mandate: Developing a Philosophy and Loss Tolerance.9. Risk Principles: Creating a Code of Conduct.10. Financial Governance: Assigning Accountability for Risk.11. The Risk Framework: Limiting and Controlling Risks.12. Automated Management: Automating Discipline on the Front Lines.13. Manual Management: Enhancing the Automated Discipline.14. Nuts and Bolts: Supporting the Process with Essential Tools.15. Ongoing Diagnostics and Transparency: Knowing if the Risk Process is Working.Conclusion: Can there be Heroes?Glossary.References.Index.

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