Essentials of Risk Management in Finance

Don’t wait for catastrophe to strike—
avoid failures in risk management and ethics
with Essentials of Risk Management in Finance

The recession of 2008–2009 was the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Don’t let history repeat itself.Essentials of Risk Management in Finance provides a concise and easy-to-follow introduction to financial risk management.

In this basic survey, risk management leaders and pioneers Anthony Tarantino and Deborah Cernauskas quickly get you up to speed by providing a succinct but solid understanding of the major areas of risk exposure that all organizations, both public and private, face in today’s complex global marketplace.

Essentials of Risk Management in Finance covers financial risk management in its major enterprise and systemic components: credit, portfolio, market, operational, legal, liquidity, solvency, and reputational, along with the relationship between corporate governance, executive compensation, and risk management.

Inside this landmark survival guide, you’ll find valuable discussions on:

• Using ISO 31000/31010 standards to conduct risk assessments and alignments

• Actionable methods, techniques, and tools to improve risk management in your organization

• Insights into best practices and next-generation techniques

• Major risk management standards, frameworks, and associations

• Six Sigma in risk assessments

• Fraud and corruption

• U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its international equivalents in the EU, Japan, and China

• Data mining, governance, and maturity models

• Enterprise-ending risks

Safeguard your operationbefore disaster strikes. Let Essentials of Risk Management in Finance show you how to steer clear of the many pitfalls of reckless risk management.

Dr. Anthony Tarantino has thirty years of experience in risk management, regulatory compliance, and business transformation on both the consulting and business sides. He became a Six Sigma Master Black Belt in 2010 and a Certified SOX Pro in 2008. He has written articles for Journal of Operational Risk, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Accounting Today, the Cutter IT Journal, and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM); is author or coauthor of five professional and academic texts; and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop leader at U.S. and international conferences.

Dr. Deborah Cernauskas is the Dean of the Business School at Colorado Technical University and a former risk management consultant for IBM. She has taught finance at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at several Chicago universities, including Northern Illinois University. Her multifaceted industry experience includes corporate development, operational finance, market research, and commodities trading research.