Country and Political Risk (2nd edition)
Country and Political Risk (2nd edition)
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This comprehensive updating of the first edition of Country and Political Risk provides practitioners in the banking, insurance, and asset management sectors with a review of current country risk management best practices and an overview of the issues that affect global investment. It contains practical insights into how to assess these risks and advises the reader about how to manage a country risk portfolio.
Country and Political Risk provides a vital tool for portfolio and direct investors. Effective management of country risk is a regulatory requirement for banks and increasingly for insurers and asset managers as well. Readers will improve their own skills in country risk assessment and analysis; increase their understanding of best practice in country risk assessment and management in use in the banking sector today; and would be privy to the expertise of industry consultants and experts.
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Preface: Two Economists' Views on the Bank-sovereign LinkageSam Wilkin (Oxford Analytica and Oxford Economics) in conversation with Martin Wolf and Martin HellwigIntroduction Sam Wilkin (Oxford Analytica and Oxford Economics) Part I: Assessing Country Risk1. Assessing Country Risk: A Practical Guide Pascaline della Faille (Delcredere | Ducroire) 2.Sovereign Risk: Characteristics, History and a Review of Recent Research Christian Friedrich Buschmann (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) 3. The Arab Spring: Insights for Political Risk Analysis Therese Feng (Jefferies Group LLC) 4. The Eurozone Crisis: The Forgotten Risks of Private and External Debt Greetje Frankena, Daan Willebrands, John Lorié and Daniel Bosgraaf (Atradius Credit Insurance) 5. How the Eurozone Crisis Became a Banking Crisis, and the Risk of Japanization Katsura Daikuhara (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe)Part II: New Country Risk Issues and Indicators
6. The Changing Dynamics of Country Risk Max Schieler (RobecoSAM) 7. Capital Flight as a Political Risk Indicator Michel-Henry Bouchet (Skema Business School and North Sea Global Equity Management) 8. Debt Crisis Indicators of Emerging Markets vs. Eurozone Economies Roberto Savona (University of Brescia), Marika Vezzoli (University of Brescia) and Enrico Ciavolino (University of Salento)Part III: Improving Country Risk Management9. How Much Economic Capital Could European Banks Save? The Case for Optimal Sovereign Risk Allocation Carlo Capuano (Intesa Sanpaolo Bank) and Luigi Ruggerone 10. Fixing Fundamental Flaws in Probabilistic Country Risk Models Bertrand Groslambert (SKEMA Business School) 11. Have We Learned the Country Risk Management Lessons of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis? Christine Shields (Shields Economics) 12. Using Systems Thinking to Enhance Country Risk Assessment Victoire de Groote and Seth Aslin (HSBC) 13. Approaches to Quantification of Country Risk Paul Domjan (Roubini Global Economics) 14. Stress Testing Across International Exposures and Activities Robert Scavotto and Robert Skinkle (Office of the Comptroller of Currency)