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The Old New Financial Risk

Financial or social risks, what could go wrong, et cetera.

Protectionism normally thrives in times of economic peril.

(k) Promote the development of financial risk sharing mechanisms, particularly insurance and reinsurance against disasters.

An approach that takes the perspective of human security and emphasizes protection from threats and empowering people is essential

The public perceives Fukushima type risks and derivatives risks differently. Many fear nuclear risks, which are vivid, slowing the industry s development amid safety concerns.

(i) The promotion of a culture of prevention, including through the mobilization of adequate resources for disaster risk reduction, is an investment for the future with substantial returns.

Moreover, both the financial and nuclear risk models seem to not have correctly appreciated the correlations between different risks.

(b) Programme budgets, management, financial control and administrative oversight

Ultimately, addressing shadow banking in China will require mechanisms that clearly define, allocate, and adjudicate financial risks among the key players.

Financial risk management, typically, is focused on the impact on corporate value due to adverse changes in commodity prices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates and stock prices (market risk).

Consider, first, the authorities concern about the risks implied by its portfolio of foreign securities.

Community financial institutions, such as microlending or housing development organizations, can be assisted in financial management, budgeting, risk assessment and risk mitigation in order for their institutions to be sustainable over time.

Unfortunately, we are very far from the idealized world in which financial markets efficiently share risk.

But Yellen s speeches on financial risks showed more foresight than those of most of her peers.

It would be unfortunate if governments requiring financial institutions to be more prudent in managing risk were at the same time asked to turn a blind eye to sovereign risk.

They view the US move as a new sort of financial protectionism and are threatening retaliation.

In the new world of more sophisticated financial markets, dangers lurk in hidden places.

Securities laws require that issuers of corporate bonds spell out all possible risks.

We know, or at least we ought to know, how to build political institutions that accept the mission of macroeconomic stabilization, and how to build financial institutions to mobilize risk bearing capacity and spread risk.

In today s global economy, the rise of financial protectionism constitutes a greater danger.

The financial implications for the revised level of hazard pay were estimated at US 1,440,990 based on the locations where hazard pay was currently authorized.

NEW HAVEN The basic principle of financial risk management is sharing.

(d) We call upon international financial and banking institutions to consider enhancing the transparency of risk rating mechanisms.

The review was not designed to uncover all weaknesses but to give an assurance that the Management was addressing all major areas of risk management before implementing further releases which have greater financial risks.

But the advent of derivatives concentrated risk rather than dispersing it, for there was even more money to be made by selling risk to people who did not know how to value it or, indeed, what risks they were bearing.

Innovative financial instruments such as derivatives and credit default swaps enabled the distribution of risk throughout the economy.

In addition, several large pension funds are utilizing derivative instruments to modify the risk return profile of the portfolio

The financial risk associated with retailing this high risk long term loan product in the prevailing economy of the occupied Palestinian territory was too great to merit expansion.

CAMBRIDGE There was a dog that didn t bark during the financial crisis protectionism.

These risks will not disappear while NATO members focus on fixing their finances.

Indeed, such guarantees constitute the most significant medium and long term financial risks to China.

Another delegation referred to the need to set up risk management systems, so as to prevent the spread of financial crisis and economic instability.

This gives rise to what may be called financial protectionism, which threatens to disrupt and perhaps destroy global financial markets.

Many countries have begun to look at financial protectionism as a way to increase their political leverage.

An adequate firewall and a European commitment to structural reform would go far toward calming markets and reducing the risks to any Chinese contribution.

The government (the visible hand) sets the benchmark price for risk free financial assets through monetary policy and control over fiscal deficits, while the market (the invisible hand) sets the risk premia of risky assets above the benchmark rate.

With an enormous amount of cash invested in international financial markets, Norway had the financial muscle to avert many of the worst effects of the financial crisis that hit most countries in the fall of 2008.

Water resources are increasingly being strained, and our financial systems continue to be highly volatile and risky.

We can also add to these financial risks the massive problems of bond insurers that guaranteed many of the risky securitization products such as CDOs.

In the 1930 s, trade protectionism made a bad situation worse. In today s global economy, the rise of financial protectionism constitutes a greater danger.

A 2009 G 20 agreement to refrain from protectionism in the aftermath of the global financial crisis helped to fend off protectionism.

The MDBs have been able to leverage large flows of private investment by mitigating risks and developing the capacity of domestic financial institutions.

I was not arguing for protectionism, but rather sounding a cautionary note that we must be aware of the downside risks and be prepared to deal with them.