An Integrated Approach to Managing Risk and Performance
By
Thomas S. Y. Ho, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
BARRA, Inc.
Marco Stalder, Ph.D.
Head of Treasury
Zürcher Kantonalbank
and
Bernhard Straub
Deputy Head of Treasury
Zürcher Kantonalbank
Abstract
This paper provides an integrated and practical approach to managing risk and
performance of a bank on an enterprise level. The results show how analytics can be used
along with a strategic management organization to formulate a coherent framework to
deal with some of the challenges of our current banking environment.
June 1998
The authors wish to acknowledge Ron Kahn, Ruedi Wettstein-Gloor, Mark Abbott, and
Mitch Talisman for their assistance on this project and Toni Laich for her editorial and
administrative support.
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An Integrated Approach to Managing Risk and Performance
Overview
Managing interest rate risk and maintaining a profitable balance sheet is perhaps
one of the most important challenges for banks in today’s competitive environment.
Recently, we have seen that the integration of global markets, specifically the European
markets, has led to higher market volatility and increased competition, with a greater
demand from customers and more competitive products on the market. Further,
regulators and rating agencies contin