Risk Management, Strategic Thinking and Leadership in the Financial Services Industry

Risk Management, Strategic Thinking and Leadership in the Financial Services Industry
Author: Hasan Dinçer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319471724

This book presents a broad overview of risk management in the banking industry, with a special focus on strategic thinking and decision-making. It reveals the broader context behind decision models and approaches to risk management in the financial industry, linking the regulatory landscape for capital management and risk to strategic thinking, together with behavioral and cultural assessments.

The Risk Management Process

The Risk Management Process
Author: Christopher L. Culp
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2002-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471151246

Integrates essential risk management practices with practical corporate business strategies Focusing on educating readers on how to integrate risk management with corporate business strategy-not just on hedging practices-The Risk Management Process is the first financial risk management book that combines a detailed, big picture discussion of firm-wide risk management with a comprehensive discussion of derivatives-based hedging strategies and tactics. An essential component of any corporate business strategy today, risk management has become a mainstream business process at the highest level of the world's largest financial institutions, corporations, and investment management groups. Addressing the need for a well-balanced book on the subject, respected leader and teacher on the subject Christopher Culp has produced a well-balanced, comprehensive reference text for a broad audience of financial institutions and agents, nonfinancial corporations, and institutional investors.

Mastering Strategic Risk

Mastering Strategic Risk
Author: Joel E. McPhee, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118772865

The modern business climate demands a new risk management strategy Mastering Strategic Risk: A Framework for Leading and Transforming Organizations is a comprehensive guide to redesigning organizational systems to better manage the risks and complexities of the modern world. Based on the notion of "Create, Facilitate, and Support," the book provides a roadmap to ensuring optimum performance in even the most challenging circumstances. Whether applied to a system or an entire organization, the ideas presented can help unlock a business's potential and ensure a sustainable advantage. Modern business leaders face unprecedented challenges, and risk management has become a strategic priority. Traditional management frameworks are outdated, and cannot be re-tooled to effectively account for the demands and complexities of the 21st century. Instead of adjusting old, ineffective models, businesses are better served by implementing an entirely new model custom-built to lead organizations through today's business environment. Mastering Strategic Risk describes this brand new framework, and provides the tools and background leaders need to remain effective in this new age. Topics include: The three forces behind customer behavior, competitive advantage, and a culture of discipline New major change agents that drive complexity and intensity Tools that help identify and mitigate the biggest risks to operations A new HR model to drive peak performance and galvanize employees The book contains well-known real-world examples from Wachovia, Toyota, World-Com, and Citrix, that illustrate key concepts within the new framework and demonstrate the core elements of modern risk management. For the savvy leader looking to push an organization to the next level, Mastering Strategic Risk: A Framework for Leading and Transforming Organizations provides a brand new model for effective management.

Risk Management Technology in Financial Services

Risk Management Technology in Financial Services
Author: Dimitris N. Chorafas
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080498094

Written for professionals in financial services with responsibility for IT and risk management, Dimitris Chorafas surveys the methodology required and IT systems and structures to support it according to Basel II. The book is consistent with the risk management certification process of GARP, as well as the accounting rules of IFRS, based on research the author conducted with IASB. The author provices an in-depth discussion of the types of risk, stress analysis and the use of scenarios, mathematical models, and IT systems and infrastructure requirements. * Written in clear, straightforward style for financial industry executives to provide necessary information for risk control decisionmaking* Consistent with GARP, IFRS and IASB risk management processes and procedures* Explains stress testing and its place in risk control

Winning at Risk

Winning at Risk
Author: Annetta Cortez
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2011-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118078284

Practical risk and capital management strategies for financial service executives and high level managers Winning at Risk is a primer for senior executives and directors struggling to interpret the growing demands and implications in this field. It includes valuable perspectives on how to address key issues that are pressing in the boardroom. It is the first book to lay out the basic frameworks of risk management, how to navigate new regulation, how to build a sound risk management capability, and how to translate that capability into strategic success. A must-have management aid and reference tool for the financial services professional Expert coverage of measuring risk, managing risk, integrating risk management into business, and leveraging business excellence through risk Written by a respected thought leader in risk management Providing CEOs and financial executives with the basic building blocks and concepts of risk management, this essential book simplifies risk management requirements for board and executive level professionals.

Blockchain Economics and Financial Market Innovation

Blockchain Economics and Financial Market Innovation
Author: Umit Hacioglu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030252752

This book discusses various aspects of blockchains in economic systems and investment strategies in crypto markets. It first addresses the topic from a conceptual and theoretical point of view, and then analyzes it from an assessment and investment angle. Further, it examines the opportunities and limitations of the taxation of crypto currency, as well as the political implications, such as regulation of speculation with crypto currencies. The book is intended for academicians and students in the fields of economics and finance.

Contemporary Approaches in Businesses

Contemporary Approaches in Businesses
Author: Süleyman Uyar
Publisher: IJOPEC PUBLICATION
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1912503697

Developments in information and communication technology, human-centered philosophies, globalization, and increasingly complex organizational and labor structure have forced to change the management thought. It became impossible to survive for businesses which can not attune the changes. Businesses are re-questioning their traditional marketing approaches, reviewing their methods and priorities, and showing more interest in productivity, profitability, control, measurement and evaluation topics. Globalization and developments in information and communication technologies have influenced the business manners of businesses. Especially, accounting, finance, marketing and management functions are highly influenced by this process. In this context, in this study, the possible effects of contemporary approaches in business administration on each of the business function.

Risk Management in Finance

Risk Management in Finance
Author: Anthony Tarantino
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470485256

Implement next-generation techniques-before disaster strikes—and improve operation risk management "The recent global economic crisis has brought home the need for realistic operational risk management as an important element of an organization's survival strategy in turbulent times. In Risk Management in Finance Dr. Tarantino and his coauthors provide an operational risk framework for the twenty-first-century organization by culling the state-of-the-arts knowledge on next-generation techniques in financial risk management to forestall major risk management failures. This book represents a landmark contribution in attempting to create a corporate world that is able to cope with major crisis. The book should be on the must read list for all those interested in reforming corporate governance." —Dr. Anwar Shah, Lead Economist and Program Leader, Governance, World Bank Institute "As operational risk management advances, interest in process-centered risk management has grown. This timely book presents a valuable overview of leading-edge theory and practice." —Simon Wills, Executive Director, Operational Riskdata eXchange Association (ORX), the world's largest banking association for sharing operational loss data

Strategic Risk Leadership

Strategic Risk Leadership
Author: Torben Juul Andersen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000442136

This casebook extends Strategic Risk Leadership: Engaging a World of Risk, Uncertainty and the Unknown, bringing theory and practice grounded in the first book to life with an array of applicable, real-world examples. The book enables critical thinking about the current state of risk management and ERM, demonstrating contemporary shortcomings and challenges from real-life cases drawn from a global selection of well-known organizations. It confronts modern risk management practices and discusses what leaders should do to deal with unpredictable environments. Providing a basis for developing more effective risk management approaches, the book identifies shortcomings of contemporary approaches to risk management and specifies how to deal with the major risks we face today, illuminated by a variety of comprehensive global examples. It also provides valuable insights on these approaches for managers and leaders in general—including risk executives and chief risk officers—as well as advanced risk management students. End-of-chapter cases illustrate both good and bad risk management approaches as useful inspiration for reflective risk leaders. This book will be a hugely valuable resource for those studying or teaching risk management.

Sport Management, Innovation and the COVID-19 Crisis

Sport Management, Innovation and the COVID-19 Crisis
Author: Gözde Ersöz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-08-19
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1000629333

This book looks at how sport and sports organisations have had to innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against a backdrop of lockdowns, empty stadia and a fast-moving public health crisis, the book presents fascinating case studies of innovation and crisis management in sport, with valuable lessons to be learned for preparedness and resilience in future crises. The book explores how managerial processes have evolved during the pandemic in areas as diverse as sports communication, youth sport, sports events, esports, sports tourism, and physical activity, in both professional and community settings. It considers the fundamental importance of technology as a tool of innovation, and considers how different stakeholder groups, from governing bodies to athletes to fans, have developed new pathways of engagement and what that might mean for the future development of the sport industry. This book is fascinating reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policy maker looking to better understand this profound moment in the history of sport and society, and to anybody with an interest in key themes in sport business and management, such as innovation, crisis management or consumer behaviour.