The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Finance Theory and Application

Expert analysis of the practical applications of financial theory

If you're a risk manager in the financial sector, The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Finance Theory and Application offers a comprehensive background in finance theory that is required reading for all finance professionals from investors to actuaries.

Sponsored by the PRMIA Institute and edited by risk management experts Carol Alexander and Elizabeth Sheedy, this one-of-a-kind resource brings together a distinguished group of leading practitioners and scholars from around the globe, who share their viewpoints on all the major areas of finance theory and their relevance for risk management.

The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Finance Theory and Application walks you through every aspect of:

• Risk attitude
• Portfolio theory and diversification
• Capital allocation and capital structure
• Modelling interest rates
• Futures and forward contracts
• Option valuation