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- Economic Capital (EC) Meets the Real World
- In the last several months, all have witnessed financial market turmoil at a level unprecedented in the post-Depression era. At the same time, many North American life and non life insurers have been implementing EC methods designed to help manage risk and capita levels. Most commonly, these measures are based...
- White papers 2009-08-31
- Sustainable Cost Reduction: How Insurance Companies Can Embed Efficiencies for Long-Term Operating Improvement
- The insurance industry today is facing an extraordinary confluence of adverse macroeconomic trends along with unique challenges and opportunities. As balance sheets weaken, revenue growth slows and margins come under pressure, the urgency for companies to reduce costs, strengthen risk management and stabilize their capital position is increasing. In addition,...
- White papers 2009-08-31
- Key Global Trends in Information Security
- The regulatory climate fosters greater compliance burdens and the increased scrutiny of ratings-related businesses and investor valuations. Sensitive data, prevalent in business applications, must be controlled, protected and monitored. Consequently, many financial services firms may soon find their information security spending needs growing significantly. This is borne out in the...
- White papers 2009-08-31
- Serving the Hedge Fund Industry: Seasoned Professionals for a Time of Change
- Hedge funds are facing a time of unprecedented challenge and opportunity. With market uncertainty and tight credit markets, funds are closing in record numbers. Gates and lockups are more frequent. Fee structures are changing. Regulators and investors are increasing demands for transparency. And for the first time since 2000, fund...
- White papers 2009-08-14
- Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement
- Industry challenges have never been greater for chief financial officers CFOs. The current market conditions and the pace of regulatory change have all pushed CFOs into a more active role. Today, the role of the CFO has evolved beyond being the director of a support function to being a true...
- White papers 2009-08-14
- Taming the Market Turmoil: Key Risks and Responses for Asset Managers
- Dealing with the market crisis and its immediate challenges is the top risk for asset managers in 2009. This involves preserving capital and reevaluating risk management capabilities and controls - while maintaining the business. However, other strategic risks warrant the attention of both traditional and alternative asset managers as they...
- White papers 2009-08-13
- In Search of a Silver Bullet for Risk Management
- With government funding of the financial services sector in full swing nearly the world over, all eyes are focused on how financial institutions manage their businesses and control their risks. For the foreseeable future, the industry can expect elevated levels of distrust, scrutiny and regulation. While the campaign to improve...
- White papers 2009-08-13
- Achieving Remarkable Returns: Consider an Investment in Treasury Management
- What's the return on treasury? A large alternative investment manager obtained a partial answer while examining its cash management practices, including overnight investing. A few simple changes to its operating practices are now saving the company millions of dollars annually. And no, it isn't the installation of a whole new...
- White papers 2009-08-12
- IT Must Play a Key Role in Adapting to IFRS
- In late November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC released for comment its proposed roadmap of the steps required for conversion from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles US GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS. Its release takes closer to a single set of high-quality, globally accepted accounting standards,...
- White papers 2009-07-16
- Anti-Money Laundering Advisory Services
- Governments and regulatory agencies have strict and unyielding expectations regarding the quality and completeness of Anti-Money Laundering AML programs within the financial services community. The rules cover many aspects of company functions and across the globe touch on nearly every sector of the financial services industry. Financial institutions are expected...
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Opportunities in Adversity: Responding to the Crisis
- The economic news at the beginning of the New Year has made for grim reading. Headlines hype to attract attention and journalists simplify, but the collective media assessment of 2008 is clearly "economic crisis" and the forecast for 2009 is clearly "economic challenge". And by any measure, the past few...
- White papers 2009-02-05
- Suspicious Activity Reporting: Maximizing Impact and Mitigating Risk
- An effective Suspicious Activity Reporting SAR process is a critical foundational element in any anti-money laundering program and yet, the financial services industry continues to struggle with getting it right. Having a flawed and inefficient SAR process can weaken the effectiveness of even the most robust and well-thought-out AML program,...
- White papers 2009-02-01
- A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties: An Executive Primer
- Segregation of Duties SoD is a hot topic of conversation among a range of professionals, from compliance managers to executive-level officers. The outpouring of interest in SoD is due, in part, to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley SOX in the US and other similar control-driven regulations worldwide. However, there is another...
- White papers 2009-01-27
- A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties
- Segregation of Duties SoD remains elusive for many organizations even though its operating principle is quite simple: no individual should have excessive system access that allows them to commit fraud or materially impact the financial statements. The challenge lies primarily in the complexity of the interconnected systems and processes that...
- White papers 2009-01-27
- Strategic Business Risk: Media and Entertainment
- Financial risk and regulatory risk have been the focus of much of this effort. In both cases, there are externally determined rides and frameworks with which companies in media and entertainment need to comply and emerging best practice guidance on processes and controls that can help. It has worked with...
- White papers 2008-11-07
- Recent Market Events: Accounting and Reporting Considerations
- Losses and write-downs at major financial institutions have intensified concerns about credit and liquidity risks and resulted in a further sharp reduction of market liquidity. Credit risk spreads - particularly for structured credit products - have widened dramatically, and securitization activity has all but shut down in a number of...
- White papers 2008-10-17
- Risk at Home: Privacy and Security Risks in Telecommuting
- It is difficult enough to secure a corporate network with the constant and persistent threat from malicious external parties, from hackers to spammers to viruses. But for the chief technology officer or chief risk officer of today's organization, perhaps no issue presents more complexity - or more headaches - than...
- White papers 2008-08-05
- The Future of Risk Management and Internal Control
- Risk management isn't just about protecting business - it's also about making it better. Risk management shouldn't be thought of as a stand-alone compliance or control activity, but as a competency that allows organization to realize its potential whether that means driving top line growth, eliminating costs, enhancing reputation and...
- White papers 2008-04-26
- Strategic Business Risk: Biotechnology 2008
- While internal control requirements have increased the scrutiny of financial risks for most companies in recent years, biotech companies often do not put early enough focus on business and operating risk mitigation until their organizations are built. This paper provides a useful starting point, by identifying the key emerging risks...
- White papers 2008-03-03
- Using WebMarshal to Stop Web Mail Viruses Before They Do Damage
- Ernst & Young AB is the Swedish branch of Ernst & Young. As a global organization with global clients, it is essential that their systems are kept up and running and operating at peak efficiency. Ernst & Young AB were acutely aware that there were many external threats to their...
- Case studies 2008-01-10
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