Anuhony Saunders is the John M. Schiff Professor of Finance and the former Chair of the Department of Finance at the Stem School of Business at New York University. Professor Saunders received his PhD from the London School of Economics and has taught both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses at NYU since 1978. Throughout his academic career, his teaching and research have specialized in financial institutions and international banking. He has served as a visiting professor all over the world, including INSEAD, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of Melbourne.

Professor Saunders has held positions on the Board of Academic Consultants of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors as well as the Council of Research Advisors for the Federal National Mortgage Association. In addition, Dr. Saunders has acted as a visiting scholar at the Comptroller of the Currency and at the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia and New York. He was an academic consultant for the FDIC. He also held a visiting position in the research department of the International Monetary Fund. He is editor of Financial Markets, Instruments and Institutions. His research has been published in all the major money and banking and finance journals and in several books. In addition, he has authored or coauthored several professional books, including Credit Risk Measurement: New Approaches to Value at Risk and Other Paradigms, third edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2010. In 2008, he was ranked as the most published author in the last SO years in the top seven journals in finance.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Why Are Financial Institutions Special?
Chapter 2: Financial Services: Depository Institutions
Chapter 3: Financial Services: Finance Companies
Chapter 4: Financial Services: Securities Firms and Investment Banks
Chapter 5: Financial Services: Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund Companies
Chapter 6: Financial Services: Insurance Companies
Chapter 7: Risks of Financial Institutions

PART TWO: MEASURING RISK
Chapter 8: Interest Rate Risk I
Chapter 9: Interest Rate Risk II
Chapter 10: Credit Risk: Individual Loan Risk
Chapter 11: Credit Risk: Loan Portfolio and Concentration Risk
Chapter 12: Liquidity Risk
Chapter 13: Foreign Exchange Risk
Chapter 14: Sovereign Risk
Chapter 15: Market Risk
Chapter 16: Off-Balance-Sheet Risk
Chapter 17: Technology and Other Operational Risks
Chapter 18: Risk of Digital Disruption and Fintech

PART THREE: MANAGING RISK
Chapter 19: Liability and Liquidity Management
Chapter 20: Deposit Insurance and Other Liability Guarantees
Chapter 21: Capital Adequacy
Chapter 22: Product and Geographic Expansion
Chapter 23: Futures and Forwards
Chapter 24: Options, Caps, Floors, and Collars
Chapter 25: Swaps
Chapter 26: Loan Sales
Chapter 27: Securitization