Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Risk Management 5
Chapter 1: Living with Risk.7
Chapter 2: Understanding Risk Models 23
Chapter 3: Taking Charge of Risk 41
Chapter 4: Managing Financial Risk 57
Chapter 5: Functions of a Financial Risk Manager 73
Part II: Measuring Financial Risk 85
Chapter 6: Valuing Risk.87
Chapter 7: Stress Testing for Success 109
Chapter 8: Speaking Greek 125
Chapter 9: Accounting for Extremes 145
Part III: Managing Financial Risk 163
Chapter 10: Setting Limits.165
Chapter 11: Stopping Losses 181
Chapter 12: Controlling Drawdowns 199
Chapter 13: Hedging Bets 215
Part IV: Working in Financial Institutions 237
Chapter 14: Trading Places 239
Chapter 15: Banking on Risk 249
Chapter 16: Managing Assets and Portfolios 261
Chapter 17: Insuring Risk 271
Part V: Communicating Risk 283
Chapter 18: Reporting Risk 285
Chapter 19: Regulating Finance 299
Part VI: The Part of Tens 317
Chapter 20: Ten One-Minute Risk Management Tips 319
Chapter 21: Ten Days that Shook the (Financial) World 327
Chapter 22: Ten Great Risk Managers in History 341
Chapter 23: Ten Great Risk Books 349
Index 355