Hedge Fund Compliance Summit held at Princeton Club, New York on November 15-16, 2010

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

What skills are most in demand in Risk Management now, either because they are in short supply, or there is excess demand?

I'm looking for some market intelligence... what area is growing fast and in what geographies. Is it because there isn't enough talent, or there is excess demand?

I was asked many times this question and I just want to hear the real practitioners’ op

International conference on the maritime piracy issue

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

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Warren Buffet's Reality Dream

See attachments [2].

As the article mentions VAR; an explanation of VAR

www-cnbc-com (1).pdf

VAR papers_pamphlets_forecasting_inflation_using_var_analysis.pdf

Increasing Demand towards the Risk Professionals

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

How prepared are investors to address new structured finance due diligence and risk oversight requirements?

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

Risk compensation surveys

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

Quantitative Easing - Boon or Bust?

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

Insurance in Natural Resource projects...

Interview with Amer Chaudri about his book “Diatribe”

Recently I conducted an interview with Amer Chaudri who published a book “Diatribe”: a scathing journey into the heart of the Financial & Banking corporate culture (and related digressions)

His story touches on everyday banking people as well as

Risk Management in India - Cultural or Educational Challenges?

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

The Op Risk Challenges of 2011

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

India Risk Community

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

What will be the macro-economic effect(s) of absorbing government bonds by increasing money supply ?

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

Take part in the GlobalRisk Community Contest worth $2095

"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,

Innovative ways to foster Ethical culture in organisation

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

Cloud-based service for communication during an incident

Hi All,

What is the recommended "fundamental" Risk Management training?

When I started handling Risk Management, I first took on its Disaster Recovery and Info Security aspects as an MIS manager. Later, I branched out into Business Continuity Planning as well. With my current role taking on Corporate Governance and Compl

Reconciling blast craters and ERM

There is a gap, perhaps more adequately described as a CHASM, that separates what risk managers are trying to do and what is happening in the asset intensive industry. Up from that chasm emerge devastating events that kill people, devastate the ecosy