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He has published numerous articles in the new field of statistical finance, in particular on random matrix theory applied to portfolio management. Bouchard and potters will then provide the reader with an insight and generalization that they may otherwise miss with direct application of more traditional theory to the financial markets. Marc potters has been head of research at cfm since 1998, where he supervises thirty physics phds. Potters cambridge university press, 2003 complex systems, volume lxxxv. Summarising theoretical developments in the field, this 2003 second edition has been substantially expanded. To the experienced reader of financial theory, the book provides a useful reminder of the limitations of traditional theories and a number of useful. The maximum drawdown mdd in financial time series plays an important role in investment management and has been widely studied in the literature. Risk control has become one of the major concern of financial institutions. The following risk management report is an excerpt from the. Potters, theory of financial risks and derivatives pricing, from. Takes a physicists point of view to financial risk by comparing theory with experiment. This book takes a, physicists point of view of financial risk by comparing theory. Calculating credit var using the actual distribution 155 5 extending the var approach to operational risks 158 5.
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