"An in-depth look at the tools and techniques professionals use to address financial risksRisk and uncertainty, as Allan Malz explains in his ground-breaking new book, are two completely different concepts. Risk is a quantifiable uncertainty that can be modeled, while uncertainty defines...

Financial risk has become a focus of financial and nonfinancial firms, individuals, and policy makers. But the study of risk remains a relatively new discipline in finance and continues to be refined. The financial market crisis that began in 2007 has highlighted the challenges of managing...

"A detailed look at the discipline of modern distressed investing. Investing in distressed securities/financially troubled credits is an approach that contains both great risk and opportunity. Occurrences from the recent credit crisis have changed this playing field immensely, not so much in...