Bank and Insurance Capital Management

"In this comprehensive book, the accounting perspective and the regulatory approach to risk and capital management are systematically discussed, with specifications for banks and insurance companies. By applying his own experience from both the financial industry and a supervisory institution, De Weert offers useful insights for advanced students and finance practitioners." -Prof. Dr. S.G. Fieke van der Lecq, Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam "Frans de Weert, a prudential supervisor at the Dutch Central Bank, has written an excellent and very welcome book on the broad subject of capital management in financial institutions. Capital management encompasses many fields: corporate governance, regulation, balance sheet management, treasury, corporate finance and shareholder value. Capital management can only be properly understood when the subject is approached from multiple viewpoints. Frans makes this refreshingly clear in his book. As a past practitioner of capital management at ING Group I can confirm that this book addresses the issues that any capital manager will have to think about in the course of his duties and I therefore wholeheartedly recommend this book." -Maarten van Eden, CFO, Anglo Irish Bank