Forecasting risk is now a major concern in today’s companies, survey
by Kylene Casanova
Increasing integration of FP&A and risk management data collection, etc. needed to improve analysis
Risk Management
Background
Risk is the potential that a chosen action, including the choice of inaction, will lead to a loss or an undesirable outcome. Any business carries some risk, but some are much more risky than others.…
Read moreBEWARE regulators are focussing on the Conduct Risk in your firm
by Kylene Casanova
But Conduct Risk still a vague concept among companies, report shows
Reval: Divergence from IFRS 9 accounting standards will hurt corporates’ competitive edge
by Kylene Casanova
New IFRS 9 Hedge Accounting rules will only benefit those companies who are setup to take advantage
Hewlett Packard’s approach to automating treasury risk management
by Kylene Casanova
Investment management as automated as you can get
Deutsche Bank partners with FiREapps to help corporates improve FX exposure management
by Kylene Casanova
Cleaning and compiling ERP data to assess companies exact exposures before buying/selling FX
FX hedging management: Reconciling To Zero with Hedge Trackers revolutionary new module
by Kylene Casanova
Cut days from the difficult & time consuming task of reconciling your FX gain/loss line
Best and Worst Practices in ERM
by Kylene Casanova
How it has improved since the global financial crisis, and where practices are still lagging
Axioma launches new risk management platform for multi-asset classes
by Kylene Casanova
Axioma Risk a new patform for risk officers, portfolio managers, asset owners and consultants
SWIFT‘s Affirmations application supports compliance with EMIR
by Kylene Casanova
Affirmations application - compliance with EMIR by making multi-asset electronic clearing
Regulators release final OTC derivatives margin rules & exempt FX swap/forwards
by Kylene Casanova
Framework agreed for reducing systemic risks related to OTC derivatives starts in 2014
EMIR rollout is a mess. Don’t make any final, irrevocable decisions - there is much more to co
by Kylene Casanova
EMIR reporting delay and ESMA may yet decide to use the US standards
Foreign exchange derivatives coming to swap execution facility platforms
by Kylene Casanova
The new rules in the US Dodd-Frank Act require privately-negotiated derivatives trades to be transacted on electronic platforms and sent to clearing houses. Up to now, trading platforms for over-the-counter derivati
Play defensive when using banks and their derivatives
by Kylene Casanova
Paul Stafford, the director of marketing for Atlas Risk Advisory, in an article in TREASURY & RISK, explained that, "Multinational corporations usually obtain FX derivatives from banks
New OTC derivatives central counter-party (CCP) being set up in Chile
by Kylene Casanova
In response to G-20 mandated OTC derivatives reforms and standardization, a group of Chilean banks led by COMDER is building a new OTC derivatives CCP. This new CCP
Citi introduces market infrastructure Risk Heat Map
by Kylene Casanova
Citi has introduced the Market Infrastructure Risk Heat Map ("Risk Map") to provide investor and intermediary clients with comprehensive risk evaluations for each market in Citi's global network.
How to manage reputation risk
by Kylene Casanova
ACE Group's report, 'Reputation at Risk', published this week revealed that while 81% of companies in their survey see reputation as their most significant asset, most of them admit that they
Enterprise Risk Management: practitioner perspectives
by Kylene Casanova
Companies increasingly are taking an integrated view of risk, across risk types and functions, and linking their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs to strategic planning. Those are the
LIBOR interest rate controlled by NYSE Euronext starts early 2014, but will it generate confidence
by Kylene Casanova
But why will this generate confidence in LIBOR? It doesn't seem really independent enough
Dodd-Frank is increasing the complexity of managing financial risk and the future of derivatives hed
by Kylene Casanova
"Corporate treasurers have long used derivatives hedging to bring stability and predictability to their financial position. Now the safety net is riddled with holes, thanks to uncertainty about global
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2013 report: The world is more at risk as persistent economic we
by Kylene Casanova
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2013 report issued in January 2013 was the gloomiest yet. It highlighted wealth gaps (severe income disparity) followed by unsustainable government
Visual Risk partners with Markit to deliver a complete solution for IFRS13
by Kylene Casanova
For organisations performing half-year reporting starting from 30th June, the new IFRS13 Standard will require fair value measurement of assets and liabilities to include Credit and Debit Value Adjustments (CVA / DV
S&P Capital IQ launches new Portfolio Risk solution delivering real-time risk analysis for multi
by Kylene Casanova
The new Portfolio Risk solution from S&P Capital IQ is an advanced risk and scenario analytics tool that provides traders, portfolio and risk managers with the ability to take decisions about the pricing, hedging an
Mitigating counterparty risk in derivatives trades
by Kylene Casanova
Recently, a large U.S. company executed a sizable portfolio of cross-currency derivatives to hedge its international exposure. As it evaluated prospective swaps trading partners, the company—let's call it XYZ Corp.—
Should Treasury lead Enterprise Risk Management?
by Kylene Casanova
An AFP CTC Corporate Treasurers Forum in New York, early in May discussed whether treasurers should lead the enterprise risk management function instead of the internal audit group.