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In providing support for disaster-prone areas such as the Caribbean, the development community has begun to progress from disaster reconstruction assistance to funding for investment in mitigation as an explicit tool for sustainable development. Now it must enter a new phase: applying risk transfer mechanisms to address the financial risk of exposure to catastrophic events that require funding beyond what can be controlled solely through mitigation and physical measures.
Residual stochastic risks from catastrophic natural events can be addressed through insurance pooling and risk transfer mechanisms that provide the basis for financial protection and instill strong incentives for reducing vulnerability.
To reduce the economic stress after disasters, Pollner shows, World Bank instruments could be used to support initiatives to help correct market imperfections in catastrophe insurance. He takes a step-by-step approach to showing how both risk pooling structures and alternative catastrophe coverage mechanisms (long-maturity risk financing facilities, weather-indexed contracts, and capital market instruments) can achieve better risk protection and financing terms - enough to allow the expansion of insurance coverage of public assets and private property.
Pollner examines the insurable assets (private and public) in eight countries in the easternmost part of the Caribbean and, by quantifying the portion of the premium and risk used to fund catastrophe losses, shows that through pooling and the use of credit-type instruments for catastrophe coverage, governments and uninsured property owners or enterprises (with insurable assets) could expect to improve their terms of coverage. Neither local insurers nor reinsurers would suffer in profitability.
[World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2560, 2001]
Residual stochastic risks from catastrophic natural events can be addressed through insurance pooling and risk transfer mechanisms that provide the basis for financial protection and instill strong incentives for reducing vulnerability.
To reduce the economic stress after disasters, Pollner shows, World Bank instruments could be used to support initiatives to help correct market imperfections in catastrophe insurance. He takes a step-by-step approach to showing how both risk pooling structures and alternative catastrophe coverage mechanisms (long-maturity risk financing facilities, weather-indexed contracts, and capital market instruments) can achieve better risk protection and financing terms - enough to allow the expansion of insurance coverage of public assets and private property.
Pollner examines the insurable assets (private and public) in eight countries in the easternmost part of the Caribbean and, by quantifying the portion of the premium and risk used to fund catastrophe losses, shows that through pooling and the use of credit-type instruments for catastrophe coverage, governments and uninsured property owners or enterprises (with insurable assets) could expect to improve their terms of coverage. Neither local insurers nor reinsurers would suffer in profitability.
[World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2560, 2001]
7242 Downloads08.05.2008
Datei downloaden In the past decade, the legal system has done a remarkable job in absorbing the shockwaves of digital technology. As a result, the use of information and communication technologies in corporate settings in general and E-Business solutions in particular have become business as usual not only for dot-com managers, but increasingly also for inhouse lawyers and outside counsel.
The authors of this article, however, argue that the widespread use of digital communication technology on the part of business organizations leads at least in part (and most likely also latently) to new types of challenges when it comes to the management of risks at the intersection of law, technology, and the marketplace. In order to effectively manage these challenges and associated risks in diverse areas such as security, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and content governance, the authors call for an integrated and comprehensive compliance concept in response to the structural and substantive peculiarities of the digital environment in which corporations - both in and outside the dot-com industry - operate today.
The article starts with a brief overview of what we might describe as a shift from traditional compliance to e-Compliance. It then maps the central themes of E-Compliance and the characteristics of a comprehensive E-Compliance strategy. After discussing the key challenges of E-Compliance, the article outlines practical guidelines for the management of E-Compliance activities and ends with recommendations.
[Authors: Urs Gasser, Harvard University - Berkman Center for Internet & Society; University of St. Gallen / Daniel M. Haeusermann, University of St. Gallen - Research Center for Information Law (FIR-HSG)]
The authors of this article, however, argue that the widespread use of digital communication technology on the part of business organizations leads at least in part (and most likely also latently) to new types of challenges when it comes to the management of risks at the intersection of law, technology, and the marketplace. In order to effectively manage these challenges and associated risks in diverse areas such as security, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and content governance, the authors call for an integrated and comprehensive compliance concept in response to the structural and substantive peculiarities of the digital environment in which corporations - both in and outside the dot-com industry - operate today.
The article starts with a brief overview of what we might describe as a shift from traditional compliance to e-Compliance. It then maps the central themes of E-Compliance and the characteristics of a comprehensive E-Compliance strategy. After discussing the key challenges of E-Compliance, the article outlines practical guidelines for the management of E-Compliance activities and ends with recommendations.
[Authors: Urs Gasser, Harvard University - Berkman Center for Internet & Society; University of St. Gallen / Daniel M. Haeusermann, University of St. Gallen - Research Center for Information Law (FIR-HSG)]
8632 Downloads08.05.2008
Datei downloaden Pensionsfonds und andere institutionelle Anleger sind in aller Regel an ein bestimmtes Renditeziel (Rechnungszins) gebunden, das Jahr für Jahr in der Kapitalanlage erreicht werden muss. Bei der Methode der robusten Optimierung wird neben dem Investmentrisiko auch das Prognoserisiko in Bezug auf die erwarteten Renditen in die Modellierung der Asset Allocation einbezogen. Damit soll sichergestellt werden, dass ein Anleger seine Renditeziele auch bei fehlerhaften Prognosen zuverlässig erreicht.
[Autoren: Marko Hirsch/Jochen M. Kleeberg, Quelle: die bank, Ausgabe 4/2006, S. 20-24.]
[Autoren: Marko Hirsch/Jochen M. Kleeberg, Quelle: die bank, Ausgabe 4/2006, S. 20-24.]
12175 Downloads29.04.2008
Datei downloaden We extend the class of GARCH models to comprise asymmetric and nonlinear effects on volatility. In particular, we do not only explain future volatility of a time series on its own past, but allow for external influences and spillovers between capital markets. For this generalized class of models, the asymptotic behavior of the Quasi-Maximum-Likelihood estimator of model parameters is derived. The models are applied to time series of fx-rates. It is found that in particular the simple asymmetric models lead to improved performance.
10609 Downloads14.04.2008
Datei downloaden We examine the quantification of operational risk for banks. We adopt a financialeconomics approach and interpret operational risk management as a means of optimizing the profitability of an institution along its value chain. We start by defining operational risk and then propose a framework to model risk mitigation through the bank’s value chain over time. Using analytical and numerical methods, we obtain answers concerning capital allocation, network stability, risk figures, and diversification issues. Interpreting the results shows that the usual intuition gained from market and credit risk does not apply to the quantification of operational risk.
[Authors: Markus Leippold; Paolo Vanini]
[Authors: Markus Leippold; Paolo Vanini]
9516 Downloads14.04.2008
Datei downloaden Die Modernisierung der Outsourcing-Regelungen bekräftigt die risikoorientierte Planung und Steuerung von Auslagerungsprojekten. Hieraus lässt sich die Notwendigkeit der Anwendung eines ganzheitlichen Risikomanagementansatzes ableiten, welcher die mit der Auslagerung in Verbindung stehenden Risiken in der Organisation adressieren muss. Dies kann durch die adäquate Einbindung des Outsourcing-Managements in das unternehmensweite Risikomanagement gelingen. Der Beitrag stellt die vielfältigen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten für einen ganzheitlichen wert- und risikoorientierten Managementansatz (Outsourcing Governance) vor. Die erfolgreiche Umsetzung der Outsourcing Governance umfasst dabei u. a. die Identifikation und Analyse von Wertschöpfungspotenzialen innerhalb des Unternehmens, das effektive Management der zentralen Aufgaben in allen Phasen des Auslagerungsprojekts sowie die Verankerung der wichtigsten Outsourcing-Steuerungsinstrumente im Unternehmen.
[Quelle: RISIKO MANAGER, Ausgabe 4/2008, S. 1-17 / Autoren: André Baumgart, Thomas Falk, Nicolas Fandrey, Helge Lautenbach]
[Quelle: RISIKO MANAGER, Ausgabe 4/2008, S. 1-17 / Autoren: André Baumgart, Thomas Falk, Nicolas Fandrey, Helge Lautenbach]
8338 Downloads10.04.2008
Datei downloaden Ein zentraler Grund für die aktuelle Finanzmarktkrise ist die Tatsache, dass viele Entscheidungen nicht nach ökonomischen, sondern nach politischen Gesichtspunkten getroffen werden. Ein sehr prominentes Beispiel hat man noch gut im Gedächtnis: Die "Bankgesellschaft Berlin" war wegen politischer Interventionen in die Krise geraten. Banken sind aber nicht die einzigen Opfer von adversen Interventionen der Politik. Auch die Finanzaufsicht ist dem permanenten Druck der Politik ausgesetzt. Die Rolle der Aufsicht wird jedoch in den derzeitigen Analysen und Kommentaren zur Finanzkrise gar nicht oder nur selten angesprochen. Unser Beitrag schließt diese Lücke.
[Quelle: Volker Bieta, Hellmuth Milde: Das Dilemma der Bankenaufsicht, in: RISIKO MANAGER 06/2008, S. 10-13.]
[Quelle: Volker Bieta, Hellmuth Milde: Das Dilemma der Bankenaufsicht, in: RISIKO MANAGER 06/2008, S. 10-13.]
10227 Downloads02.04.2008
Datei downloaden Operational Risk ist eine der bedeutendsten Risikokategorien, der Unternehmen in der heutigen komplexen globalen Wirtschaft ausgesetzt sind. Den führenden Finanzinstituten ist deutlich bewusst, dass die Einführung eines leistungsfähigen Operational Risk Management Programms helfen kann, Verluste zu reduzieren, Kosten zu senken, die Zufriedenheit von Kunden und Mitarbeitern zu steigern und somit letztlich die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit des Unternehmens und den Unternehmenswert zu stärken.
[Autoren: Ali Samad-Khan, Armin D. Rheinbay]
[Autoren: Ali Samad-Khan, Armin D. Rheinbay]
12282 Downloads06.03.2008
Datei downloaden Nicht nur in der Folge von Basel II werden Finanzmärkte und damit die Welt, in der sich Finanzdienstleitungsinstitute bewegen, komplexer. Auch neue bzw. erweiterte Vorschriften und Richtlinien sowie eine steigende Produktvielfalt und -komplexität stellen Herausforderungen für Finanzdienstleitungsinstitute dar. Unternehmensführung in diesem sich permanent ändernden Umfeld fordert immer mehr Management bei größerer Unsicherheit. In diesem Umfeld wird Risikomanagement aber häufig noch ausschließlich unter dem Blickwinkel der Erfüllung aufsichtsrechtlicher Anforderungen gesehen und nicht als effektives Managementinstrument zur Wertschöpfung im Unternehmen.
10043 Downloads06.03.2008
Datei downloaden In diesem Beitrag werden Ziele und Werkzeuge für ein Trusted Controlling skizziert. Mit Trusted Controlling sollen drei wichtige Verbesserungen erreicht werden: Transparenz, Kontrolle und Effizienz.
10168 Downloads06.03.2008
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