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Date: 2-10-2010 Author:Australian Financial Review
Visits: 122
No escaping the R word Feb 09, 2010 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) --Macquarie Group's various divisions are taking greater ownership of their risk management, according to CEO Nick Moore on 9 Feb...
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Date: 2-10-2010 Author:Dan Fitzpatrick
Visits: 142
Moynihan To BofA Troops: Hold the Line on Risk Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is trying to take a harder line on risk as he takes over the nation’s largest bank by assets.As part of a new initiative that ties risk taking to employe...
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Date: 2-9-2010 Author:Mike Konczal
Visits: 163
Some Random Thoughts on FDIC Insurances in the Debates So a meme that has always been there, but has been growing in popularity recently for reasons I’ll attribute to the tea party movement, is that FDIC insurance on commercial banking deposit...
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Date: 2-9-2010 Author:Stacy Blackman
Visits: 176
Are Analytics Responsible for the Financial Crisis? Last week [BNET] spoke with Analytics at Work co-author and Babson College professor Thomas Davenport about the ways in which analytics can benefit organizations. T...
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Date: 2-2-2010 Author:SAS.com
Visits: 227
SAS wins two Financial i Leaders in Innovation Awards for its operational risk and enterprise risk mLONDON (Jan. 20, 2010) – SAS, the leader in business analytics has won two 2009 Leaders in Innovation Awards for best and most innovative solution in the categories of Ope...
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Date: 2-1-2010 Author:Richard Kilner
Visits: 214
Torus Names New Chief Risk Officer Global specialty insurer Torus has announced the appointment of Carl Groth as group chief risk officer.Prior to joining the insurer he worked for Deloitte, leading the firm’s US Insurance ...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Steve Johnson
Visits: 231
It’s not me, it’s you, says Var As a journalist, it is always gratifying to receive feedback on one’s stories. The response to my piece EU convergence strategy under threat on March 16 [2009], examining whether “va...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Will Peters
Visits: 223
Confusion reigns over European VaR calculatons TUESDAY, 05 JANUARY 2010 12:57 A contradiction at the heart of the European Commission's UCITS rules means that Value at Risk Calculations...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Global Fundamentals Ltd.
Visits: 315
Ittai Korin, Portfolio Science on Risk Tools for Managers Portfolio Science president Ittai Korin (pictured) says the firm’s provision of risk management services through an application programming interface is bringing risk tools to a broader ra...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Manulife Financial
Visits: 222
MFC Global Investment Management Names Don Rich As Head of Tactical Asset Allocation January 19, 2010Toronto Dr. Rich, who will be based in Toronto, will report to Mark Schmeer, Chief Investment Officer, Equities, Asset Allocation and Research, MFC Global Investme...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:PGS Energy
Visits: 255
Fundamentals and Practical Applications of Energy Risk Management, VaR and Earnings at Risk April 13th, Houston- Courtyard Marriott Houston by the Galleria Extreme e...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Pensions & Investments Magazine
Visits: 176
Washington State Investment Board Seeks Risk Management System The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) is seeking to engage a firm or firms to provide an investment risk management system and implementation service. WSIB requires that that the system b...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:David Goldman
Visits: 166
Bank Trading Restrictions: Why Prop Trading Is a Good Thing I have boundless regard for Paul Volcker, but the proposed restrictions on bank proprietary trading are, well, fixing the barn’s roof after the horse has bolted.The Obama administration re...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Lex
Visits: 215
Value at risk Measurements of value at risk are like snowflakes – no two are alike. That makes life tricky for investors and regulators currently obsessing about risk because Var is one of the...
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Date: 1-31-2010 Author:Daniel Satchkov
Visits: 235
Accurately Measuring Risk Across Asset Classes Most risk models are either equity focused with some fixed income flavor or fixed income models with some rudimentary equity addition. An accurate total risk model must unite, in one framework, ...
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