
The economic events of the past 18 months have dramatically changed companies' awareness of the nature and extent of business risk. Companies are now painfully aware that numbers don't tell the whole story. As a result, in July 2009, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed for public companies new rules that would require disclosure of the board of directors' role in managing risk (citing credit risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk). Other proposals would require public companies to establish board-level risk management committees.
We hebben het allemaal nog scherp voor ogen: IJsland: een land met banken die op een ongekende manier in de problemen zijn gekomen en daardoor spaargeld van vele argeloze mensen ineens niet meer konden terugbetalen. Sommige overheidsinstanties werden eveneens getroffen. Er is door de -thans demissionaire- regering onderhandeld en alles leek toch nog redelijk goed af te lopen. IJsland verdween als probleem naar de achtergrond. Tot Eyjafjallajokull, de intussen roemruchte vulkaan uitbarstte.
Most risk management systems aim to avoid risk. But, if a business doesn't take risks, it can't grow. So how can you ensure that you understand the risks you choose to take and manage them successfully?
Today, securitisation is the funding and risk transfer method of choice for an increasing number of issuers and the largest growing contribution to the global capital markets. Though the securitisation transaction as it is known today was made popular in the US, non-US transactions are becoming an increasing share of the overall securitisation market. Securitisation may be of interest to any large corporate that owns suitable financial assets, be it a pool of debts or discrete revenue streams.
