Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

KFH has made significant strides toward digital transformation in risk management, adopting the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics, to enhance risk measurement and monitoring. The fund is dedicated to developing raw land covering 734,744 square meters (about 181.6

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This system is anchored in an improving governance ecosystem focused on risk management and internal controls under the umbrella of ESG-focused structures. “As The Asian Development Bank forecasts GDP growth at 5% for this year, driven by reduced growth in construction and services. Real GDP increased 8.8%

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 28, 2024

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Reporting Requirement: The B-BBEE Act requires companies to submit annual reports on their B-BBEE status. Practical Example: A construction company aiming for a large government tender must ensure its B-BBEE compliance level is up-to-date and accurately reported.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

From an early age, I was fascinated with numbers and business economics. While other children were captivated with languages, I found elegance of arithmetic, accounting and how it applied to business economics. Proficiency in these areas can significantly enhance one’s ability to manage and interpret financial data.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In mapping the road to success, CFOs must adhere to the following practices : Scope the Challenge: As a CFO, the task is to construct an independent, fact-based perspective on the organisation’s resources, support structures, and activities that contribute to value creation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Among the biggest debates is how to construct and operate the best card program possible – a decision that served as the foundation for a new PYMNTS interview with Jim Geeslin, head of strategy for Elan Financial Services , an agent credit card issuer. Do FIs want to navigate card programs through that?”.

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Future CFO

MAY 18, 2023

While organisations are recovering from business interruption and supply chain disruption brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, new emerging disruptions and risks are facing them post pandemic, said WTW recently. Sustainability: 83% of respondents agreed that sustainability of supply chain is a key goal in risk management.

Construction 52

Construction Economics Risk Management Manufacturing 52

CFA Institute

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Heather Brilliant, CFA, defines engagement as “proactively, constructively, and collaboratively engaging with the management teams of the companies in which we invest.”.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Initially, there was a tendency to view climate action as a secondary concern, often overshadowed by more immediate economic challenges. Other promising areas for nimble startups include sustainable agriculture and irrigation, transport, recycling and smart construction. Last year, Africa-based climate tech enterprises raised $1.1

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

billion] in 2023,” says Luis Mendez, president of Mexico’s Chamber of Construction Industry. Railways are not the future in Central America, however, argues former Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) head Dante Mossi, due to the short-term nature of governments, delays in feasibility studies, and finance concerns.

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CFA Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2022

How can we identify and measure a portfolio's benchmark misfit risk?

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CFA Institute

MAY 10, 2024

Portfolios that include both productive and scarce assets can deliver similar performance to the S&P 500 with less risk than those that hold only productive assets.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. With no further ado, my interview of GCM’s Ken Tropin.

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Global Finance

MAY 8, 2024

The move aligns UOB, which also won the Best Bank in Singapore, with ASEAN’s rise as an economic powerhouse, rapidly transformed via megatrends like supply chain diversification, digitalization and investments in net-zero transitions and a rising middle class. Its expansion into the region via the $5 billion Singapore dollars (about $3.7

Banking 52

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CFO Share

AUGUST 8, 2023

They can offer high-level strategic advice or tactical cash management without the full-time cost, making them an attractive option for businesses looking to economize without compromising on financial leadership. Risk management and cost savings demand investing in a professional and reliable fractional CFO.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Others, like KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney noted that the business environment had finally become “constructive” after a few years of lagging in that regard, which, in turn, has finally boosted enough confidence for small businesses and large enterprises to really begin investing in expansion. Bancorp , the largest regional bank in the U.S.,

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

00:08:35 [Speaker Changed] So, during my time at Millennium, as my appreciation for proper portfolio construction started to grow, I had heard that Citadel was a pioneer in, in this type of investing. 00:19:58 [Speaker Changed] It really comes down to our portfolio construction. What do you do in terms of risk management?

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 7, 2023

Maria Vassalou has a fascinating history and background, London School of Economics to Columbia School of Business, where she actually was a professor for over a decade, and started consulting to the hedge fund and financial services industry. And that led her to various jobs at Wasserstein Perella McKinsey’s Asset Management Group.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Construction Industry: The complexity of projects and the involvement of multiple contractors often lead to vulnerabilities. The nature of online transactions and interactions makes them easier to manipulate, posing ongoing risks for businesses operating in this space. Conclusion In these challenging economic times, vigilance is key.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

IoT security tools will be key for corporates as machinery and other aspects of the supply chain become IoT-enabled, like commercial aircraft, freight, farming and construction equipment, researchers found. Still, it seems banks are willing to take on the risk of lending to European businesses amid economic recovery.

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Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

BIBD dominates the personal and home financing market with a 60% share, ensuring that it plays a pivotal role in driving national economic growth and meeting the goals of Brunei Vision 2035. New Zealand | ANZ NEW ZEALAND New Zealands banking sector faced headwinds in 2024, thanks to a restrictive cash policy rate and moribund economic growth.

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Global Finance

MAY 16, 2025

That figure is 27% above the 10-year average, according to a recent report by Gallagher Re, which estimates that natural perils – from wildfires in Los Angeles to flooding in Valencia to deadly landslides in Southeast Asia – created direct economic costs of $417 billion in 2024.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Remolona talks about the country’s early decision on cutting rates, its credit growth, and its pursuit of sustainable economic development. Global Finance : What is the Philippines economic growth outlook for 2024-25? Bank lending has consistently grown to support economic activities without compromising credit quality.

Banking 111

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s much more about security selection and a relatively static portfolio construction. SEIDES: Yeah, I wouldn’t measure it in terms of economic returns. Last question on ESG, certain folks have been saying, “Hey, you know, it works as a pretty good risk management filter.

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Finvisage

JANUARY 2, 2020

The report further proceeds with Results and Findings column, confronting data on several key economic factors affecting TCI on a macro scale. Subsequently, the report touches upon the UK’s current economic environment and TCI’s recent market status. increase which was followed by the construction industry at 1.2% Introduction.

Construction 52

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 27, 2025

CFOs must address sustainability challenges while fostering economic development in their contexts. Resilience and Agility: The Future for CFOs David concluded with advice on navigating geopolitical tensions and economic changes, stressing the need for resilience and agility.

CFO 52

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2023

So I was a mile deep on a subject matter of bond indexing, but now I had the opportunity to lead an equity indexing group, the entire fixed income team, our investment strategy team that does research for our clients around portfolio construction, those types of things. So a variety of risk meetings, a variety of economic meetings.

Investments 52

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 19, 2022

You know, we do the typical stuff, market economic outlooks and research there, product research. They’ll construct the portfolio. They have a risk management technology. How do you guys think about risk management? We have a really good risk management tool as well. RAMPULLA: Yeah.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 4, 2023

And we’ve talked about whether we go deeper on existing strategies, we build new businesses, we find somebody who can help him more as almost a co-CIO with risk management, with the investment process. They built their infrastructure, risk management, and hired great PMs to lead these businesses.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The notion of on-call commerce will do more than simply blur the lines between the online and offline worlds: It will make commerce present – and effortless – in entirely new channels, creating new efficiencies that will have a positive impact on the economic well-being of countries all over the world. billion people now live.

Accounting 72

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

The notion of on-call commerce will do more than simply blur the lines between the online and offline worlds: It will make commerce present – and effortless – in entirely new channels, creating new efficiencies that will have a positive impact on the economic well-being of countries all over the world. billion people now live.

Accounting 69

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 5, 2024

So I switched to be an economics major. I graduated economics with, with a lot of coursework in accounting and finance. How does this affect how you think about putting portfolios together, constructing portfolios? I found out quickly that’s not what I wanted to do. Huh, 00:03:07 [Speaker Changed] Interesting.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 59

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Credit Risk Investments Banking 59

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

So you have almost a doubling of the interest coupon paid by some of these businesses against the backdrop of c ovid 19 inflation and some of the economic pressures that come with, with those factors. The cost of constructing a home is higher today than it was three years ago. So there is real inflation in cost of construction.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 6, 2025

And risk is not about not losing money. Risk management is not about not losing money. Risk management is about unexpectedly losing money. But risk management is always about understanding what could go wrong and quantifying what could go wrong. Worst case downside. Exactly right.

Profit and Loss 59

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I want to get into that before we start talking about asset management. A degree in mathematics from Oxford, a doctorate in mathematical epidemiology and economics from Cambridge. And you do a lot of work with infinity [Barry Ritholtz] : 00:03:29 [Speaker Changed] And then economics, which is a little bit squishier.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And I think you can create lack of correlation, dependent about how you construct the portfolio. And I think that’s what made us bottoms-up a bit more constructive on emerging market currencies once the dollar peaked. And you know, he had this checklist mentality, which looks a lot like risk management, right?

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

So we could construct trades that had very, very low premiums to sell this volatility to, to basically join the consumer on their side of the trade, which is in essence buying insurance on, on the bonds that were exposed to these great risk. And we manage each home, you know, independently. Do you, do you still have any?

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