Risk and financial catastrophe / Erik Banks.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

vii, 213 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

"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.

English

March 05, 2010

Finance and capital markets

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.