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Download or read book Risk Assessment written by Georg Bol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New developments in assessing and managing risk are discussed in this volume. Addressing both practitioners in the banking sector and research institutions, the book provides a manifold view on the most-discussed topics in finance. Among the subjects treated are important issues such as: risk measures and allocation of risks, factor modeling, risk premia in the hedge funds industry and credit risk management. The volume provides an overview of recent developments as well as future trends in the area of risk assessment.