by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 9, 2024 | Risk Report
WSJ recently posed the following math problem: If an office building in Springfield has lost 60% of its value over the past 3 years, and it has a dry cleaner named Dylan’s (after the owner’s nephew) on the ground floor, and the third-floor co-working space has an...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Aug 26, 2024 | Risk Report
There used to be some correlations we could rely on; when you didn’t bring your umbrella it rains, they announce a new smartphone the week after you bought the latest one, and when the dollar is up, gold and oil are down. So far in 2024, the gold price has gained more...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jul 22, 2024 | Risk Report
Back in 1967, there was a Danish variety show featuring a song called The Swings and The Carousels. The chorus ran along the lines of: We need to earn on the swings What we lost on the carousels Referring to the old amusement park, Tivoli, in Copenhagen, it is...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jun 24, 2024 | Risk Report
Many of us know the chain of events set in motion, when you tell a toddler in very specific terms what they should NOT do. Sometimes financial markets act in the same way. In this year’s yen episodes, the grown-up is the Japanese top foreign-exchange official, Masato...
by Joey Doyle | May 3, 2024 | Climate Risk
This blog series explores initial industry research into managing climate risk so that you understand what is at stake for your financial institution (FI), as well as how to get started with measuring and mitigating this emerging source of risk. We have presented an...
