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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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.
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Three European supervisory authorities have jointly launched a public consultation on two guidelines for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.
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A combination of weak economic growth and volatility in foreign exchange markets are the dominant risks facing corporate treasurers, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Three-quarters of companies only evaluating their risk profile annually, limiting their ability to react to changes to their risk landscape.
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Auditing third parties for compliance is the number one anti-bribery and corruption challenge for corporates, according to the Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption Survey 2015, by KPMG.
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The US's most sweeping reform of financial markets regulation in recent times comes in for criticism on its fifth birthday. How has it affected corporate treasury?
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The ACT and Deloitte provide a list of actions for corporate treasurers to consider in the event of Greece defaulting on its debt or exiting the euro.
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Fireapps's latest Corporate Earnings Currency Impact Report looks at the total negative currency impact for North American and European corporates in the first quarter of 2015.
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Using cashflow- and target-at-risk modelling to add structure to the risk management process. By Alankar Karol, Visual Risk
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The Joint Forum has released a report on credit risk management, suggesting corporates should pay more attention to counterparty exposures and high-risk investments as part of their credit risk policy.
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The European Commission has published a questionnaire as part of its review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
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Forrester Research report shows that integrating corporate treasury risk management with your company’s overall governance, risk and compliance programme is vital
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EMIRate reporting service continues its expansion and now has some 80 clients
