Financial Institutions Management

Anthony Saunders is the John M. Schiff Professor of Finance and the Chair of the Department of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Professor Saunders received his PhD from the London School of Economics and has taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses at NYU since 1978. Throughout his academic career, his teaching and research have specialized in financial institutions and international banking. He has served as a visiting professor all over the world, including INSEAD, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of Melbourne. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, NYU. His research has been published in all the major money and banking and finance journals and in several books. In addition, he has authored or co-authored several professional books, the most recent of which is Credit Risk Measurement: New Approaches to Value at Risk and Other Paradigms, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1999

• Saunders/Cornett, 6e Brief Contents PART ONE: Introduction 1 Why Are Financial Intermediaries Special? 2 The Financial Services Industry: Depository Institutions 3 The Financial Services Industry: Insurance Companies 4 The Financial Services Industry: Securities Firms and Investment Banks 5 The Financial Services Industry: Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds 6 The Financial Services Industry: Finance Companies 7 Risks of Financial Intermediation PART TWO: Measuring Risk 8 Interest Rate Risk I 9 Interest Rate Risk II 10 Market Risk 11 Credit Risk: Individual Loan Risk 12 Credit Risk: Loan Portfolio and Concentration Risk 13 Off-Balance-Sheet Risk 14 Foreign Exchange Risk 15 Sovereign Risk 16 Technology and Other Operational Risks 17 Liquidity Risk PART THREE: Managing Risk 18 Liability and Liquidity Management 19 Deposit Insurance and Other Liability Guarantees 20 Capital Adequacy 21 Product Diversification 22 Geographic Expansion 23 Futures and Forwards 24 Options, Caps, Floors, and Collars 25 Swaps 26 Loan Sales 27 Securitization