Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category
Funds struggle for control in China
While there has been no let-up in the steady stream of western investment companies queuing to launch in China, firms considering the move have been warned that doing business in the country is far from simple.
June 21, 2010
Posted in: Finance, Market, Trends 
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Best risk management practices with bankers stressed
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping members of Bangladesh’s financial sector better manage risks by sharing industry best practices on risk management and non-performing loans.
June 21, 2010
Posted in: Regulation and compliance, Trends No Comments
The problem of predicting political risk
One of the more curious aspects of portfolio investment, I have always thought, is that its practitioners have no real way of coping with political risk.
March 5, 2009
Posted in: General News, Trends No Comments
Risk – 2009 the year that risk managers break into the boardroom
Risk management has suffered from not having its recommendations and warnings given sufficient weight by the board of financial firms and by being overridden by the business heads.
February 12, 2009
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Oracle, SAP See Strong Risk Management Market
Two major software companies are introducing applications that they say could help insurers and banks improve their risk management, and possibly recover from the current economic mess that resulted from depleted capital, toxic assets and poor lending policies.
February 12, 2009
Posted in: Technology, Trends No Comments