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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A report by the European Banking Authority (EBA) has said that the level of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the EU banking sector remains high, at up to three times higher than other global jurisdictions.
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Thomson Reuters suggests taking a practical approach to enterprise risk and now, following the UK's 'leave' vote last month, companies need to reassess certain key areas of their business model.
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Commercial and residential markets were already topping out. Brexit will make house and real estate decline worse - Professor of Urban and Property Economics at Henley Business School
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Tim Harford, Senior Columnist, Financial Times, explains how open minded thinking is essential in forecasting and why Keynes was a better forecaster than Irving Fischer: “When facts change, I change my opinion”
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Moritz Kraemer, Global Rating Officer, Sovereign Ratings, Standard & Poor quietly and clearly explains why downgrading will be the first of many problems
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an official opinion on MiFID II and MiFIR, in response to comments from the European Commission.
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Uncertain EU and global economic outlooks keep liquidity risk at high levels, according to a Q1 report by the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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The European Parliament yesterday voted to support common EU standards against the manipulation of financial benchmarks.
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KPMG has launched its 'Third Party Intelligence' system, a digital data resource on third-party suppliers for companies.
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The European Supervisory Authorities have published a report highlighting three main risks in the European financial system, including low profitability of banks and contagion from China.
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Deloitte UK's Q1 2016 CFO Survey shows a rise in chief financial officers supporting the EU in the run-up to the UK's EU referendum on 23 June.
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Surveys by Deloitte and EY show growing unease among financial professionals with regards to the state of the global economy. Expectations are at their lowest since 2012.
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The Financial Accounting Standard Board has issued a new standard to simplify accounting for share-based payments, and also voted to let companies choose how they implement hedge accounting changes.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission clarified its position on commodity trade options, enabling companies to address commercial risk more effectively.
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Is blockchain a short-lived illusion or a real game-changer? asks the latest newsletter from the European Payments Council (EPC).
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A video produced by the Association for Financial Professionals asks Magnus Attoff, head of financial risk management at Ericsson, about his unique approach to ERM.
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The new 'glibc' bug might make “everything on the Internet” vulnerable to attack, or at the very least it's a widespread code flaw that all companies should ensure is patched up and on their risk agenda.
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Are companies being let down by poor coverage of cyber risks in conventional insurance classes? A new report says insurers are not offering adequate cover for the risks of cyber crime.
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Failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation was seen as the most impactful risk, while large-scale involuntary migration is the risk that could have greatest impact in 2016.
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ESMA announces firms will have to centrally clear certain classes of interest rate swaps starting from 21 June 2016, to comply with EMIR
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Study finds 70% of companies lack visibility into their supply chain, while supply chain disruption – affecting three-quarters of corporates – is poorly understood and increasingly comes from technology.
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The EC has announced that the central counterparty regulatory regimes for Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Mexico and Korea are now “equivalent” to regulation of EU CCPs.
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The technical standards on data reporting requirements under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) have been updated.
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While some corporates are required to report on mark-to-market valuations of positions and on collateral value, collateral management could benefit those who aren't required to comply with EMIR.
