Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9: Globalizing Chicago Exchanges The Secret Ingredient of the CME; Financing Entrepreneurs; Catering to a Global Market with Night Trading; The Attack on Equity Derivatives-Wet Sidewalks Cause Rain; The Demise of Drexel; Chapter 10: Environmental Finance; The Acid Rain Problem in the United States; The Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990; Starting Over; Jack Welch and Kidder, Peabody; The CBOT's Role in the EPA Acid Rain Program; The First EPA Annual SO2 Auction; Chapter 11: Blame It on Rio; In Search of Trees-Commoditizing CO2; Caipirinhas and Climate Change; A New Academic Field…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Enterprise Risk Management -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section One Risk Management in Context -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Benefits of Risk Management -- Reason #1: Managing Risk Is Management's Job -- Reason #2: Managing Risk Can Reduce Earnings Volatility -- Reason #3: Managing Risk Can Maximize Shareholder Value -- Reason #4: Risk Management Promotes Job and Financial Security -- Integration Adds Value -- Cautionary Tales -- The Shortsightedness of Bausch &amp -- Lomb -- The Curtains Close on Kidder, Peabody -- Meltdown at Metallgesellschaft -- Morgan Grenfell's Asset Mismanagement -- Société Générale Blindsided -- MF Global Goes Under -- Chapter 2 Lessons Learned -- Lesson #1: Know Your Business -- Lesson #2: Establish Checks and Balances -- Lesson #3: Set Limits and Boundaries -- Lesson #4: Keep Your Eye on the Cash -- Lesson #5: Use the Right Yardstick -- Lesson #6: Pay for the Performance You Want -- Lesson #7: Balance the Yin and the Yang -- Chapter 3 Concepts and Processes -- Risk Concepts -- Exposure -- Volatility -- Probability -- Severity -- Time Horizon -- Correlation -- Capital -- Risk Processes -- Risk Awareness -- Set the Tone from the Top -- Ask the Right Questions -- Establish a Risk Taxonomy -- Provide Training and Development -- Link Risk and Compensation -- Risk Measurement -- Losses -- Incidents -- Risk Assessments -- Key Risk Indicators -- Risk Control -- Support Business Growth -- Support Profitability -- Control Downside Risks -- Risk Is a Bell Curve -- Chapter 4 What Is ERM? …”

“…Acampora has held senior roles at leading financial firms including Prudential, Kidder Peabody, and Smith Barney. Previously the New York Institute of Finance’s Director of Technical Analysis Studies, he has taught at NYIF for 40 years. …”