The Hedge Fund Tax Practices Conference was held on December 2-3, 2010 at Princeton Club, New York. The industry event organized by Financial Research Associates was well attended as it covered recent Tax and Regulatory changes affecting the industry
Read more…I started the same discussion in one of the linkedin Groups and it got a lot of attention and dozens comments. I wonder what our members think about disruptive technologies, which will change the way banking is operated.
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Hedge Fund Compliance Summit
The Hedge fund Compliance Summit was held at Princeton club, New York on November 15 and 16, 2010. Panelist included representatives from SEC and a number of law firms. GlobalRisk Community participated as a media partner
Read more…I was asked many times this question and I just want to hear the real practitioners’ op
Read more…Dear Colleagues,
please allow me to inform you for the International conference which we organized in Bulgaria on 11-12.11.2010. The particular information about the event is available on the website www.transportpolicy.org. We are going to publicize
The best ten books voted will be displayed on our main page and people will have an opportunity to buy them via our site using our partnership deal with Amazon.
We
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As the article mentions VAR; an explanation of VAR
Read more…Gone are the days when the Risk profession was perceived as service providers in safeguarding company resources. Besides this cardinal role, there is increasing demand for opportunities identification for business growth. This in my view demands quit
Read more…Over 500 structured finance market participants from 200 organizations took part in Principia's best practices survey. We analyzed the results with a focus on investor due diligence requirements as the market returns on a more stable footing.
I would
Read more…I searched the Internet and found several free Risk compensation surveys. One of the best is from Risk Talent - executive research firm specialising in Risk recruitment.
Members are encouraged to upload known to them free salary and compensation sur
Read more…Quantitative Easing has come to be the single largest monetary policy lever that Central Bankers keep falling behind. It’s another word for monetary expansion or flushing the market with cheap liquidity in the hope that it will eventually be lent out
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Imagine an exploration company has a license to do exploratory activities on a piece of land. Initially, a relatively small amount (at a high risk/low probability of success ) is spent on the property in order to deter
His story touches on everyday banking people as well as
Read more…Hi All,I am new to the group but am very interested in understanding risk management initiatives in India. There are some very large companies in India with well known executives, but my observations lead me to believe that the risk management discip
Read more…2010 has proved to be year of relative stability in the financial services industry, especially when we consider what tumultuous times have only recently passed.
As the year draws to a close, it's always enjoyable to look ahead to 2011 and get out our
Dear all,
We have created a new India Risk Community group. The purpose is two fold.
1) The first is to get the Indian risk managers discussing India specific issues. India has many laws and regulations, with risk managers specializing in different f
Read more…It has become a real practice of the Fed and ECB (to support PIIGS countries) to buy up outstanding government debt by excessive money supply.
Government debt is created while buyers believe that the future economic potential suffices for paying back
"People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a rock-throwing contest - people understand that." Don Murray
Dear GlobalRisk Community member,
Would like to have suggestions on different innovative and effective means of foster ethical culture among employees of any organisation.
I am sharing activities that we are doing :
1. A book of code of ethics is provided to each employee. It contains
Hi All,
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Read more…We created a free presentation (attached), which discusses both global and organizational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with critical actions organizations should take immediately. This presentation introduces a framework that helps regions and organizations navigate a path to recovery via 9 potential scenarios. These scenarios capture outcomes related to GDP impact, public health response, and economic policies. The presentation also breaks down 6 immediate and critical actions…
Read more…Now that the updated COSO and ISO risk management standards emphasize a connection to enterprise objectives and decision making, does this mean ERM and GRC solutions focused on risk registers and regulatory compliance are missing the true value of risk management?Will current risk management solutions evolve to integrate more decision support functionality or will standalone prescriptive analytics and other technology solutions take a more prominent role in enabling risk-informed…
Read more…We have an interesting question from one of our members. "We usually perform OTC FX transactions with clients backed-to-back on the market (with Banks). Now we are going to perform a FX swap (i.e. Spot + forward) JPY/EUR for the Bank account for 1 week at the longest. The purpose is to get EUR place @ CB for LCR compliance purpose (no trading purposes). Bank's Management think that this should be considered as a trading position and therefore be classified within the Bank's trading book.…
Read more…The recent sudden crash of oil prices has had a major impact on the world economy, leading to many troubled faces in the international arena. The Russians fear the effects of yet another powerful hit on their economy, Venezuela seems to be considering default and the Americans are weary of the consequences for its young and emerging shale oil industry. And then you have the Middle East, where the smallest match is enough to ignite the largest fire. But are these worries really justified or…
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