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CSFI and PwC: Political risks top industry worry
LONDON – Political interference has overtaken other risks to become the biggest risk area for financial firms in 2010, according to a survey of banking risks conducted by the Centre for the Study of...
Financial firms are focusing much more on operational risk, but risk managers still need to demonstrate to their peers how op risk management adds value, says John Wertheim, head of operational risk for...
Political interference has overtaken other risks to become the biggest risk area for financial firms in 2010. That is according to a survey of bank risk conducted by the Centre for the Study of Financial...
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Testy politicians muscle in on Basel II negotiations
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) based in Brussels and members of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC are beginning to throw their weight around in the Basel II process.
Geopolitical futures: The politics of betting
Using markets to forecast political events may not be as strange an idea as it seemed in July, when a terrorism futures scheme collapsed. But there is still scepticism as to whether such an approach would be ethical or effective.
The politics of betting
Using markets to forecast political events may not be as strange an idea as it seemed in July, when a terrorism futures scheme collapsed. But there is still scepticism as to whether such an approach would be ethical or effective. By Maria Kielmas
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