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Marty Kearney is a Senior Staff Instructor at The Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Kearney is the author of LEAPS Trading Strategies: Powerful Techniques for Options Trading Success, co-author of Understanding LEAPS, and a contributing author of Options: Essential Concepts and Strategies, third edition. He is a regular contributor to many new services, including Reuters, Group W, The CBS Radio Network, Derivatives Week, Barron’s, For (more…)

The Journal of Credit Risk is an international refereed journal focusing on the measurement and management of credit risk, the valuation and hedging of credit products, and the promotion of greater understanding in the area of credit risk theory and practice.

The Journal of Credit Risk is an international refereed journal focusing on the measurement and management of credit risk, the valuation and hedging of credit products, and the promotion of greater un (more…)

The first decade of the 21st Century has been disastrous for financial institutions, derivatives and risk management. Counterparty credit risk has become the key element of financial risk management, highlighted by the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers and failure of other high profile institutions such as Bear Sterns, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The sudden realisation of extensive counterparty risks has severely compromised the health of global financial ma (more…)

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“The book is a comprehensive guide for developing, implementing and monitoring credit risk scorecards.” (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, November 2006)Credit Risk Scorecards provides insight into professional practices in different stages of development such as model building, validation, and implementation. — Michael C. S. Wong City University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Regional Director Global Association of Risk ProfessionalsSiddiqi offers practical (more…)

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“The Banker’s Handbook on Credit Risk is an indispensable reference for bankers and others concerned with credit risk o understand how to fully and properly utilize models in the management of credit risk. The comprehensive combination of explanatory text and over 150 working models in the book and accompanying DVD make it a key reference book for bankers. Most importantly, use of this Handbook and its accompanying models will move us forward in achieving sorely needed imp (more…)

In today’s increasingly competitive financial world, successful risk management, portfolio management, and financial structuring demand more than up-to-date financial know-how. They also call for quantitative expertise, including the ability to effectively apply mathematical modeling tools and techniques, in this case credit. Credit Risk Modeling using Excel and VBA with DVD provides practitioners with a hands on introduction to credit risk modeling.  Instead of just pre (more…)

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As an introductory survey it does an admirable job. …this book is an important guide into the field of credit risk models. Mainly for the practitioner and less for the academician. …It is well written, fairly easy to follow.-Horst Behncke, Zentralblatt MathThere are so many financial tools available today and numbers are likely to grow in the future. If you work in this field of credit risk modelling it is worth looking at the theoretical background, and this book is a w (more…)

Today’s most complete, up-to-date reference for controlling credit risk exposure of all types, in every environment Measuring and Managing Credit Risk takes you far beyond the Basel guidelines to detail a powerful, proven program for understanding and controlling your firm’s credit risk. Providing hands-on answers on practical topics from capital management to correlations, and supporting its theories with up-to-the-minute data and insights, this authoritative book examines (more…)

Credit Risk Management is a comprehensive textbook that looks at the total integrated process for managing credit risk, ranging from the risk assessment of a single obligor to the risk measurement of an entire portfolio. This expert learning tool introduces the principle concepts of credit risk analysis…explains the techniques used for improving the effectiveness of balance sheet management in financial institutions…and shows how to manage credit risks under comp (more…)