Gain a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding financial risk and regulation Foundations of Financial Risk details the various risks, regulations, and supervisory requirements institutions face in today's economic and regulatory environment. Written by the experts at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), this book represents an update to GARP's original publication, Foundations of Banking Risk. You'll learn the terminology and basic concepts surrounding global financial risk and regulation, and develop an understanding of the methods used to measure and manage market, credit, and operational risk. Coverage includes traded market risk and regulation, treasury risk and regulation, and much more, including brand new coverage of risk management for insurance companies. Clear explanations, focused discussion, and comprehensive relevancy make this book an ideal resource for an introduction to risk management. The textbook provides an understanding of risk management methodologies, governance structures for risk management in financial institutions and the regulatory requirements dictated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. It provides thorough coverage of the issues surrounding financial risk, giving you a solid knowledgebase and a practical, applicable understanding. * Understand risk measurement and management * Learn how minimum capital requirements are regulated * Explore all aspects of financial institution regulation and disclosure * Master the terminology of global risk and regulation Financial institutions and supervisors around the world are increasingly recognizing how vital sound risk management practices are to both individual firms and the capital markets system as a whole. Savvy professionals recognize the need for authoritative and comprehensive training, and Foundations of Financial Risk delivers with expert-led education for those new to risk management.

A collection of poems about angels, love, inspiration, beauty, loss, God, hope, and faith, to guide the spirit and make the heart sing out in joy.

Serenity's Dream is T.S. Garp's third book that stretches the boundaries of imagination and leads the reader into other worlds made of dreams, fantasies, nightmares mixed with mythology, ancient legends, and mystical journeys. Tales of old are told here and descriptions of supernatural places of wonder encapsulate this book. Follow the heroes as they explore and venture forth into the realm of the unknown, experiencing all the emotions of life, and discovering the sorrows alongside happiness, the challenges while gaining courageousness, and obtaining self-knowledge with self-worth. Serenity's Dream weaves an assortment of tales and poems concerning the quest and initiation into emotional places and personal insights into the legacy of humanity and the tribulations of perilous journeys undertaken by all living things residing in nature and the world that is bestowed upon them to survive, learn, appreciate, and to live in.

Ever wonder what mysteries the supernatural world is keeping secret? From ancient civilizations throughout human history come legends of gods, aliens, and strange phenomenon with human interaction written in stone, prehistoric mysterious technology that surpasses our own, knowledge of antigravity technology, and evidence of a possible ancient atomic war. Secrets of the Supernatural World probes the bizarre, unexplained, and unsolved mysteries from human history to our present time. Is time travel possible? What is the connection with ghost, human souls, ESP, and the astral plane? Is the Afterlife real? Is human consciousness able to transcend time-space, virtually immortal, and penetrate other multiple dimensions? For thousands of years Eastern and Western philosophers and paranormal investigators have tried to comprehend these mystifying anomalies, strange tales, and odd phenomenon that inundate our world. Photojournalist and Ufologist T.S.Garp takes the reader on an incredible journey into the realm of the paranormal through each mind-blowing chapter, documented scientific evidence, and numerous eyewitness accounts of close encounters with strange anomalies. Garp explores the mystery behind advance prehistoric ancient cultures, the masterminds of astonishing technology like Atlantis, ancient India, ancient Egypt, and Nikola Tesla's extraordinary unlimited power source technology. Secrets of the Supernatural World explores Mankind's cosmic consciousness connection and the riddle of ancient technology.

A collection of poems about love and hope. Love is our greatest emotion. The mysterious and yet timeless qualities of love is all around us, affecting our lives from the moment of birth to the day we die. We are all seeking love and deeply want to express it. The book Love Sages expresses the joy, happiness, longing, passion, desire, hope, and fear of love. But love is also about our sensuality, attraction, sadness; finding love, love lost, and love eternal, love at first sight, meeting your soul mate, and the indelible human spirit of love eternally that stands the test of time. The path to love is indeed from our own creation, we only need to express it, and Love Sages certainly does that.