This is the second issue of McKinsey on Risk (read the first issue on this link), the journal offering McKinsey’s global perspective and strategic thinking on risk. McKinsey’s focus is on the key risk areas that bear upon the performance of the world’s leading companies—including credit risk, enterprise risk management and risk culture, operational risk […]
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5 Essential Rules for Trading with Futures
A “Futures contract” is a legal agreement between two parties that agree the delivery, from one party to the other, of a specified quantity, of a specified asset, on a specified future date, at a price agreed on the moment of the trade execution. Futures contracts are exclusively exchange-traded (the equivalent OTC instrument is called a […]
Global Risks Report 2017
The Global Risks Report 2017, from the World Economic Forum (WEF), features perspectives from nearly 750 experts on the perceived impact and likelihood of 30 prevalent global risks as well as 13 underlying trends that could amplify them or alter the interconnections between them over a 10-year timeframe. The WEF summarises that: 2016 saw a crystallization […]
FREE COURSE: Financial Markets
This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge in Financial Markets. It’s a FREE course created by Yale University and starts on Jan 23. A summary of the course content and syllabus is explained below. Course Syllabus Week 1: Basic Principles of Finance and Risk Management (5 videos, 1 reading) Reading: Optional […]
Six Potential Risks for Investors in 2017
Investment Banks analysts anticipate that financial markets will be affected in 2017 by three main events: Donald Trump’s performance as US President, which for most, is a big uncertainty; the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, held on 23 April 2017; and the next German federal elections, which will elect the members of the Bundestag, […]
VIDEO: Credit Risk Assessment and Management
This article includes a series of videos from Prof. Joseph M. Pimbley, PhD in Theoretical Physics and Principal of Maxwell Consulting, a firm he founded in 2010. Prof. Joseph M. Pimbley participates actively in several industry forums and is board member of different institutions, having had several Wall Street roles in the past, including positions […]
10 Top Risks for 2017
The following report from Protiviti, an international Risk & Business Consulting and Internal Audit company, and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative, contains results from the fifth annual risk survey of directors and executives. This report includes their views and the likely collection of risks that will affect their organisations over 2017. Key findings The […]
Risk Assessment of the European Banking System by EBA
The European Banking Authority (EBA) releases a semi-annual Risk Assessment Report which contains updates on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector. This report describes the main developments and trends that affect the EU banking sector and provide the EBA’s outlook on the main micro-prudential risks and vulnerabilities. Below you can access the Risk […]