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UBS Bonus Plan Gives Bankers Incentives To Take Less Risk

UBS’s plan to pay part of top employees’ bonuses in bonds that can be wiped out will give traders and bankers an unfamiliar incentive: limit risk.

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Nearly a Third of CEOs Believe Senior Management Should Spend More Time on Risk and Compliance

.A new research study released today by Kinetic Partners, the global professional services firm, reveals that even though nearly half of financial services CEOs (48%) believe that senior managers should be spending between 20% to 40% of their time on risk management and compliance, nearly a third (31%) of this group admit that this standard is not being achieved.

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Banks Need to Take Back Risk Management From Regulators

A survey by management consultants and risk experts Corven interviewed over 30 chief risk officers across the major companies in the financial services sector.

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Regulators Warn On Spreadsheet Risks In Quest For Data Excellence

Financial institutions need to take full control of their vast number of spreadsheets and databases if they want to be fit for the new era of post-crisis risk management, warns leading data management specialist ClusterSeven.

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Risk Management: Not Sexy, But It Matters

Risk management is a term that conjures up images of dismal back offices where accountants slave away in the blue cast of computer screens. But since the financial crisis, it’s a term that has become headline news.

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Now This May Surprise You

See if you can guess the year.

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Risk - From Sexless To Sexy In Less Than 3 Short Years

Just 3 years short years ago, risk managers were boring (mostly) men in suits, who were tolerated and quickly ignored.

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