The Essentials of Risk Management, Third Edition

The “bible” of risk management—fully updated for an investing landscape dramatically altered by social and technological upheavals

When it was first published in 2005, The Essentials of Risk Management became an instant classic in risk management. Now, the authors provide a comprehensively updated and revised edition to help you succeed in a world rocked by unprecedented changes.

Combining academic research with real-world applications, this bestselling guide provides the expert insights that has made it so popular for so many years, covering the most effective ways to measure and transfer credit risk, increase risk-management transparency, and implement an organization-wide enterprise risk management approach. In addition, it covers a wide range of new issues, including:

Fallout from the COVID pandemic
New emerging risks associated with digital finance
The effect of climate change on risk management
Game-changing new technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and distributed ledger technology

The definitive resource for quantifying risk versus return, The Essentials of Risk Management delivers everything you need to safeguard your investments in today’s economy.

Author Biography

Dr. Dan Galai is the Abe Gray Professor of Finance and Business Administration at Hebrew University. He has been a visiting professor of Finance at INSEAD, and also has taught at UCLA and the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. He has consulted for the Chicago Board of Exchange and the American Stock Exchange. He has published numerous articles in leading business and finance journals and was the winner of the First Annual Pomeranze Prize for excellence in options research presented by the CBOE.