The Professional risk managers' guide to finance theory and application (cop. 2008)

The Professional risk managers' guide to finance theory and application This comprehensive reference brings together ten of the worlds leading scholars and practitioners, who provide invaluable perspectives on all aspects of finance theory and how they are applied to the process of risk management. The book begins with an overview of risk and risk aversion, introducing utility functions and the mean-variance criterion. It then delivers a thorough introduction to portfolio mathematics, including discussion of the efficient frontier, portfolio theory, and portfolio diversification.