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 […]
VIDEO: COSO Enterprise Risk Management Course
Choosing an adequate risk framework before adopting Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is an important task. Adopting a standard framework for defining ERM as baseline is not only best practice but it also allows CROs and Risk Managers to capitalise on existing resources. There are several possible frameworks to start from; some references include COSO Enterprise […]
Top 5 Risk Management Trading Rules
Portfolio managers (PM) and traders make investment decisions everyday which translate into risk positions in their books. These decisions are mostly supported by strong fundamental views and solid convictions, based on the PM’s or trader’s view on how the market will move and how will these moves affect their positions. There are several techniques that a PM or trader […]
Understanding Carbon Emission Risk when Allocating Assets
In 2013 I was invited to write about the closure of Chinese Harbin Airport due to poor air quality (in other words “smog”). This article became the second most read entry at globalairportcities.com blog for FY2013 and generated a lot of interesting discussion and positive feedback. Three years have passed, and besides the United Nation […]
100+ Countries Corporate Governance Codes
The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) is an international scientific non-profit association. Its main goal is to provide debate forums and facilitate dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, with special focus on major corporate governance issues. The development of these dialogues and knowledge exchange promotes best practices which benefit the industry. This article includes a very […]
10 Essential Risk Management Videos – Part 2
In part 1 of this article I’ve included a series of relevant Risk Management videos, covering conceptual topics around investing with derivatives securities such as Forwards, Futures, Hedging, Hedging with Futures, Put/Call Options, etc. This article covers additional videos focusing on Risk and Reward concepts such as Systematic Risk (not to be confused with Systemic Risk), Total Risk, Portfolio Risk […]
How to Create a Risk Heatmap in Excel – Part 2
In the previous article (part 1), I’ve introduced the concept and possible applicability of a risk heat map, when capturing and managing operational risk. This article explains how to achieve the two heat maps described in part 1, including the data setup and necessary adjustments in Excel in order to plot all the risks (roughly 100) into an ineligible chart. […]
FREE COURSE: Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
Today we share another Coursera free course this time focusing on programming with MATLAB. For those unfamiliar, MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment (high level) where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. Typical uses include math and computation, modelling, scientific and engineering, data […]