Risk and financial catastrophe
By: Erik Banks.
Series: Finance and capital markets
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230577312
Subjects: Financial risk management; Emergency management; Risk management
Description: "The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: THE NATURE OF CATASTROPHE * Taxonomy of Risk * Catastrophes * Financial Catastrophe * PART II: THE RISK FRAMEWORK * The Risk Management Process * Models, Metrics and Limitations * PART III: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT * Past Catastrophes * Lessons Learned and Prescriptive Measures * The Future of Risk Management * Notes * Selected References * Index PART I: THE NATURE OF CATASTROPHE * Taxonomy of Risk * Catastrophes * Financial Catastrophe * PART II: THE RISK FRAMEWORK * The Risk Management Process * Models, Metrics and Limitations * PART III: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT * Past Catastrophes * Lessons Learned and Prescriptive Measures * The Future of Risk Management * Notes * Selected References * Index.