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Read more…Risk and Time In The Market -- request for reviewers
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Read more…Outsourcing Firm Meets Compliance and Significantly Lowers Operational Loss
HML—which specialises in financial outsourcing for financial institutions in the U.K. and Ireland—needed to improve operational risk management to avoid unnecessary losses and bolster compliance. The firm relied on spreadsheets and disparate database
Read more…Many bankers today appear to be cautious, afraid and hunkered down as they seek to withdraw from risk and save their way back to prosperity....
Neil Stanley from Bank Performance Strategies, in Omaha, Nebraska sent me a link to an interesting article he posted late last week on the BAI website in the US.
His article touches on, inter alia, the need to have more confidence, take some risks and
Read more…Stress Testing as a Tool in Non Banking Businesses ?
Next month I am writing an article on Stress Testing in the corporate sector. In my banking career I was always amazing at how little attention was paid to downside, multiple case financial scenarios analysis. I see more Corporates spending time on
Read more…No Safe Havens Left In Europe
Here is my first article on Seeking Alpha: http://seekingalpha.com/article/294421-no-safe-havens-left-in-europe
The article was published on Monday; the news and information flows that have followed since that confirm a great deal of my analysis.
Read more…Perspectives on Risk management. Are risk managers bean counters or game changers?
New research by HBS professor Anette Mikes and colleagues looks into how accountants, finance professionals, internal auditors, and risk managers (what we call staff function) gain influence in their organizations to become strategic decision makers.
Read more…Introducing the Global Risk Series - Book 1 Risk Management How Tos
Dear GlobalRisk Community member, Our community’s mission is to foster business, networking and educational explorations among members. Learn from some of the top experts in the industry as they clearly explain how to approach the most important Risk management concepts. Check out their expert tips and use the link at the end of each article to navigate back to the website to leave your comment or ask a question. Some of the topics include: How do you Explain Risk Appetite? How to Prepare a…
Read more…Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) Screening Requirements
I have just published a guide on PEPs screening requirements around the world and would like to know if anybody has any feedback on it? https://complyadvantage.com/blog/politically-exposed-persons-peps-screening-requirements-around-the-world/CA-PEP-Screening-Map-FINAL-V7 (1).jpg
Read more…[Free COVID-19 Framework] What's the path to recovery look like?
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…If risk management is about decision making, are current risk management solutions irrelevant?
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…A question related to classification of instruments between trading and banking book.
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…Plunging oil prices: curse or blessing in disguise?
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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