Liquidity risk in markets with trading frictions: What can swing pricing achieve?

12 October 2017

A key role of …nancial intermediaries is to provide liquidity – essentially, on-demand access to cash –to their investors. Typically, …nancial intermediaries that provide liquidity also engage in maturity transformation. For example, banks issue long-term loans but grant their depositors the right to withdraw their funds on demand. Similarly, open-end mutual funds (“funds”) that invest in comparatively illiquidsecurities, such as corporate bonds, give their investors the option of redeeming their shares in cash every day. Daily redemptions allow fund investors to insure against their liquidity needs while participating in the higher return their fund earns on less liquid assets. At the same time, funds need to adequately insure the residual liquidity risk that they incur.1 Insu¢ ciently insured liquidity risk can trigger and amplify …nancial crises.
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Future proofing compliance – responsibility and responseability

10 October 2017
It is worth repeating that public trust and confidence in the financial system cannot be compromised. The cost of financial crimes and terrorism financing are staggering. Based on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), money laundering transactions are estimated to cost economies between 2% to 5% of global GDP. This equals to USD1 to 2 trillion annually. It is a humongous amount. Beyond monetary terms, these activities have destructive consequences for the lives of many, especially the poor and underprivileged.
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Risk profession must change "significantly" to lead on digital and cyber risks

09 October 2017
Knowledge Base
Risk managers and insurance buyers have a “narrow window” in which to prepare for the growing threat of cyber crime, says Kyle Bryant of Chubb. The WannaCry ransomware attack which affected businesses and individuals around the world in May this year served as a powerful reminder that vulnerability to cyber crime is the new normal. Continue reading…
Mark Dunn

Mark Dunn

Segment Leader for Entity Due Diligence and Monitoring at LexisNexis

New eBook highlights importance of sanctions compliance

07 October 2017

Recent changes to global sanctions regimes – along with some high-profile and costly sanctions violations – illustrate the importance of mitigating sanctions risks. Our recently-released eBook, “Better safe than sorry: The case for building a robust sanctions programme,” takes a closer look atthe costs of compliance failures and advises companies on how to implement a robust compliance programme. Sanctions regimes can go on for years; the UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea have been in place for a little more than a decade, and U.S. sanctions against Cuba have continued for 50 years. Often geopolitical issues are at the heart of changes in sanctions – both in their strengthening or easing. Just this year (2017), we’ve seen clear evidence of this with a number of new or mooted sanctions by the UN, U.S. and EU. Continue reading…

Whitepaper

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The Risk Monitoring Imperative

04 October 2017

Organisations today face an evolving array of risks – and corporate boards and executive leaders are feeling the pressure. According to a global survey of board members and C-suite executives, “The impact of the U.K. Brexit vote, increased volatility in commodity markets, polarisation surrounding the recent U.S. presidential election, terrorist events, asset bubbles in China, continued discussion about fair wages and income equality, and ongoing instability in the Middle East” has resulted in elevated concerns about business risk in 2018. Moreover, companies increasingly rely on third parties to conduct business – from complex, globallydistributed supply chains to extensive networks of clients, partners, or agents working on their behalf. How vast are these networks?

– 40% of companies oversee 1,000 third parties annually – 29% manage more than 5,000 third-party relationships

And those numbers don’t include customers. As a result, companies need a risk mitigation strategy that goes beyond traditional due diligence for on-boarding suppliers and third parties. The 2017 Anti-Bribery & Corruption Benchmarking Report, issued jointly by Kroll® and Ethisphere®, found that “More than half (55 percent) of respondents report that they identified legal, ethical, or compliance issues with a third party after due diligence had been conducted.” Ongoing monitoring can help you build a more complete picture of risk exposure—and proactively mitigate risk.

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A call for new insurance model

04 October 2017
Knowledge Base

Underwriters need to develop away from transaction-driven model to stay relevant. Airmic chief executive John Ludlow has called on insurers to “transform” their business models to meet the changing needs of businesses. Writing in a Telegraph special report hosted by Business Reporter, he said that the value in today’s business models is based upon more complex and vulnerable assets than in the past, and that the insurance industry has “struggled to keep pace” with this shift.
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