Economic Capital: How It Works, and What Every Manager Needs to Know

Aimed at senior management in banks, this book directly addresses the failure in bank risk management. Focusing on Economic Capital, it points out the "decision points" where judgement is needed from managers to make sure that the models work properly.

. Feature: Comprehensive coverage of all risks involved in financial management.

. Benefit: More closely mirrors the reality that senior managers face since their institution is facing all the types of risk in reality.

. Feature: Actual cases to illustrate main points.

. Benefit: Cases keep the reader involved and illustrate the key elements of using and measuring economic capital within the real world context that the audience works in every day.

. Feature: non-technical language, easy to read format, concise discussions.

. Benefit: Will enable senior managers to read through the book on a flight from Europe to the US and come off the plane with a clear understanding of how Economic Capital decisions can and must be made.

. Feature: Written by two senior bank managers.

. Benefit: Readers enter into the same world they work in every day, that address their real-life pressure points, decision processes, and aspirations.