Erik Banks has held senior risk management positions at several global financial institutions, including Partner and Chief Risk Officer of Bermuda reinsurer XL Capital's derivatives subsidiary, and Managing Director of Corporate Risk Management at Merrill Lynch, where he spent 13 years managing credit risk, market risk and risk analytics/technology teams in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and, latterly, New York. He received early bank training at Citibank and Manufacturers Hanover, and is the author of a dozen books on risk management, emerging markets, derivatives, alternative risk transfer, merchant banking, and electronic finance.

• PART 1: ELEMENTS OF CORPORATE LIQUIDITY Liquidity Risk Defined Liquidity and Financial Operations Sources of Liquidity PART 2: LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS Funding Liquidity Risk Asset Liquidity Risk Liquidity Spirals and Financial Distress Case Studies in Liquidity Mismanagement PART 3: MANAGING LIQUIDITY RISKS Measuring Liquidity Risk Controlling Liquidity Risk Liquidity Crisis Management Summary: Toward Active Liquidity Risk Management