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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department. by Monetary, International

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Small Money Big Impact : Impact Investing, Microfinance and Real Returns. by Fanconi, Peter A.

Table of Contents: “…Rural Population -- Gender -- 6.4 Late Payments and Over-Indebtedness of Clients -- 6.5 Default Prevention and Restructuring -- Market Overview -- Standard Measures in Case of Loan Default -- 6.6 Occupation: Loan Officer -- Profile of a Loan Officer -- Process -- 6.7 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Loan Pricing -- 7.1 Interest Rate Components -- Operating Costs -- Capital Costs -- Contingency Reserves -- Profit -- Tax Expenditures -- Boosting Efficiency -- 7.2 Setting Sustainable Interest Rates -- 7.3 Regional Differences -- 7.4 Loan Recipients' Willingness to Repay -- 7.5 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Social Performance Management -- 8.1 Social Performance -- 8.2 Measuring Social Performance -- Universal Standards of Social Performance Management (USSPM) -- Smart Campaign -- Appropriate product design and delivery -- Prevention of over-indebtedness -- Transparency -- Responsible pricing -- Fair and respectful treatment of clients -- Privacy of client data -- Mechanisms for complaint resolution -- MFTransparency -- Social Performance Indicators (SPI4) -- 8.3 Measuring the Outcome of Microfinance -- 8.4 Social Rating Agencies -- M-CRIL -- MicroFinanza Rating -- MicroRate -- Planet Rating -- 8.5 Technical Assistance -- Increase in MFI Capacity -- Strengthening the Financial Sector -- Impact on Micro Entrepreneurs -- 8.6 Linking Social Performance with Profitability -- 8.7 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes.…”
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Small Money Big Impact : Impact Investing, Microfinance and Real Returns. by Fanconi, Peter A.

Table of Contents: “…Rural Population -- Gender -- 6.4 Late Payments and Over-Indebtedness of Clients -- 6.5 Default Prevention and Restructuring -- Market Overview -- Standard Measures in Case of Loan Default -- 6.6 Occupation: Loan Officer -- Profile of a Loan Officer -- Process -- 6.7 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Loan Pricing -- 7.1 Interest Rate Components -- Operating Costs -- Capital Costs -- Contingency Reserves -- Profit -- Tax Expenditures -- Boosting Efficiency -- 7.2 Setting Sustainable Interest Rates -- 7.3 Regional Differences -- 7.4 Loan Recipients' Willingness to Repay -- 7.5 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Social Performance Management -- 8.1 Social Performance -- 8.2 Measuring Social Performance -- Universal Standards of Social Performance Management (USSPM) -- Smart Campaign -- Appropriate product design and delivery -- Prevention of over-indebtedness -- Transparency -- Responsible pricing -- Fair and respectful treatment of clients -- Privacy of client data -- Mechanisms for complaint resolution -- MFTransparency -- Social Performance Indicators (SPI4) -- 8.3 Measuring the Outcome of Microfinance -- 8.4 Social Rating Agencies -- M-CRIL -- MicroFinanza Rating -- MicroRate -- Planet Rating -- 8.5 Technical Assistance -- Increase in MFI Capacity -- Strengthening the Financial Sector -- Impact on Micro Entrepreneurs -- 8.6 Linking Social Performance with Profitability -- 8.7 Preliminary Conclusions -- Notes.…”
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Business Research An Illustrative Guide to Practical Methodological Applications in Selected Case Studies / edited by Pieter W. Buys, Merwe Oberholzer.

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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Regulation of Energy Markets Economic Mechanisms and Policy Evaluation / by Machiel Mulder. by Mulder, Machiel

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Manufacturing engineering handbook / Hwaiyu Geng. by Geng, Hwaiyu

Table of Contents: “…Advanced Manufacturing with Cloud, Internet of Things, and Sustainability -- INTRODUCTION -- ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING -- ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES -- ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND GLOBAL MANUFACTURING -- INTERNET OF THINGS AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING -- SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING -- THE FUTURE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- 2. …”
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