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Fraud Prevention and Detection for Credit and Debit Card Transactions
Dec 2010
The key value of adopting BRMS to provide fraud detection capabilities lies in the flexibility that this methodology offers from an installation and a business-use perspective. BRMS offers the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Solution Brief: Homeland Security: Screening and Targeting
Dec 2010
Learn how IBM WebSphere ILOG software enables homeland security and law enforcement agencies to achieve their objectives for detailed and consistent screening, implementing policy and risk updates...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Role Of Network Behavior Analysis & Response Systems In The Enterprise
Nov 2009
Organizations face escalating security risks and network availability requirements as they open their networks for communications and transactions with key customers, critical business partners...
Provided by Lancope
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White Papers
Oracle Fusion for Governance, Risk and Compliance - The New Standard for Risk Management & Compliance
Dec 2010
Oracle Fusion Governance, Risk, and Compliance combines vital risk and compliance oversight with automated controls enforcement. This unique integration allows firms not only to meet current...
Provided by Oracle
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Optimization Under Uncertainty For Operational Planning Of Petroleum Refineries
Aug 2010
In this paper, author describe a Nonlinear Programming (NLP) model for operational planning of oil refineries, considering uncertainties related to oil supply and refinery capacity. Three...
Provided by Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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Average And Marginal Tobin's q As Indicators Of Future Growth Opportunities, Expected Return, And Risk
Dec 2008
Contrary to popular opinion, average Tobin's q is a better indicator of future growth opportunities than marginal Tobin's q. The authors derive a curious relation between average and marginal q:...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Urban Adaptation To Low Probability Shocks: Contrasting Terrorism And Natural Disaster Risk
Sep 2010
Suburbanization is a long-run trend in cities around the world. All households and firms face tradeoffs in terms of location choice. Until recently, urban centers were the cultural and social...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Value Creation Through Securitization: Evidence From The CMBS Market
Feb 2008
Despite recent volatility and constraints in secondary market funding, analysts have ascribed substantial value creation to the securitization of commercial mortgages. Such value creation likely...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Corporate Bond Default Risk: A 150-Year Perspective
Mar 2010
The authors study corporate bond default rates using an extensive new data set spanning the 1866−2008 period. They find that the corporate bond market has repeatedly suffered clustered...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Enterprise Security Risk Management: How Great Risks Lead To Great Deeds
Apr 2010
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. How important and accurate those words are even centuries later, as risks have become vastly more complex. Herodotus' words underscore a vital...
Provided by ASIS International
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White Papers
Geopolitical Risk & Terrorism
Mar 2008
Geopolitical risk and terrorism are increasing concerns for organizations which operate or aspire to operate across regional boundaries. Moreover, businesses without such global aspirations would...
Provided by Arup
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White Papers
Introduction: Terrorism, Risk And The Global City
Aug 2009
After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington the fortification and militarization of globally significant cities has proceeded at an unparalleled pace, particularly given the perceived threat...
Provided by Ashgate Publishing
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White Papers
Counter Terrorism Risk Management
May 2010
The threat of terrorism throughout the world is rising. Extremist groups are global and may target 'Western' businesses anywhere in the world. They aim for sensational destruction and loss of...
Provided by Aon
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White Papers
Center For Terrorism Risk Management Policy
Oct 2007
The paper tells here was supported by CTRMP as part of its larger research program focused on terrorism risk, insurance, and other economically focused issues related to terrorist threat....
Provided by RAND
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White Papers
Managing Terrorism Risks
Nov 2008
Protecting employees and corporate assets is the responsibility of operating managers throughout any corporation. In most organizations, few people are fully cognizant of exposures such as...
Provided by Chubb
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White Papers
Cash Flow Risk Ratio: An Aid To Marketing Decisions
Sep 2009
Financial risk differs from the business risks previously described in that it results from the way the firm's capital is obtained and financed. A producer may be subject to fluctuations in...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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White Papers
Liquidity Risk Management In Financial Services: Strategies For Success
Nov 2009
Having survived an unprecedented credit and liquidity crisis, the road to success for global financial institutions will continue to change dramatically. With pressure mounting on governments to...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Uncertainty Management: Risk And Performance, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
Jul 2009
The bottom-line role of management is balancing performance and risk to create stakeholder value. This requires both performance management and risk management. Performance management focuses on...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Risk Management Starts At The Top
Jan 2010
Where were the boards of directors of the world's largest financial firms when their managements were loading up on risky collateralized debt obligations and structured investment vehicles? What...
Provided by London Business School
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White Papers
How Diligent Is Your Due Diligence?: Anti-Fraud Programmes Are A Risk Management 'Must'
Sep 2010
Investor trust is important to the success of any investment vehicle, but is particularly key in hedge funds. Hedge funds depend heavily on investor trust, relying on referrals to gain investors...
Provided by Deloitte Development
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Whitepapers
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances: Which One is Right for You?
Jan 2011
While your security needs may be many and complex, the key to solving these needs is to choose the right combination of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs) for your network. This white paper...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Webcasts
The Great Climategate Debate
Dec 2009
The hacking of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit in November rocked the world of climate change science, energized global warming skeptics and threatened to derail...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Risk Assessment In The International Food Safety Policy Arena: Can The Multilateral Institutions Encourage Unbiased Outcomes?
Jan 2009
In this paper the authors provide a description of how food safety related scientific evidence is generated and how it is used in the context of risk assessment for international standard-setting...
Provided by World Trade Organization
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White Papers
Managing Risk In Facility Management Outsourcing
Nov 2009
Integrated Facility Management is becoming a common strategy for organizations with larger, complex facilities portfolios. Many Clients are concerned about the risks associated with giving broad...
Provided by McMorrow Report
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White Papers
Anatomy Of Risk Management Practices In The Mortgage Industry: Lessons For The Future
May 2010
Innovation has brought about a multitude of new products, such as subprime loans and niche credit programs for immigrants. Such developments are representative of the market responses that have...
Provided by mortgage bankers association
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White Papers
Toward A New Risk Architecture: Welcome To Risk Management 2.0
Dec 2008
As recently as few years ago, few world leaders or thinkers would have pegged for the accelerating rhythm of large-scale catastrophes as one of the biggest economic challenges in the foreseeable...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
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White Papers
Contract Rights And Risk Aversion: Foreign Banks And The Mexican Economy, 1997-2004
Feb 2008
The author finds that all banks in Mexico have become increasingly risk averse, and that foreign banks are even more so. Foreign banks grant less credit, screen loans more intensively, and charge...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Measuring And Envisioning Risks: Boundary-Work In Risk Management
Jan 2011
This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management in banking is as inevitable and as dangerous as Power and others speculate. Based on two detailed case studies and 53...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Business Optimization And Resiliency: Improving Business Performance And Managing Operational Cost And Risk
Sep 2010
The world, and certainly the world of business, is an increasingly riskier place. In an ever-changing business environment, risk exposures have been increased on both a global and regional basis,...
Provided by Verizon
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White Papers
Bank Frauds In Nigeria: Underlying Causes, Effects And Possible Remedies
Oct 2010
This paper sets out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system, the underlying causes, level of staff involvement, consequences and possible means...
Provided by University of Benin
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White Papers
Addressing the Requirements of: Monetary Authority of Singapore Internet Banking Technology Risk Management Guidelines
Dec 2005
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a document that summarizes electronic security and risk management guidelines that financial institutions should consider when deploying...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Operational Risk Management In Indian Banks In The Context Of Basel: A Survey Of The State Of Preparedness And Challenges In Developing The Framework
Jun 2008
This paper assesses in detail the status of operational risk management in the Indian banking system in the context of Basel II. The expected coverage of banking assets and the approach adopted...
Provided by Reserve Bank of India
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White Papers
Operational Risk Management In Indian Banks In The Context Of Basel 2: A Survey Of The State Of Preparedness And Challenges In Developing The Framework
Jun 2008
This paper assesses in detail the status of operational risk management in the Indian banking system in the context of Basel II. The expected coverage of banking assets and the approach adopted...
Provided by Reserve Bank of India
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White Papers
Application Of CAPM In Measuring Risk And Return For Selected Markets Of Iran's Economy
Nov 2010
Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is an equilibrium model which uses to show the relationship between the risk and return of an individual asset or portfolio of assets. According to the portfolio...
Provided by World Business Institute
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White Papers
On The Descriptive Value Of Loss Aversion In Decisions Under Risk
Jan 2010
Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the participants...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Systemic Risk And The Refinancing Ratchet Effect
Jun 2010
The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential housing market - rising home prices, declining interest rates, and near-frictionless refinancing opportunities - led to vastly increased...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Portfolio Adjustment On Jump Risk: Evidences From Asian Emerging Markets
Jun 2008
This paper investigates the measurement of investment weight adjustment on jump risk of five Asian emerging markets. Considering the risk of rare event, the authors develop an adjusted...
Provided by Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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White Papers
An Ounce Of Prevention: The Power Of Public Risk Management In Stabilizing The Financial System
Jan 2009
This paper suggests that contrary to the prevailing wisdom, New Deal policies worked to stabilize the financial system; that the financial catastrophe of 2007-2009 was not an accident, but rather...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
New Framework For Measuring And Managing Macrofinancial Risk And Financial Stability
Aug 2008
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
The Volatility Of Equity Mutual Fund Returns
May 2010
The author investigated both the volatility and the level of diversification of domestic equity mutual funds from 1988 to 2008. The author also investigated the Market Model's explanatory power...
Provided by Central Connecticut State University
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White Papers
Cruising Is Risky Business
Sep 2009
As the fastest growing sector within the international tourism industry, having grown at roughly double the rate of international tourism as a whole, the cruise liner business has shown impressive...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Realized Volatility Risk
Jan 2010
In this paper the authors document that realized variation measures constructed from high-frequency returns reveal a large degree of volatility risk in stock and index returns, where they...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Collateral Posting And Choice Of Collateral Currency - Implications For Derivative Pricing And Risk Management-
May 2010
In recent years, the authors have observed the dramatic increase of the use of collateral as an important credit risk mitigation tool. It has become even rare to make a contract without collateral...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Hedging European Derivatives With The Polynomial Variance Swap Under Uncertain Volatility Environments
Dec 2010
This paper proposes a new hedging scheme of European derivatives under uncertain volatility environments, in which a weighted variance swap called the polynomial variance swap is added to the...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Choice Of Collateral Currency
Dec 2010
Collateral has been used for a long time in the cash market and the authors have also experienced significant increase of its use as an important credit risk mitigation tool in the derivatives...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Asymmetric And Imperfect Collateralization, Derivative Pricing, And CVA
Apr 2011
The importance of collateralization through the change of funding cost is now well recognized among practitioners. In this paper, the authors have extended the previous studies of collateralized...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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White Papers
Convergence Risk: The Problem With The New VIX Futures
Sep 2007
The authors examine the issue of non-convergence of the VIX futures to the cash VIX, the associated expiration day effects, and their sources. Significant disparities are found between the value...
Provided by Florida International University
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Assessing The Compensation For Volatility Risk Implicit In Interest Rate Derivatives
Jan 2008
Volatilities implied from interest rate swaptions are used to assess the size and the sign of the compensation for volatility risk, for dollar, euro and pound rates at a daily frequency, between...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Repo Markets, Counterparty Risk And The 2007/2008 Liquidity Crisis
Jun 2008
A standard repurchase agreement between two counterparties is considered to examine the endogenous choice of collateral assets, the feasibility of secured lending, and welfare implications of the...
Provided by European Central Bank
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A Value At Risk Analysis Of Credit Default Swaps
Nov 2008
The authors investigate the risk of holding Credit Default Swaps (CDS) in the trading book and compare the Value at Risk (VaR) of a CDS position to the VaR for investing in the respective firm's...
Provided by European Central Bank
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Predictions Of Short-Term Rates And The Expectations Hypothesis Of The Term Structure Of Interest Rates
Dec 2008
Despite its important role in monetary policy and finance, the Expectations Hypothesis (EH) of the term structure of interest rates has received virtually no empirical support. The empirical...
Provided by European Central Bank
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Modelling Short-Term Interest Rate Spreads In The Euro Money Market
Dec 2008
In the framework of a new money market econometric model, the authors assess the degree of precision achieved by the European Central Bank ECB in meeting its operational target for the short-term...
Provided by European Central Bank
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Almost Stochastic Dominance: A Penchant For Risk
Aug 2007
This paper shows that the Almost Stochastic Dominance (ASD) decision rule overlooks the effect of leverage on the variance of portfolio returns. If a portfolio dominates another by ASD then that...
Provided by Columbia University
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Failure Of Financial Sector Risk Management As An Analog for The Engineering & Construction Industry
Oct 2008
It was spring of 1827 and Robert Brown had just returned from collecting pollen in the Scottish countryside. A botanist, Brown placed some of the pollen in water under his microscope and observed...
Provided by PM World Today
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Human Effort Dynamics And Schedule Risk Analysis
Mar 2009
Human work duration and related risks are the results of human actions. Therefore quantitative analysis of human action dynamics is becoming a problem of paramount importance for the new...
Provided by PM World Today
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The Pricing Of Risk In European Credit And Corporate Bond Markets
Aug 2007
This paper investigates the determinants of the default risk premia embedded in the European credit default swap spreads. Using a modified version of the intertemporal capital asset pricing model,...
Provided by European Central Bank
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Polaris And Risk Management
Nov 2010
Most project managers around the world are familiar with the term risk management. After all, it is one of the PMBOK Guides knowledge areas. Most of them learned what the authors needed to...
Provided by PM World Today
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Black Swan Risks
Jan 2011
Much has been written on Black Swan type risks, sometimes treated as the risks from Unknown Unknowns. Do Black Swans inhabit the world of program management and are they truly Unknown Unknowns? In...
Provided by PM World Today
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Putting Critical Realism To Work In Business Relationship Research
Apr 2009
Within the IMP, Critical Realism is emerging as a philosophical position of choice for the study of business relationships as evidenced by the growing number of papers which purport to take this...
Provided by IMP Group
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White Papers
Macroeconomic Stress Testing And The Resilience Of The Indian Banking System: A Focus On Credit Risk
Apr 2011
The paper undertakes a macroprudential analysis of the credit risk of Public Sector Banks during the liberalization period. Using the Vector AutoRegression methodology, the paper investigates the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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The Term Structure Of Risk Premia: New Evidence From The Financial Crisis
Mar 2010
This paper calibrates the term structure of risk premia before and during the 2007/2008 financial crisis using a new calibration approach based on credit default swaps. The risk premium term...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Are Realized Volatility Models Good Candidates For Alternative Value At Risk Prediction Strategies?
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors assess the Value at Risk (VaR) prediction accuracy and efficiency of six ARCH-type models, six realized volatility models and two GARCH models augmented with realized...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Efficiency And Risk In European Banking
Jun 2010
The authors analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. They also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this relationship. They model the inter-temporal relationships among efficiency,...
Provided by European Central Bank
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Credit Risk Transfers And The Macroeconomy
Oct 2010
The recent financial crisis has highlighted the limits of the "Originate to distribute" model of banking, but its nexus with the macroeconomy and monetary policy remains unexplored. The author...
Provided by European Central Bank
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The Impact Of Public Guarantees On Bank Risk Taking: Evidence From A Natural Experiment
Dec 2010
In 2001, government guarantees for savings banks in Germany were removed following a law suit. The authors use this natural experiment to examine the effect of government guarantees on bank risk...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Management Of Chemical And Biological Risks In Agri-food Chain
May 2011
Paper presents diverse modes of governance of chemical and biological risks in agri-food sector, assesses their efficiency, complementarities, and challenges, and suggests recommendations for...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Partnership Risk In International Relations
Aug 2010
The paper discusses the problem of partnership risk in a company's relations with other entities on foreign markets. The authors' research (including a mail survey of 2,000 companies) enabled them...
Provided by Poznan University of Economics
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The Relationship Between Perceived Risk, Perceived Value And Project Competencies
Aug 2010
Perceived risk and value. The concept of perceived risk has been conceptualised as corresponding to situations when there are potentially negative outcomes. Later studies distinguished between...
Provided by University of Szeged
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Consumption Volatility Risk
May 2009
Empirically, the conditional volatility of aggregate consumption growth varies over time. While many papers test the consumption CAPM based on realized consumption growth, little is known about...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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Conditional Risk And Performance Evaluation: Volatility Timing, Overconditioning, And New Estimates Of Momentum Alphas
Oct 2009
Unconditional alpha estimates are biased when conditional beta covaries with the market risk premium ("Market-timing") or volatility ("Volatility-timing"). Whereas prior literature focuses on...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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White Papers
Risk Factors And Distributions From Long-Short Trading Strategies: A Monte Carlo Approach
Sep 2009
The authors propose a simulation-based methodology for evaluating the significance of returns to long-short trading strategies and for investigating the effects of various risk adjustments and...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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Systemic Risk Diagnostics: Coincident Indicators And Early Warning Signals
Apr 2011
The authors propose a novel framework to assess financial system risk. Using a dynamic factor framework based on state-space methods, they construct coincident measures ('Thermometers') and a...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Financial Globalization, International Business Cycles, And Consumption Risk Sharing
Dec 2007
In spite of two decades of financial globalization, consumption-based indicators do not seem to signal more international risk sharing. The authors argue that consumption risk sharing among...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Betting On Own Knowledge: Experimental Test Of Overconfidence
Jan 2008
This paper presents a new incentive compatible method for measuring confidence in own knowledge. This method consists of two parts. First, an individual answers several general knowledge...
Provided by University of Zurich
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Consumption Risk Sharing Over The Business Cycle: The Role Of Small Firms Access To Credit Markets
Mar 2008
Consumption risk sharing among U.S. federal states increases in booms and decreases in recessions. The authors find that small firms' access to financial markets plays an important role in...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Probabilistic Choice And Stochastic Dominance
Apr 2008
This paper presents an axiomatic model of probabilistic choice under risk. In this model, when it comes to choosing one lottery over another, each alternative has a chance of being selected,...
Provided by University of Zurich
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Risk Aversion
Apr 2008
Risk aversion is traditionally defined in the context of lotteries over monetary payoffs. This paper extends the notion of risk aversion to a more general setup where outcomes (consequences) may...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Securitization Of Mortgage Debt, Asset Prices And International Risk Sharing
Dec 2008
The authors explore the impact of mortgage securitization on the international diversification of macroeconomic risk. By making mortgage-related risks internationally tradeable, securitization...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Relationship Risk Score For Relationship Borrowers: Case Of Karafarin Bank
Aug 2008
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the risk of relationship in relationship lending in banking sector. This research extracts the most influential factors that would impact the default of a...
Provided by Tarbiat Modares University
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White Papers
Pricing Forward Contracts In Power Markets By The Certainty Equivalence Principle: Explaining The Sign Of The Market Risk Premium
Dec 2007
In this paper the authors provide a framework that explains how the market risk premium, defined as the difference between forward prices and spot forecasts, depends on the risk preferences of...
Provided by University of London
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White Papers
Enterprise Security Risk Management: How Great Risks Lead To Great Deeds
Apr 2010
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. How important and accurate those words are even centuries later, as risks have become vastly more complex. Herodotus' words underscore a vital...
Provided by ASIS International
-
White Papers
Geopolitical Risk & Terrorism
Mar 2008
Geopolitical risk and terrorism are increasing concerns for organizations which operate or aspire to operate across regional boundaries. Moreover, businesses without such global aspirations would...
Provided by Arup
-
White Papers
Introduction: Terrorism, Risk And The Global City
Aug 2009
After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington the fortification and militarization of globally significant cities has proceeded at an unparalleled pace, particularly given the perceived threat...
Provided by Ashgate Publishing
-
White Papers
Counter Terrorism Risk Management
May 2010
The threat of terrorism throughout the world is rising. Extremist groups are global and may target 'Western' businesses anywhere in the world. They aim for sensational destruction and loss of...
Provided by Aon
-
White Papers
Center For Terrorism Risk Management Policy
Oct 2007
The paper tells here was supported by CTRMP as part of its larger research program focused on terrorism risk, insurance, and other economically focused issues related to terrorist threat....
Provided by RAND
-
White Papers
Managing Terrorism Risks
Nov 2008
Protecting employees and corporate assets is the responsibility of operating managers throughout any corporation. In most organizations, few people are fully cognizant of exposures such as...
Provided by Chubb
-
White Papers
Cash Flow Risk Ratio: An Aid To Marketing Decisions
Sep 2009
Financial risk differs from the business risks previously described in that it results from the way the firm's capital is obtained and financed. A producer may be subject to fluctuations in...
Provided by University of Minnesota
-
White Papers
Liquidity Risk Management In Financial Services: Strategies For Success
Nov 2009
Having survived an unprecedented credit and liquidity crisis, the road to success for global financial institutions will continue to change dramatically. With pressure mounting on governments to...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Uncertainty Management: Risk And Performance, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
Jul 2009
The bottom-line role of management is balancing performance and risk to create stakeholder value. This requires both performance management and risk management. Performance management focuses on...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Risk Management Starts At The Top
Jan 2010
Where were the boards of directors of the world's largest financial firms when their managements were loading up on risky collateralized debt obligations and structured investment vehicles? What...
Provided by London Business School
-
White Papers
How Diligent Is Your Due Diligence?: Anti-Fraud Programmes Are A Risk Management 'Must'
Sep 2010
Investor trust is important to the success of any investment vehicle, but is particularly key in hedge funds. Hedge funds depend heavily on investor trust, relying on referrals to gain investors...
Provided by Deloitte Development
-
Whitepapers
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances: Which One is Right for You?
Jan 2011
While your security needs may be many and complex, the key to solving these needs is to choose the right combination of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs) for your network. This white paper...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Webcasts
The Great Climategate Debate
Dec 2009
The hacking of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit in November rocked the world of climate change science, energized global warming skeptics and threatened to derail...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
White Papers
Risk Assessment In The International Food Safety Policy Arena: Can The Multilateral Institutions Encourage Unbiased Outcomes?
Jan 2009
In this paper the authors provide a description of how food safety related scientific evidence is generated and how it is used in the context of risk assessment for international standard-setting...
Provided by World Trade Organization
-
White Papers
Managing Risk In Facility Management Outsourcing
Nov 2009
Integrated Facility Management is becoming a common strategy for organizations with larger, complex facilities portfolios. Many Clients are concerned about the risks associated with giving broad...
Provided by McMorrow Report
-
White Papers
Anatomy Of Risk Management Practices In The Mortgage Industry: Lessons For The Future
May 2010
Innovation has brought about a multitude of new products, such as subprime loans and niche credit programs for immigrants. Such developments are representative of the market responses that have...
Provided by mortgage bankers association
-
White Papers
Toward A New Risk Architecture: Welcome To Risk Management 2.0
Dec 2008
As recently as few years ago, few world leaders or thinkers would have pegged for the accelerating rhythm of large-scale catastrophes as one of the biggest economic challenges in the foreseeable...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
-
White Papers
Contract Rights And Risk Aversion: Foreign Banks And The Mexican Economy, 1997-2004
Feb 2008
The author finds that all banks in Mexico have become increasingly risk averse, and that foreign banks are even more so. Foreign banks grant less credit, screen loans more intensively, and charge...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Measuring And Envisioning Risks: Boundary-Work In Risk Management
Jan 2011
This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management in banking is as inevitable and as dangerous as Power and others speculate. Based on two detailed case studies and 53...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Business Optimization And Resiliency: Improving Business Performance And Managing Operational Cost And Risk
Sep 2010
The world, and certainly the world of business, is an increasingly riskier place. In an ever-changing business environment, risk exposures have been increased on both a global and regional basis,...
Provided by Verizon
-
White Papers
Bank Frauds In Nigeria: Underlying Causes, Effects And Possible Remedies
Oct 2010
This paper sets out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system, the underlying causes, level of staff involvement, consequences and possible means...
Provided by University of Benin
-
White Papers
Addressing the Requirements of: Monetary Authority of Singapore Internet Banking Technology Risk Management Guidelines
Dec 2005
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a document that summarizes electronic security and risk management guidelines that financial institutions should consider when deploying...
Provided by Tripwire
-
White Papers
Operational Risk Management In Indian Banks In The Context Of Basel: A Survey Of The State Of Preparedness And Challenges In Developing The Framework
Jun 2008
This paper assesses in detail the status of operational risk management in the Indian banking system in the context of Basel II. The expected coverage of banking assets and the approach adopted...
Provided by Reserve Bank of India
-
White Papers
Operational Risk Management In Indian Banks In The Context Of Basel 2: A Survey Of The State Of Preparedness And Challenges In Developing The Framework
Jun 2008
This paper assesses in detail the status of operational risk management in the Indian banking system in the context of Basel II. The expected coverage of banking assets and the approach adopted...
Provided by Reserve Bank of India
-
White Papers
Application Of CAPM In Measuring Risk And Return For Selected Markets Of Iran's Economy
Nov 2010
Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is an equilibrium model which uses to show the relationship between the risk and return of an individual asset or portfolio of assets. According to the portfolio...
Provided by World Business Institute
-
White Papers
On The Descriptive Value Of Loss Aversion In Decisions Under Risk
Jan 2010
Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the participants...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Systemic Risk And The Refinancing Ratchet Effect
Jun 2010
The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential housing market - rising home prices, declining interest rates, and near-frictionless refinancing opportunities - led to vastly increased...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Portfolio Adjustment On Jump Risk: Evidences From Asian Emerging Markets
Jun 2008
This paper investigates the measurement of investment weight adjustment on jump risk of five Asian emerging markets. Considering the risk of rare event, the authors develop an adjusted...
Provided by Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
-
White Papers
An Ounce Of Prevention: The Power Of Public Risk Management In Stabilizing The Financial System
Jan 2009
This paper suggests that contrary to the prevailing wisdom, New Deal policies worked to stabilize the financial system; that the financial catastrophe of 2007-2009 was not an accident, but rather...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
New Framework For Measuring And Managing Macrofinancial Risk And Financial Stability
Aug 2008
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
The Volatility Of Equity Mutual Fund Returns
May 2010
The author investigated both the volatility and the level of diversification of domestic equity mutual funds from 1988 to 2008. The author also investigated the Market Model's explanatory power...
Provided by Central Connecticut State University
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White Papers
Financing Risk And Bubbles Of Innovation
Jul 2010
Investors in risky startups who stage their investments face financing risk - that is, the risk that later stage investors will not fund the startup, even if the fundamentals of the firm are still...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Risk Response In Agriculture
Jan 2011
Crop production is subject to supply shocks, and both expected and realized outputs as well as output prices are unknown when inputs are chosen. The process by which producers form expectations is...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Integration Of Balanced Scorecards With Enterprise Risk Management
Dec 2010
In this paper, the author outlines how Veridian Connections Inc. has integrated Balanced Score Cards with their Enterprise Risk Management program. This whitepaper has been authored in partnership...
Provided by Corporate L.I.F.E Centre International
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White Papers
Business Cycles, Consumption And Risk-Sharing: How Different Is China?
Jul 2010
In this paper, the authors address the macroeconomic time series and identifying dimensions in which China differs from economies that are typically the subject of business-cycle research. They...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Disasters Risk And Business Cycles
Oct 2009
To construct a business cycle model consistent with the observed behavior of asset prices, and study the effect of shocks to aggregate uncertainty, the author introduces a small, time-varying risk...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
A Unified Theory Of Tobin's Q, Corporate Investment, Financing, And Risk Management
Apr 2009
This paper proposes a simple homogeneous dynamic model of investment and corporate risk management for a financially constrained firm. The authors define a corporation's risk management as the...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
A Note On Liquidity Risk Management
Feb 2009
When a firm is unable to roll over its debt, it may have to seek more expensive sources of financing or even liquidate its assets. This paper provides a normative analysis of minimizing such...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Second-Order Approximation Of Dynamic Models With Time-Varying Risk
Dec 2010
This paper provides first and second-order approximation methods for the solution of non-linear dynamic stochastic models in which the exogenous state variables follow conditionally-linear...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Inefficiency Of Refinancing: Why Prepayment Penalties Are Good For Risky Borrowers
Dec 2010
This paper explores the practice of mortgage refinancing in a dynamic competitive lending model with risky borrowers and costly default. The authors show that prepayment penalties improve welfare...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
