Risk management competencies can significantly improve decision making in any profession. The bad news is that these competencies do not come to us naturally. They have to be developed. Risk managers who actively develop them have a significant competitive advantage to other risk professionals. I have tried to summarize some of the key competencies risk […]
2017 Global Risk Study – Banking
By the mid-2020s, banking should look very different. By then, the disruptive forces in this decade of change should have consigned time-worn business models to obsolescence. To survive—and thrive—banks should take swift action. While the risk function is focused on managing new competitors and new risks, it is also expected to drive efficiency and make […]
COSO Updated Enterprise Risk Management Framework
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released an update to its ERM Framework: Enterprise Risk Management–Integrating with Strategy and Performance, which is the first and long awaited since 2004. The updated COSO framework was developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers by request of the COSO board of directors. The main objective is to keep […]
The Hidden Cost Of Reputation Risk
Reputation risk has become a key concern for the businesses in the wake of the Great Recession and with the rise of social media. A damaging headline, lawsuit or unfortunate customer experience can severely impact financial performance and brand value. However, the vast majority of firms do not have a well-thought-out strategic approach to manage […]
EBOOK: Value-at-Risk – Theory and Practice
“Value-at-Risk – Theory and Practice” second edition is an eBook written by Glyn A. Holton and published in 2014 by the author as a full web based totally free eBook, available in www.value-at-risk.net. If you want to learn in depth about VaR, this is definitely the eBook for you. Don’t miss this great opportunity. About the […]
Risk Agenda 2025: Hear from the experts
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) talked to some experts in Risk Management and collected opinions and insights about where this discipline is headed. These are a series of very interesting interviews and videos that reflect what the IRM labeled “The Big Debate“. Expert names include Norman Marks, Bill Stein, Felix Kloman, among others. Click […]
8 Risk Management Blogs You Must Follow
We are avid consumers of every piece of content related to Risk Management. In fact, this was one of the key drivers when we decided to launch our Risk Management Guru blog. The whole idea is to use this platform to share and distribute any relevant Risk Management content or publication that we feel might […]
FREE COURSE: Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I
Created by Columbia University, this course ranges concepts from finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering and computational methods. The main focus if the course is on financial engineering and risk management, where the use of simple stochastic models to price derivative securities in various asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit and mortgage-backed securities is also […]
