Egypt
Operational risk in dangerous regions
As the Arab Spring last year made all too evident, regions that companies and banks think they have a handle on might suddenly turn into hotspots of unrest. ORR looks at risks to consider when establishing...
Emerging markets ETFs are gaining traction with investors as providers innovate and generate new strategies for emerging markets exposure. As ETFs based on emerging markets local currency government bond...
In retrospect, the path taken by a crisis often seems entirely predictable. It is easy, now, to draw a line from mass downgrades of structured credit in mid-2007 through the resulting funding and liquidity...
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Risk-managing the Middle East's revolutions
The January revolt in Tunisia sparked protests that toppled regimes and started wars across North Africa and the Middle East. In many countries, financial markets seized up, or closed completely. How did risk managers in the region deal with the challenges...
Index roundup
FTSE Group has partnered with DIFC Investments and Merit Commodity Partners to launch the FTSE Physical Industrial Metals index series, providing investors with exposure to aluminium, copper, zinc and nickel by holding physical cash and forward contracts....
Standard & Poor’s Civets index looks for growth beyond the Brics
Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P Civets 60 index, designed to track stocks in non-Bric emerging markets
Tepco spreads tighten as nationalisation rumours grow
Credit default spreads narrow on Fukushima plant operator and Japanese sovereign while BP widens on manslaughter charge reports
CDS spreads widen on Tokyo Electric Power Company
Ongoing radiation risk at Fukushima nuclear plant pushes up risk perceptions on Japanese power company
CDS spreads on Japanese financials stabilise after earthquake
Risk perceptions start to steady on banks and insurance companies as Japan counts economic cost of natural disaster
Portuguese CDS spreads climb after austerity measures voted down
The EU prepares itself for another sovereign bail-out after Portuguese parliament rejects tax rises and budget cuts
How can investment banks use grid technology?
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Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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