Due to the overwhelming interest in the 4th Annual ERM Conference from March 17-18, 2011, the program is currently getting very full. We are working on the last few seats for this conference and want to make sure that anyone who is interested in attending, can do so.

The last day to register is March 7, 2011!!

Current Speakers Include:

Norman Marks, SAP

Susan Sieker, Brinker International, Inc.

Cristina Tate, Hewlett Packard

David Wong, CME Group, Inc.

Geoffrey Smith, Iron Mountain, Inc.

John J. Brown

Thanks to the participation of modeFinance (company website here) to the MathWorks Connection Program (link) and the capability of modeFinance in numerical methods for credit risk evaluation, modeFinance and Mathworks are happy to invite you to the following seminar: 

“Matlab for Computational Finance”

Location: Milano, Italy

Date: March 22, 2011

Hour: 17.15-20.00

During the event, Mattia Ciprian, Ph.D. and Valentino Pediroda, Ph.D. ,cofounders of modeFinance, will present the  "Implementation and te

As it is possible to read in the interesting working paper titled "Does Private Equity change the performance of a European firm in which it invested?", Oleg Badunenko, Christopher F. Baum, and Dorothea Schäfer, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW−Berlin), Department of Innovation, Industry, and Service, Berlin, Germany (link at the paper), the MORE rating (link), thanks to the accuracy and the quality of its results, could be effectively used in the study of the relation between private

Dear Community member,

Last month, there were 6.4 unemployed persons for every job opening in the USA, according to the Labor Department. For those who aren't hired, understanding what happens to their candidacy along the way can be a mystery. But knowing what goes on in the hiring process may give prospects the inside track for a job. We're happy to share a webinar recording from Ivy Exec that lifts the curtain on the hiring process.

If you'd like full access to Ivy Exec's webinars and profes

The Golden Hour and the First 24 Hours!

In the vast majority of cases, regardless of the duration, the end success or successful resolution to a crisis is determined by the initial actions in the first 24 hours. Often referred to as the “Golden Hour” in emergency medicine, the initial hour of the first 24 hours is the foundation upon which the primary phase is predicated. The events, information and decision making process during these two phases will place both individuals and multi national cor

Introduction

The classic text book definition of risk is, “the probability of a threat agent exploiting vulnerability and the resulting business impact”. Vulnerability can be from applications, software’s, firewalls, people, process, location etc and what we're trying to see here is the vulnerability from software’s or applications and importance of patch management which in turn will result in effective risk management .

Effective Patch Management = Effective Software Vulnerability Management = E

18 February 2011

Citicus, a corporate risk management and compliance specialist, has released a risk analysis/management app for the iOS range of Apple devices – the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Border Group Inc Possible Bankruptcy Filing? Check the modeFinance Credit Rating (CC in 2010)! http://tinyurl.com/6em7sqy

In order to give a financial and economic overview of miscellaneous companies from different countries, modeFinance (link) analysts executed a deep analysis on the corporate credit rating behaviors for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 all around the world.

Please, download here (link)  the overview.

The truth about government travel advisories, warnings and alerts

If you’re like most people and you believe that government travel advisories, warning and alerts represent the most accurate advice for business travellers then you are terribly mistaken.

Here are the key elements that all business travellers and travel managers need to know regarding the validity and application of government travel alerts and travel related advice. Knowing and understanding these few simple issues will save your

A couple of weeks back I was approached by a HFT magazine editor and he asked me whether I would be interested to write down some of my experiences in HFT. As I am not directly participating in the midst of HFT at this point, I had to give it quite some consideration. Why would I do this? Placing myself in a vulnerable and visible position is not my first nature. Still I strongly believe in taking away the mystique or even – allow me – hysteria regarding this type of Capital Markets business. I

Introduction

Let’s start with what’s Web 2.0 before getting in to the risks.

The term Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

For some of you still not clear of what’s Web 2.0 let me put it down in a different way. Web 2.0 is Facebook or MySpace or Linkedin or Twitter or the blogs or the Wikis or any web site which allows the visitor to interact by posting up

26 January 2011

Paul Clarke from eFinancialCareers

Are you wondering “How safe is it to travel to Thailand in 2011?“. So are many others. Find out here what the main travel safety and security issues will be for Thailand in 2011. You may be surprised as to what the REALthreats and issues are.

Thailand Travel Safety and Security Report

Remove the guess work or hesitation when considering travel to Thailand

• No more fear and exaggerated reporting
• No more waiting for the main news broadcasts
• No more worried or confused managers and travellers
• No more c

Information & Security: An International Journal

Special issue on

Countering Maritime Piracy

Editor: Prof. Alexander Yankov
Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

{Keywords: piracy, situational awareness, maritime sovereignty, maritime safety, security or maritime transport, emerging security challenges, transport infrastructure, harbor protection, risk analysis, terrorism, counterterrorism, threats, risks, vulnerability, risk assessment, risk mitigation, risk management, Critical Infr

“You could be a meteorologist all your life and never see something like this. It would be... the perfect storm.” So goes a classic line in one of the few great Hollywood fishing epics. The Perfect Storm finds fisherman George Clooney and his shipmates venturing out into dangerous waters and being trapped between two momentous and powerful storm fronts. Asset managers may well empathise.

On one front, ever more powerful regulation is blowing in, growing as it does. This regulation comes with eve

"Travel Alert-Travel Safe"

Click link below for information/access:

Travel Alert-Travel Safe: 2011 Business Travel Threats

2010 was an eventful year for business travellers with new and varied events that caused delay, disruption and life safety concerns.

Join our global travel safety and security expert as he discusses:

• Key travel threats for 2011
• Industry and company trends
• Tips for the year ahead
• Questions from attendees

"Travel Alert-Travel Safe"

Click link below for information/access:

Travel Alert-T

The first thought paper, Embracing Enterprise Risk Management: Practical Approaches for Getting Started, developed by Mark Frigo and Richard Anderson of the Center for Strategy, Execution, and Valuation at DePaul University, describes how an organization can begin implementing an ERM process. It also examines perceived barriers to effective ERM and how to work through those barriers.  “Starting an ERM process is a daunting task for many organizations” said Anderson.  “The paper provides an actio