Risk Management
325 white papers and resources
Dynamic Investment Strategies for Corporate Pension Funds in the Presence of Sponsor Risk
This research was produced as part of the "Asset-Liability Management and Institutional Investment Management" research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute, in partnership with BNP Paribas Investment Partners.
Pension Fund Investment in Social Infrastructure: Insights from the 2012 reform of the private finance initiative in the United Kingdom
In February 2012, EDHEC-Risk Institute responded to the UK Treasury’s Call for Evidence about the reform of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) with a particular reference to the opportunity for pension funds to invest in infrastructure assets, which the UK Treasury has earmarked as a priority…
A model approach – Examining operational risk capital modelling
In the operational risk sector, the Basel Committee has been encouraging the adoption of the advanced measurement approach (AMA) for calculating operational risk capital requirements, but uptake has been slow and sparse. Operational Risk & Regulation convened a webinar, sponsored by OpenPages, to…
Modelling and Managing Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is hard to understand. It needs to be broken down into its components and drivers in order to manage and model it successfully. This white paper considers the key topics in this challenging area.
Potential Eurozone break-up: some questions and answers
In this white paper, Herbert Smith considers some of the issues which would arise if a Member State were to decide to leave the Eurozone (or, indeed, be expelled). There are a number of potential methods by which a Member State could leave the Eurozone, with different consequences.
Identify and prevent rogue trading
Detica NetReveal’s head of investment banking solutions, Laura Houston, explains how the new networked operational risk model can help to reveal fraud.
Reducing fraud in the information age
Technological advances, volatile markets and a continuing economic crisis make for fertile soil for fraud. Whether driven by need or greed, fraudsters keep the world’s financial institutions under constant pressure. It is no longer enough just to investigate fraud after it happens, companies need…
China Construction Bank fortifies its leading market position
The improvement of China Construction Bank’s risk management tools and processes in 2010 cemented its influential position in the industry and led to it being named Asia Risk’s 2011 House of the Year, China.
Embracing change in the public sector – the implications for data security
This paper examines the potential impact of recent proposed changes in the public sector on IT security risks. All public sector IT departments must be extra vigilant in these times to ensure that organisational change & modifications to working practices do not increase vulnerability to data…
Going further with Solvency II – The Unipol Group story
Learn about the experiences of the Unipol Group in becoming compliant with the EU’s Solvency II Directive. This was part of a holistic approach to risk management in the company: managers of risk, operational risk, compliance, controls law 262/2006 and business processes, plus internal auditors.