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Financial Risk Manager Handbook 2001-2002
by Philippe Jorion
Product Group: Book
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (2001-07-26)
ISBN: 0471093726
EAN: 9780471093725
Dewy Decimal #: 332
Paperback: 832 pages
Edition: 2#2001-2002#e.
SKU: 070429004
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: First Edition, (full line of numbers 1-10) in excellent condition. There is one page pg537 which has a tear, however it was repaired with clear scotch tape, also there is a reference mark in the column. Otherwise, there are No markings, highlights, further tears, creases. Tight text & spine. Dustjacket has light shelf & edge wear. A fantastic handbook at an affordable price. (d 100)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Financial Risk Management Exam (FRM Exam), developed and organized by The Global Association of Risk Professionals, is given annually in November to risk professionals who want to earn FRM certification. The FRM Certificate Program's goal is to establish an industry standard of minimum professional competence in the field. The examination is fast becoming an essential requirement for risk managers all over the world. The "FRM Handbook" is the instructor's guide for the exam and learning guide among in-house training programmes and university courses focused on financial risk management.
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Customer Reviews
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The Bible of Risk Management
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-02-24
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Briefly, The essence of this book is Talyor series.
Many authors tried to explan bond with Talyor series, but failed to teaching reader well.
But Jorion complemented that with just 30 pages.
Also the book is writed systematically and well organized.
With this book, I passed FRM exam very high score.
I hope you will be luck enough to read this book.
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Hope this book is not representative of GARP's credibility
Rating  (1)
Date: 2002-11-02
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Is there anything less than 1 star? For the errors, this book is not a good value for your moneyI agree with other readers. Book is full of errors and irony is most of these errors are not corrected in the downloadable supplement - available on GARP web-site. Agreed the book covers everything within the Body of Knowledge for FRM exam, but many important issues / theories are mentioned / covered in the Handbook because they are part of syllabus but sufficient justice is not done to them. One definately gets this strong feeling that continuity is missing in certain parts of the book and they seem to be just product of simple copy / paste action. I strongly recommend GARP, Wiley Finance to correct the errors and replace current book with an error free version. Why should the readers pay for the errors? And please let the readers know what actions you are taking and when?
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Probably the worst book ever written for a risk mgmt exam...
Rating (1)
Date: 2002-11-02
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Very interesting to see that the most ratings for the Jorion book are either 5 stars or 1 star. I have no idea why one should rate this book with 5 stars - but so many reasons why to rate it with one star:- it is full of errors
- it is written in a very strange and unstructured fashion
- it is difficult to read
- Explanations are poor
- the layout is horrible (the 80ies do-it-yourself desktop publishing style) Unfortunately, this is the major book for the FRM exam - some questions will relate to some irrelevant footnotes from the Jorion book for sure.... So a lot of people studying for the exam will continue to waste a lot of time with this book.... Once upon a time, a guy called Phillipe J. wrote a book about Value at Risk at exactly the right moment and became famous. Since then, people like to ask him to hold presentations at conferences (his charts there have the same quality as the charts in the book, his presentation techniques are extremely disappointing), they like to publish his papers (well, probably comparable to the quality of the book), they like to ask him to be on the board for important exams like the FRM exam. Probably this was all too much...
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Good Start, but fix the errors!!!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2001-12-24
3 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
The errors in the sample test questions (and answers) need to be fixed! And since the sample test question came from GARP, then GARP should get on the stick and appoint someone in their org to fix 'em.If the errors had not been present, I'd have given it 5 stars. Book does a good job at taking the reader from start to finish across many different aspects of risk management, and in a very organized way. Not at an extremely quantitative level of depth, but enough so that you know about the big picture (risk-wise) regarding bonds, equities, commodities, credit risk, market risk, ops risk, regs, etc. I encourage all middle office trade analysis personnel to read this book from cover to cover, and to go for the GARP cert. I will use it as a reference, I'm sure.
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DISAPPOINTED
Rating (1)
Date: 2001-11-08
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
It is the worst book I have ever seen.
I passed both CFA and AICPA and familarize with those materials. I still find it difficult to follow. Not clear explaination, contradiction among arguments and wrong answers for the sample questions.
I am very disappointed.
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