LEADER 05349nam 22006494a 450 001 9910830231403321 005 20230617024708.0 010 $a1-118-67332-8 010 $a1-280-26933-2 010 $a9786610269334 010 $a0-470-09266-1 035 $a(CKB)111087027097486 035 $a(EBL)175033 035 $a(OCoLC)475880141 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183413 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183413 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195216 035 $a(PQKB)10202749 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC175033 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027097486 100 $a20031006d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInvestment risk management$b[electronic resource] /$fYen Yee Chong 210 $aChichester, West Sussex, England ;$aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aWiley finance series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-84951-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInvestment Risk Management; Contents; 1 Introduction to Investment Risk; Dream versus rude awakening; Book structure; 2 The Beginning of Risk; Risk and business; Case study: The shark and its risk; Case study: The ruin of Cre?dit Lyonnais (CL); Case study: ABB engineering; Investment scams; Banking risk and sharks; Risk management as a discipline; Humans and risk; Case study: High-street retail store losses; Case study: Allied Irish Bank (AIB); The state of the investment game; Risk types; Reputation risk; Case study: Equitable Life; Credit risk; Market risk; Operational risk; Risk and damage 327 $aViable alternatives3 Investing under Risk; Human behaviour and investment choice; Portfolio management; Value-at-Risk (VaR); Monte Carlo simulation; Collective use of mathematical tools; Position keeping; Investment managerial control; The treasurer's role; Trading and risk management; Investment risk experts; Case study: A large UK PLC defined benefits pension fund; Who controls whom; 4 Investing under Attack; Investor disenchantment; Risk-bearers and risk-takers; Professional investor/shareholder; Investment companies/fund managers; Investment banks; Auditors; A look in the risk mirror 327 $aRisk-averseRisk-neutral; Risk-takers; Investor analysis; Types of CEO - birds of a feather; The CEO eagle - The M&A addict; The CEO dodo - Risk-phobic; The CEO ostrich - Risk-ignorant; The CEO owl - Risk-acceptable; The CEO magpie - Risk-seeking; Company structure and risks; Case study: The executive background check; Risk vanities; Pensions mis-selling; Case study: Boo.com; Corporate misgovernance; Accuracy of corporate losses; Classes of instruments and their risk components; Derivatives; Bonds; Equities; Investment as a project; 5 Investing under Investigation; Instinct versus ability 327 $aChecking corporate fundamentalsFormulate a business plan; Due diligence; Risk support and methodology; Investor cynicism; Case study: LTCM; 6 Risk Warning Signs; Prevailing risk attitudes; Reputational risk; Case study: Enron; Airborne early warning (AEW); International accounting standards (IAS); Credit ratings; The ratings procedure; Business lines; Law and risk management; Case study: the UK Football League; What the law covers; Completeness of contract; Case study: Merrill Lynch versus Unilever pension fund; Sarbanes-Oxley Act for audit control; Insurance; Risk retention: self-insurance 327 $aCase study: Insuring big oil projectsCase study: the Names and Lloyds, London; Sharing, transferring or mitigating risk; Search for risk management; Alternative theories; Causality and managing investment risk; Value-added chain; Risk management to pick up the pieces; Scenario analysis; Case study: Business Continuity, lessons from September 11(th); Case study: Guaranteed annuity payments; Stress testing; Bayesian probability; Artificial intelligence (AI) and expert systems; Case study: Anti-money laundering; Risk maps; 7 The Promise of Risk Management Systems; Current state of systems 327 $aRisk management methodology - RAMP 330 $aRisk has two sides: underestimating it harms the investor, while overestimating it prevents the implementation of bold business projects. This book explains, from the point of view of the practitioner, the analysis of investment risk - a proper account of adequate risk management strategies - and offers an objective and readable account of the most common investment risk management procedures. It will not be highly mathematical, although mathematical formulae and technical graphs will be used where necessary, and will not rely on excessive technical jargon.The author also covers guidel 410 0$aWiley finance series. 606 $aInvestment analysis 606 $aRisk management 615 0$aInvestment analysis. 615 0$aRisk management. 676 $a332.6 676 $a658.15/5 676 $a658.155 700 $aChong$b Yen Yee$01638515 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830231403321 996 $aInvestment risk management$93981002 997 $aUNINA