Book description
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, capital management has become
a critical factor in value creation for banks and other financial
institutions. Although complex and subject to regulatory change, the
strategic importance of capital management became apparent during the
crisis and has moved the subject to the top of corporate agendas.
Bank and Insurance Capital Management is an essential guide to
help banks and insurance companies understand and manage their capital
position. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it provides
proven techniques for managing bank capital, as well as explaining key
capital management perspectives, including accounting, regulatory,
risk and capital management and corporate finance. It also shows how
to analyze a firm's stakeholders such as depositors, policy holders,
debt holders and shareholders, and manage their expectations, and how
to align risk and capital management so as to best optimize the return
on capital and preserve capital in periods of stress. Economic capital
is also discussed in depth, as are the practicalities of bank and
insurance M&A, and the book also shows how financial innovations
can be used to optimise the capital position and how diversification
effects are reflected in the capital position.
This book will arm readers with the knowledge and skills needed to
understand how capital management can improve capital structure and
performance, achieving an optimal cost of, and return on capital,
creating value as a result.
FRANS DE WEERT is a mathematician by training with
extensive research experience in quantitative finance. After his
academic career he worked as an equity derivatives trader at Barclays
Capital in London and New York. In his latest role he was responsible
for the Latin American trading activities in equity derivatives. He
subsequently moved on to become a strategy consultant at Booz &
Company for which he advised senior management in the financial
services industry. Currently Frans works as a banking and insurance
supervisor and as an independent financial markets trainer. Frans has
published several books on options trading and the banking and
insurance sector and currently lives and works in Amsterdam.
For more author information please visit www. dftktrainings. com
