Operational Risk: Measurement And Modelling Hardcover English by Jack L. King - 01 Dec 2001

Jack L. King

This work brings together various theories and models in operational risk, presenting them in the context of real-life case studies. It seeks to be both a sourcebook of operational risk techniques and a user manual on how to apply them. Featuring numerous examples and case studies, the book compares each technique with relevant examples in investment banking, covering a variety of situations, including fraud, fire, and natural disaster.

9780471852094

English

John Wiley And Sons Inc

01 Dec 2001

276

DR. JACK L. KING is the managing director of Genoa (UK) Limited, a consulting and software company specialising in risk. He brings to the firm almost 30 years' experience in technology and its application to risk. From August 1998 to November 2000 Dr King worked as Director, Operational Risk for Algorithmics, Incorporated. Before joining Algorithmics, Dr King was a Director in the New York Financial Consulting Practice of Price Waterhouse, with a concentration in market and credit risk. From 1992 - 1996, Dr King was a scientist with the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria where he developed enhanced systems for the measurement and control of global nuclear risk. Dr King's education includes a Ph.D. in Computer Science, MBA, MA Finance, BS Computer Science, and BS Electrical Engineering. He is a member of IEEE and ACM and is a frequent contributor to risk-related magazines and newsletters.

No. 8 besteller in 'Risk' (erivativesreview, December 2001)