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Is Risk Listing a Reliable Risk Management Practice?

Risk Management Guru

Risk management can be defined as the “process which aims to help organizations understand, evaluate and take action on all their risks with a view to increasing the probability of success and reducing the likelihood of failure” (Hopkin, 2010, p. Limitations of Risk Listing. Introduction.

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Why Portfolio Diversification is for the Ignorant Investor

Risk Management Guru

The Risk Management Guru (RMG) blog was founded in October 2015 with a very clear sense of purpose: to become the go-to blog for the best articles about Risk Management. Without you, this adventure would not be possible nor would the Risk Management Blog have its unique personality. Harper, 2006.

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Transcript: Maria Vassalou

The Big Picture

VASSALOU: I joined in the summer of 2006. Actually, I developed my strategies and built the quantitative strategies group from the summer of 2006 onwards, and I started running my strategies with money in March of ’07, so soon before the quant meltdown — RITHOLTZ: Right. And at the SAC Capital, it was all about risk management.

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Jupiter Wagons Limited: The Story Behind its 1644% Stock Surge in 3 Yrs

Trade Brains

Initially focused on steel castings and components, it swiftly moved to wagon manufacturing in 2006, seizing the continuous demand for freight wagons from Indian Railways. Executing ambitious plans requires intense planning and effective risk management to mitigate potential delays or setbacks that could impact their overall growth.

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Transcript: Joe Barratta of Blackstone

The Big Picture

In 2006, ’07, ’08, you saw the financial crisis. We find great management teams. So we operate from a board level and really focus on key strategic and risk management variables. There’s some like risk management things that you always need to be mindful of. You saw it in the financial services sector.

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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

And then in a fit of madness, I guess, at the end of 2006, the credit markets were pretty uninteresting. We just get to focus on assets and asset risk management. So earlier we were talking about assets, and then you referenced risk management. I led the corporate research team there for a few years.

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

The Big Picture

So subsequent to that business at Indosuez, I launched my own firm in 2006, and this is now further into that bank consolidation dynamic. So obviously, risk managers, you know, and CROs were very focused on how do we manage that risk and diversify that credit risk that they were taking on in mid-market companies.

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