Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: The Financial services industry: depository institutions -- The Financial services industry: insurance companies -- The Financial services industry : securities firms and investments banks -- The Financial services industry: finance companies -- Why are financial intermediaries special? -- Risks of financial intermediation -- Measuring risk: Interest rate risk I -- Interest rate risk II -- Market risk -- Credit risk : individual loan risk -- Credit risk : loan portfolio and concentration risk -- Off-balance-sheet activities -- Operational cost and technology risk -- Foreign exchange risk -- Sovereign risk -- Liquidity risk -- Managing Risk : Liability and liquidity management -- Deposit insurance and other liability management -- Deposit insurance and other liability guarantees -- Capital adequacy -- Product diversification -- Geographic diversification: domestic -- Geographic diversification: international -- Futures and forwards -- Options, caps , floors, and collars -- Swaps -- Loan sales and other risk management techniques -- Securitization.