Financial risk is made of three basic types: market risk - FX risk, interest risk and commodity risk; counter-party risk - credit and partner risk; and liquidity risk - risk that the company will not…
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Corporate treasurers and other financial professionals say geopolitical risk is having a greater impact on company profits than in previous years, according to a risk survey by the AFP
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CEOs from the world's leading businesses are relatively bullish about their companies' growth prospects and growth of the global economy over the coming year
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How do the world's business leaders view risk? According to the World Economic Forum's global risks report 2017, risk experts are taking note of growing inequalities in society
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A report by Allianz has profiled the top 10 business risks for 2017, including cyber threats, political risks, risks to reputation and new technologies
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Political transitions are a leading risk to global and domestic growth and companies see this as one of the more pressing threats to business, although executives are optimistic about economy pick-up.
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Organisations are increasing their focus on managing third-party risks but there's more to do to raise awareness levels and improve compliance.
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Events, legislation and new insights in the past year have highlighted the extent to which risks often go undetected in the supply chain, through exposure to business partners, third-parties or banks.
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How can risk be a 'performance driver' or 'value creator'? Technology is set to change the way companies think about risks and here are six risk management trends to watch out for next year.
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Enterprise Risk Management can be used to drive significant shareholder value if……
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US companies are taking a minimally compliant approach to sustainability disclosure, providing the market with information that is inadequate for making investment decisions, says the SASB
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On Friday the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a timely report on the risk and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector, identifying non-performing loans (NPLs) as a key challenge.
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Proposals under MiFID II to strengthen the regulation of commodities markets, curb price speculation and regulate companies in these markets have been announced by the Commission.
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More than two-fifths of treasury and finance professionals are concerned that their risk management performance is mediocre or poor, according to a study by Fidelity Information Services.
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Banks facing array of challenges including risk perception following financial crisis, borrowing costs, investor scepticism and falling share prices.
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Much is being written and said about how a Trump presidency will affect the US and global economy. Here is a little overview of recent views being aired in the financial media.
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Research suggests that distributed ledger technology could pose some serious risks and threats to personal data privacy and could be vulnerable to denial of service or other cyber attacks.
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Forbes reports on IBM's progress in harnessing distributed ledger technology (DLT) to enable companies to communicate safely and immediately to resolve trade disputes.
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A survey has shown that the top systemic threat to the global financial system is cyber risk, while the outcome of today's presidential election in the US came second.
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Climate risk is increasingly being considered as a key area of financial risk management and reporting for companies. Is this approach simply perpetuating the problem?
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The European Commission has announced it will set up a high level expert group on sustainable finance, as part of its Capital Markets Union strategy.
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A report on bank risk management looks at the transformation in the banking sector eight years after the 2008 financial crisis, which saw the demise of several banks and the bailout of others.
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These risks are all an unknown quantity. So if we can't measure them, how can treasurers react and prepare? An 11-person panel at EuroFinance's International Treasury conference discussed how.
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European markets could make more use of trading halts if there is significant price movement in a related market, following a public consultation announced by ESMA.
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New rules set out the levels and types of collateral that OTC derivatives counterparties must exchange bilaterally if the transaction is not cleared through a central clearing counterparty (CCP).
