Risk Management
884 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides a selection of risk management white papers which address key questions which can be used in reducing the dangers for your organisation faces and how to utilise any opportunities which may ensue to their maximum capability. Risk management is the assessment and mitigation of risks which have arisen by changes on a local or global scale. Risk management may involve realising opportunities that have resulted from these changes. Within the context of the Risk Library, risk management has been defined under asset liability management, credit risk, enterprise risk management, liquidity risk, market risk, operational risk and settlement risk.
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.
Financial institutions at risk
Issues under consideration in this white paper include the regulatory landscape, guidance on hidden relationships and networks, and how to identify them. It looks at why financial institutions need to address these problems, and the roles of personnel and technology in the effort to combat money…
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…