The circulatory system of finance
In the Great Financial Crisis of 2007 to 2009, investment portfolios took big hits on their value, with indices like the Dow Jones falling to less than half of their pre-crisis peak by March 2009. Analysts said that the financial … Continued
Bigger data, smaller risk
Risk Managers have never been short of data – they are usually drowning in it – so they can be forgiven for not getting too excited about the prospect of ‘Big Data’: the idea of orders of magnitude more digital … Continued
Ebola adds another wake-up call to businesses
The price of gold has stuttered this week and the stock price of metal producing companies has been marked down as mines in western and central Africa are closed in response to the growing Ebola epidemic. In recent decades, West … Continued