With the economic fallout from the financial crisis, beginning in the late 2000s, it has become more crucial than ever for risk managers to have a clear understanding of sound credit risk management principles and processes.
The Handbook of Credit Risk Management presents a comprehensive overview of the practice of credit risk management (CRM) for large institutions. In this hands-on resource, Sylvain Bouteillé and Diane Coogan-Pushnernoted experts on the topic of financial risk managementoffer a comprehensive framework and solutions helpful not just for financial institutions, pension funds, or other institutions with large invested asset portfolios, but also for non-financial corporations or any organization having critical customer, supplier, banking, or counterparty relationships.
The Handbook is written in a straightforward, accessible style and presented in a logical format that is consistent with a commonly employed risk management framework. This reliable resource offers a holistic treatment of CRM and includes a checklist of nine key questions that must be answered before accepting any transaction generating credit risk. In addition, the authors outline the four sequential steps to the management of credit riskorigination, credit assessment, portfolio management, and mitigation and transferand show how these steps must interact to protect an organization’s balance sheet.
Comprehensive in scope, this book covers a wealth of topics including fundamental and alternative credit analysis, securitization, credit portfolio management, economic capital, credit insurance, surety bonds, letters of credit, credit risk measurement, credit derivatives, and much more.
The Handbook of Credit Risk Management is an indispensable resource for risk managers wanting to strengthen their skills with tangible, real-world applications of credit risk management, which their organizations can readily implement.
With the economic fallout from the financial crisis, beginning in the late 2000s, it has become more crucial than ever for risk managers to have a clear understanding of sound credit risk management principles and processes.
The Handbook of Credit Risk Management presents a comprehensive overview of the practice of credit risk management (CRM) for large institutions. In this hands-on resource, Sylvain Bouteillé and Diane Coogan-Pushnernoted experts on the topic of financial risk managementoffer a comprehensive framework and solutions helpful not just for financial institutions, pension funds, or other institutions with large invested asset portfolios, but also for non-financial corporations or any organization having critical customer, supplier, banking, or counterparty relationships.
The Handbook is written in a straightforward, accessible style and presented in a logical format that is consistent with a commonly employed risk management framework. This reliable resource offers a holistic treatment of CRM and includes a checklist of nine key questions that must be answered before accepting any transaction generating credit risk. In addition, the authors outline the four sequential steps to the management of credit riskorigination, credit assessment, portfolio management, and mitigation and transferand show how these steps must interact to protect an organization’s balance sheet.
Comprehensive in scope, this book covers a wealth of topics including fundamental and alternative credit analysis, securitization, credit portfolio management, economic capital, credit insurance, surety bonds, letters of credit, credit risk measurement, credit derivatives, and much more.
The Handbook of Credit Risk Management is an indispensable resource for risk managers wanting to strengthen their skills with tangible, real-world applications of credit risk management, which their organizations can readily implement.
About the Author
SYLVAIN BOUTEILLÉ is Head Key Account Management and a member of the management team of the North American division of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. In 1996, he joined Swiss Re in Zurich, Switzerland, in the newly created credit risk management division. In 1998, Bouteillé moved to New York where, as U.S. Head of Credit Risk Management, he was responsible for credit risk aspects of all insurance and capital markets transactions. In 2003, he became U.S. Head of Structured Credit Underwriting, where he originated and structured credit derivatives and financial guaranty reinsurance transactions. Since 2008, Bouteillé has been working with risk managers of Fortune 500 companies to develop traditional and non-standard insurance solutions. Bouteillé holds an MS in civil engineering from ENTPE (France) and an MBA from INSEAD (France).
DIANE COOGAN-PUSHNER is Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Graduate Program in Risk Management at Queens College, City University of New York. She began her career in financial services at the World Bank and held increasingly senior positions in finance and strategy at AT&T and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Coogan-Pushner moved to Swiss Re, and as Managing Director, originated and structured reinsurance transactions and other risk transfer solutions for insurance clients. Other credits include roles as a portfolio manager for a hedge fund and for a private equity fund both dedicated to financial services. She has served as a director for an insurer and as a member of S&P’s Insurance Ratings Advisory Council, and consults to financial institutions in their asset management strategy. She received her PhD in economics from Boston University in 1992 and is a CFA charterholder.
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