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.
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.
Building balance – a new generation of ETFs
With exchange-traded funds gaining traction among Asian institutional investors, a key aim for Credit Suisse is finding the balance between performance and risk, while offering regional clients round-the-clock access to relevant products.
How to use operational governance to create sustainable business value
Governance, risk & compliance programmes evolve to keep pace with changes in business conditions, market opportunities and regulatory requirements. Under review is how operational governance can be key to GRC initiatives in helping enterprises meet their goals and protect them from potential risks.
Securitised debt markets in Asia are poised for growth, but challenges remain
Securitised debt has, at best, played a supporting role in Asia over the past decade or so. No sooner did issuers and investors begin to embrace the product than it met an unexpected hurdle that took the wind out of its sails.
Meeting the Solvency II operational risk challenge
Solvency II introduces a new EU-wide regulatory approach to determine capital adequacy for meeting an insurer’s true risks. Due to come into force in 2012, Solvency II promises a more sophisticated ‘risk-based’ form of supervision that will require many insurers to augment their risk management…
Recalibration machine
A revolution is under way in the market of contingent claims, the consequences of which are yet to be learned. Trilemma, a new technology vendor, addresses the shift in the pricing of these claims from a probability theory to a recalibration machine. It compares this shift to the scientific…
Risk Model Validation
Senior management are expected to make crucial business decisions using complex risk models. Controversial discussions concerning the use of risk models during the financial crisis, and the new regulatory framework, have highlighted the need for a consistent approach, and the dangers that exist.
Longevity Risk
Around the world, a structural shift in demographics is taking place: people are living longer. While an increasing number of people look forward to retirement the implication for firms, funds and governments with hundreds of billions of dollars in defined-benefit pension scheme liabilities is…
Broadland District Council selects Asset4000 from RAM to improve audit trail and meet key legislation
This case study shows how Broadland District Council, a Norfolk authority, selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to control its £7m worth of assets in line with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SoRP) and IFRS legislation.
MetLife: A global innovator in variable annuity risk management
Andrew Rallis, MetLife’s senior vice president and global head of asset/liability management, charts the insurer’s recent history of success, and expounds on their sophisticated IT platform and innovative new products, and how MetLife plans to meet the growing worldwide demand for retirement…