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    Supporting Operational Risk Management using a Group Support System

    Original article written by Dr. Jürgen H. M. van Grinsven & Ir. Henk de Vries. Dr. Jürgen H. M. van Grinsven is the author of Improving operational risk management,  more info here INTRODUCTION Over the past years, various Group Support Systems (GSS) ...
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    Credit crisis bankparade interactive.

    Now credit crisis events are spreading to Europe an update of the extensive credit crisis overview was necessary. Follow this link to the guided analysis for an interactive experience or follow this link for a graphical view on the crisis. Investors ...
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    Merrill take-over by BofA, an informed decision?

    Yesterday I expressed my concerns regarding the rational behind the take-over of Merrill Lynch. Today several commentators are wondering why BofA is willing to pay much more than the market value. It seems obvious there is more to it than the public ...
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    Lehman and Merrill update.

    Today I quickly added the last important credit crisis events to the guided analysis. Merrill was never a surprise for me and I hope for the people of the Bank of America the board really reviewed this "merger" in detail. It will be difficult to understand ...
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    Dutch insurance sharks surrender?

    Although there is plenty of water surrounding the Netherlands you will not find any sharks there. The sharks surfaced several years ago in the Dutch insurance world. These insurance sharks sold over thousand different investment products promising high ...
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    Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac history!

    This sunday will become in retrospect a remarkable financial date. The American government takes over control of two financial companies and replaces their CEO's. The intention is to calm down the US financial market. The intervention signals great concerns ...
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    Reporting Key Risk indicators, what to select?

    Introduction In the previous article with regard to the reporting of key risk indicators, the importance of a structured approach towards selection of KRI's was explained. It also explained why an solid information infrastructure is a prerequisite of ...
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    Oops, somebody just lost $ 6 billion dollars!

    No, this is not an item on Societe General, although there are definitely similarities. Can you make a guess which company caught my attention? When you think of Kervel do you automatically make the association with Wurz? This week started with hope ...
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    Credit crisis, regulators total failure?

    When you track the credit crisis it is impossible to ignore the total failure of the supervising authorities. These regulators are there to ensure financial institutions remain within the boundaries of law and balance earning money with servicing investors ...
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    Implementing enterprise risk management - part 1.

    Implementing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is becoming one of the activities that gets more and more priority in the financial world. I will share my own experience with the implementation of ERM. The first part is about added value of ERM so you ...