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Demand for FX4Cash – A Global Cross-Currency Payment Platform

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August 2010 11 Min Read

A Bespoke Approach to Commoditised Products

A Bespoke Approach to Commoditised Products by Helen Sanders, Editor As I sit here with my morning cup of tea and toast, with the radio on, while the rest of the country seems to be out on the beach eating chocolate ice cream and/or drinking flasks of lukewarm coffee,...

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August 2010 10 Min Read

Commodity and FX Risk Management – An Integrated Approach

Commodity and FX Risk Management – An Integrated Approach by Kevin Lester, Director of Risk Management and Treasury Services, and Alexander Haigh, Financial Risk Management Consultant, Validus Risk Management Nothing focuses attention on an organisation’s...

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June 2010 3 Min Read

In the Footsteps of the Bison

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June 2010 1 Min Read

VaR方法及其在信贷危机中扮演的角色 (VaR and its Role in the Credit Crisis)

VaR方法及其在信贷危机中扮演的角色 Mark Kirkland – 庞巴迪运输公司财务副总裁...

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May 2010 7 Min Read

Risk Appetite: Are You Hungry for Risk?

Risk Appetite: Are You Hungry for Risk? by François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman, EACT Risk appetite… this notion is something of a paradox in times of crisis. Generally speaking, no one likes risk;...

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April 2010 11 Min Read

Thinking the Unthinkable: A new chapter in FX risk management?

Thinking the Unthinkable: A new chapter in FX risk management by Helen Sanders, Editor Some weeks ago, I came to the realisation that if I had to start another article with the words ‘the financial crisis’ then I would probably go mad, but on this...

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January 2010 6 Min Read

Why Corporates are Looking to Regional Banks

Why Corporates are Looking to Regional Banks by Robert C. Statius-Muller, Managing Director, Greenwich Associates The desire to eliminate risk from businesses and balance sheets is driving companies around the world to seek out relationships with regional banks that...

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January 2010 4 Min Read

Managing Counterparty Risk in OTC Derivatives

Managing Counterparty Risk in OTC Derivatives by Amol Dhargalkar, Director of Corporate Advisory Services, Chatham Financial Prior to early 2008, managing counterparty risk across derivatives was low on the list of factors that most firms considered in the hedging and...

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December 2009 6 Min Read

Market Risk Measurement in Context

Market Risk Measurement in Context by Eben Maré, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Traditionally, market risk is defined as the risk of losses in on- and off-balance sheet exposures as a result of market movements. The...

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December 2009 8 Min Read

Commodity Hedging – the advent of a new paradigm

Commodity Hedging – the advent of a new paradigm by Hans-Kristian Bryn and Mark Robson, Partners, Oliver Wyman’s Corporate Risk practice The events of 2008 have shaken up the risk management approach of multinational corporations (MNCs) and have given...

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August 2009 6 Min Read

The Better the Brakes, the Faster the Car – adding value through improved ERM

The Better the Brakes, the Faster the Car – adding value through improved ERM by François Masquelier, Head of Corporate Finance and Treasury, RTL Group, and Honorary Chairman EACT European companies have been using Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to...

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