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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has done it again. They quietly published a revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) timeline which postpones commencement of Trade Repository (TR) reporting until February 2014. This is no surprise as the recent third round of their Questions & Answers (Q&A) still left uncertainty among market participants.

There is no doubt that the regulation comes at a significant cost and requires wide-ranging operational enhancements to en

Download this full Benchmark Report 2012 analysis and learn best practices on how your business can ensure money is not leaking away undetected. 

The report is based on analysis of 10.25 million individual expense claims from more than 200,000 UK based employees over the past three years. The analysis reveals areas where businesses continue losing money and how best practices can be implemented. According to the report for every £100 a UK business paid out in expenses last year, nearly £10 was s

How much have recent events affected our perception of risks? How much are insurance firms really using this to their advantage? 

Like so many people, I was riding on the tube this morning when a passing advert shocked me so much that I had to take a picture. People looked at me, a little bewildered and like my actions were odd. I am a risk manager and an econometrician. I like numbers and probabilities. These prices made little sense to me: this is because they arenonsense.

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