"As risk-taking is an essential part of the banking industry, banks must practice efficient risk management to ensure survival in uncertain financial climates. Banking operations are specifically affected by fluctuations in interest rates which cause financial imbalance, thus banks are now...

List of figures. List of tables. List of abbreviations. Preface and summary. 1. Introduction.2. Literature review: relationship between derivatives and risk management and the concept of risk management efficiency and its measurement.3. Risk management efficiency measurement and analysis: an...

Potential new entrants to the European Union from Central and Eastern European countries face many challenges to achieve financial convergence with the existing EU nations. Using detailed case studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and analysis of cross country...