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Risk management is about understanding what business and financial risks the company is exposed to and considering whether the returns generated are sufficient to justify taking those risks. | Risk management is about understanding what business and financial risks the company is exposed to and considering whether the returns generated are sufficient to justify taking those risks. | ||
The risks need to be evaluated and assessed so that decisions can be made on whether to retain them, to employ techniques to mitigate or transfer risk. The underlying risks can be managed to limit risk. They can be hedged with counterbalancing exposures often created through the financial markets, or insurance taken out to protect the company’s financial health. | The risks need to be evaluated and assessed so that decisions can be made on whether to retain them, to employ techniques to mitigate or transfer risk. The underlying risks can be managed to limit risk. They can be hedged with counterbalancing exposures often created through the financial markets, or insurance taken out to protect the company’s financial health. | ||
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* [[Black swan]] | * [[Black swan]] | ||
* [[CertICM]] | * [[CertICM]] | ||
* [[Corporate treasury]] | * [[Corporate treasury]] | ||
* [[Enterprise risk management]] | * [[Enterprise risk management]] | ||
* [[Financial model]] | |||
* [[Hedging]] | * [[Hedging]] | ||
* [[KRI]] | * [[KRI]] | ||
* [[Materiality]] | * [[Materiality]] | ||
* [[Metric]] | |||
* [[Risk]] | * [[Risk]] | ||
* [[Risk analysis]] | * [[Risk analysis]] | ||
Revision as of 04:17, 31 December 2016
Risk management is about understanding what business and financial risks the company is exposed to and considering whether the returns generated are sufficient to justify taking those risks.
The risks need to be evaluated and assessed so that decisions can be made on whether to retain them, to employ techniques to mitigate or transfer risk. The underlying risks can be managed to limit risk. They can be hedged with counterbalancing exposures often created through the financial markets, or insurance taken out to protect the company’s financial health.
Risk management includes the management of:
- Business and operational risk
- Commodity risk
- Credit risk
- Exotic risk
- FX risk
- Interest rate risk
- Managing risk
- Pensions risk
One way of working with risk management is through a framework comprising:
- Identification
- Assessment
- Evaluation
- Response and
- Reporting
See also
- ALMA
- Asset-liability management
- Black swan
- CertICM
- Corporate treasury
- Enterprise risk management
- Financial model
- Hedging
- KRI
- Materiality
- Metric
- Risk
- Risk analysis
- Risk appetite
- Risk assessment
- Risk averse
- Risk evaluation
- Risk identification
- Risk management framework
- Risk management policy
- Risk register
- Risk reporting
- Risk response
- Treasury
- Guide to risk management
