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Published in the year 2010, Financial Risk Manager Handbook + Test Bank: FRM Part I/Part II is a book that serves as a complete reference guide for the subject of financial risk management. Summary Of The Book Financial Risk Manager Handbook + Test Bank: FRM Part I/Part II serves as an overall guide for a number of training programs directed towards risk management across the globe. This book throws light on the changes made to the new two-level FRM examination. It has been approved by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) as an ideal guide to prepare for the FRM certification program. In total, there are 30 chapters present in this book. Some of the chapters include Hedge Fund Risk Management, Risk Management, Firmwide Risk Management, The Basel Accord, Operational Risk, Liquidity Risk, Managing Credit Risk, Credit Derivatives And Structured Products, Advanced Risk Models: Multivariate, Nonlinear (Option) Risk Models, Managing Linear Risk, Equity, Currency And Commodity Markets, Fixed-Income Derivatives, and Fixed-Income Securities. In Financial Risk Manager Handbook + Test Bank: FRM Part I/Part II, readers are provided with several multiple-choice questions from FRM examinations in the past. Through the course of this book, readers are given insights into the managing market, methods for operational risk management, corporate risk management, and structured products. All in all, this book is a must-have for those preparing for the FRM certification program by the GARP. About Philippe Jorion The author of this book, Philippe Jorion, is also a renowned professor of finance studies. Apart from this book, Jorion has also written a number of other books on financial management, and they include Value At Risk: The New Benchmark For Managing Financial Risk, Big Bets Gone Bad: Derivatives And Bankruptcy In Orange County, The Largest Municipal Failure In U.S. History, and Financial Risk Management: Domestic And International Dimensions. Jorion completed his engineering degree from the University of Brussels, and went on to obtain an MBA and doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. Through the course of his career as a professor, he has taught at several renowned institutes such as Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and the University of British Columbia. He currently works at the University of California, Irvine, serving as the Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business. He speaks regularly at several professional as well as academic conferences. Jorion has also served as the editor-in-chief for Journal Of Risk. He has been ranked among the top 30 finance researchers in the world. He is also the Managing Director of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company.