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- Dynamic Risk Management: Theory and Evidence
- This article is about on one business strategy known as "risk management". It present and tests an infinite horizon, continuous time model of a firm that can dynamically adjust the use and maturity of risk management instruments whose purpose is to reduce product price uncertainty thereby mitigating financial distress...
- White papers 2003-02-09
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- Risk Budgeting : The Next Step Of The Risk Management Journey
- The article overviews the drivers behind the so called "risk revolution". An improvement in technology is the most significant factor followed by increased fiduciary awareness that has led to the interest and ability to ask more questions by trustees, plan sponsors, supervisors, directors and regulators. In addition, the now-famous...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Risk Budgeting: The Next Step of the Risk Management Journey
- Investors have begun to focus on risk dollars spent to achieve return. The increasing trend to focus on reward and risk at the instrument, manager and overall portfolio level has resulted in a need to ensure that compensation and fees encourage the type of risk-taking that the primary fiduciary desires....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Catastrophe Risk Management - Implications of Default Risk and Basis Risk
- In many cases, the payout from an insurance-linked security is tied to some stochastic variable, an index, which is correlated, but not identical, with the insured's actual losses. Therefore, such an instrument will usually not provide a perfect hedge. There will be some mismatch, the so-called basis risk. This paper...
- White papers 2004-08-26
- Measurement : Risk Standards 10-16
- The article explains the different risk standards. The risk standard 10 states that all readily priced instruments should be valued daily, less-readily priced instruments at least weekly and non-readily priced instruments as often as feasible and whenever a material event occurs. The standard 11 states that Material discrepancies in valuations...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Using value-at-risk to measure financial risk
- I. INTRODUCTIONOver the past several decades portfolio and risk management techniques have adapted to increasingly complex financial instruments and risk scenarios. The rapid growth in derivative financial instruments and the derivatives losses reported in recent years have intensified concerns over reliably measuring financial instrument risk exposure. The massive derivative losses...
- Research articles 1996-01-01
- IBM and Infinity Join Forces to Offer Global Risk Management Solutions; IBM Signs Worldwide Agreement to License Infinity's Software Platform; Cross-market, cross-instrument capability is major step forward in the ability to determine overall trading, bus
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 6, 1996--With the financial services industry focused more than ever before on the process of analyzing, determining and managing risk, IBM and Infinity Financial Technology, Inc. today announced that they have signed a worldwide license agreement.
- Research articles 1996-03-06
- See TED spread: while the TED spread has fallen out of popularity as a tradable instrument, it is still quite useful as a trading indicator when it comes to corporate financial risk and the cost of capital.(Trading Techniques)(Treasury EuroDollar )
- If Rene Descartes were to make a special guest appearance on one of the many financial talk shows, he might sum up the futures trader's view of the world as "It is exchange-traded, therefore it is." That view, perhaps sufficient in the early days of both financial...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- Derivatives Of Derivatives
- This article focuses on instruments that exist as a result of an underlying futures contract – that is, based on an exchange-traded instrument. In practice, however, an option is a generic term used to describe the right but not the obligation to receive or deliver some other product, whether a...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Credit Where It's Due
- The revolution in credit risk management means that financial institutions must increasingly look to the insurance markets for capacity and for more innovative solutions. The article cites a financial institution that was seeking to mitigate the risk within its portfolio of consumer loans. A typical answer would be to securitise...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- See TED spread
- While the TED has fallen out of populairty as a tradable instrument, it is still quite useful as a trading indicator when it comes to corporate financial risk and the cost of capital. If Rene Descartes were to make a special guest appearance on one of the many...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- PNM Resources, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator instructions And we will take our first question from Jonathan Arnold with Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Jonathan Arnold – Merrill Lynch Good morning guys. Jeff Sterba Good morning, Jonathan Chuck Eldred Hi Jonathan Jonathan Arnold – Merrill Lynch...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-12
- Hubble Space Telescope Servicing: Demonstrating Space Logistics
- From the beginning, Hubble Space Telescope was designed with logistics in mind. Hubble was on the drawing board as the Space Shuttle was being readied for its first flights. NASA realized that if a shuttle crew could service Hubble on orbit, it could be upgraded and maintained indefinitely, representing risk...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Viking Energy Royalty Trust Announces 2003 Financial Results (Part Two of Three).
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Mar 24, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX LIQUIDITY Contractual Obligations As part of normal operations, Viking is a party to various financial guarantees, letters of credit and other contractual commitments. In addition, as discussed in the risk management...
- Research articles 2004-03-24
- Celsis Inc
- Celsis Inc., a leading provider of rapid microbial risk management products and services, has invested in the expansion of its technical and service support organization. The company has added two instrument service engineers and two regional technical support representatives to its team. Microbiologists and service representatives offer ongoing technical assistance...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- Applera Corporation F1Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. [Operator’s instructions.] One moment while we compile a list of questions. Our first question will come from the line of Ross Muken of Deutsche Bank, please proceed. Ross Muken – Deutsche Bank Good morning everyone. Mark P. Stevenson –...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- PerkinElmer Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions] Your first question will come from the line of Paul Knight of Thomas Weisel Partners. Paul Knight - Thomas Weisel Partners Hi Greg. Gregory L. Summe - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hey Paul, how are you doing? Paul...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- Thornburg Mortgage Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is with Richard V. Shane with Jefferies and Company. Please go ahead sir. Richard V. Shane - Jefferies & Co. Larry, thanks for taking my question. I’m going to ask you to try to...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Contingency Planning as a Necessity
- A contingency plan is executed when the risk presents itself. The purpose of the plan is to lessen the damage of the risk when it occurs. Without the plan in place, the full impact of the risk could greatly affect the project. The contingency plan is the last line of...
- White papers 2000-09-16
- Jury Out on Appeal For Lloyds' Hybrids
- By Jane Merriman and Alex ChambersLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds LLOY looks set to get investor support for a hybrid bond exchange into 7.5 billion pounds of new enhanced capital notes ECN but it is not clear how much wider appeal these new securities will command.That wider appeal could be...
- News items 2009-11-11
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