(Ebook) Handbook of Asset and Liability Management, Volume 2: Applications and Case Studies (Handbook of Asset and Liability Management) (Handbook of Asset and Liability Management) by Stavros A. Zenios, William T. Ziemba ISBN 9780080548562, 9780444528025, 0444528024, 0080548563

(Ebook) Handbook of Asset and Liability Management, Volume 2: Applications and Case Studies (Handbook of Asset and Liability Management) (Handbook of Asset and Liability Management) by Stavros A. Zenios, William T. Ziemba ISBN 9780080548562, 9780444528025, 0444528024, 0080548563

The Handbooks in Finance are intended to be a definitive source for comprehensive and accessible information in the field of finance. Each individual volume in the series presents an accurate self-contained survey of a sub-field of finance, suitable for use by finance and economics professors and lecturers, professional researchers, graduate students and as a teaching supplement. It is fitting that the series Handbooks in Finance devotes a handbook to Asset and Liability Management. Volume 2 focuses on applications and case studies in asset and liability management.The growth in knowledge about practical asset and liability modeling has followed the popularity of these models in diverse business settings. This volume portrays ALM in practice, in contrast to Volume 1, which addresses the theories and methodologies behind these models. In original articles practitioners and scholars describe and analyze models used in banking, insurance, money management, individual investor financial planning, pension funds, and social security. They put the traditional purpose of ALM, to control interest rate and liquidity risks, into rich and broad-minded frameworks. Readers interested in other business settings will find their discussions of financial institutions both instructive and revealing. * Focuses on pragmatic applications * Relevant to a variety of risk-management industries* Analyzes models used in most financial sectors