This is another useful webinar by Simplilearn, focusing on the two main dimensions of Risk (probability and impact) as well as the 9 step Risk Management process and other relevant aspects such why Risk Leadership is so important, most common mistakes, root causes identification, among other important points. This is a actually a very thorough […]
Risk Culture
Thomson Reuters Culture and Conduct Risk Survey 2016/17
This is Thomson Reuters’ forth annual survey, focusing on how financial services firms are managing conduct risk has identified distinct industry wide trends against which firms can benchmark their own progress. Last year, compliance and risk practitioners from more than 260 financial services firms across the world, including banks, brokers, asset managers and insurers took […]
EBOOK: Investment Fables
As investors, you have all been on the receiving end of sales pitches from brokers, friends and investment advisors about stocks that they claim will deliver spectacular returns. These stories not only sound persuasive and reasonable but are also backed up by evidence—anecdotal, in some cases, and statistical, in others—that the strategies work. When you […]
How Much Risk Should I Take?
If you read technical analysis reports or any kind of possible “predictive” analysis reports on markets performance – if they have a commercial angle – you will often read the statement “past performances do not guarantee future performances“. This is obviously an important disclaimer that whoever is selling must include in any literature going out […]
Intelligent Risk – PRMIA – October 2016
This issue of Intelligent Risk explores strategic risk and financial institution business models, as well as offers updates on PRMIA initiatives and programs. Inside this issue: Reputational Risk – “How persistent are the effects of negative reputation events?” National differences in risk culture An interview with PRMIA Director of Learning and Development, Mary Rehm Market-risk […]
Updated Rules for Markets in Financial Instruments: MiFID 2
Date: 30.06.2016 A Directive and a Regulation extending the application date of MiFID II and MiFIR by one year have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The date of application will be 3 January 2018. The transposition of MiFID II into national laws has also been extended to 3 July 2017. […]
SREP: How Europe’s Banks can Adapt to the New Risk-Based Supervisory Playbook
As a reminder, the main purpose of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) is to ensure that institutions have adequate arrangements, strategies, processes, systems and controls, as well as capital and liquidity, to ensure a solid coverage of their risks along with sound business management. Risks include all that the organisations might be exposed […]
McKinsey on Risk
McKinsey’s new publication features the best of its thinking on risk and risk-management issues, with McKinsey’s inaugural issue examining the evolving role of credit portfolio management, regulations affecting European banks, how to manage technology risk, and the value of digitally transforming credit-risk management. The paper also covers: The future of bank risk management Nonfinancial risk: […]
