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Building resilience for a post-pandemic world

Building resilience for a post-pandemic world

&nbsp Author: Michael Mondshine, Senior VP, Director – Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA January 20, 2021 A good deal of the reaction to the pandemic has characterised it as a ‘black swan event.’ That characterisation implies that there was no way to forecast or prepare for the pandemic. To the contrary, we were … Read more

Firm-specific risk-neutral distributions with options and CDS

Firm-specific risk-neutral distributions with options and CDS

Summary Focus Investors can extract information about future stock returns from options. Unlike those on equity indices, options on individual companies are often illiquid and are typically useful for learning about only the central part of the return distribution. Other derivatives known as credit default swaps (CDS) can shed light on the probability of extreme … Read more

New US whistleblower reward scheme bolsters AML fight

New US whistleblower reward scheme bolsters AML fight

The US government defence spending bill passed by Congress at the end of December included a new anti-money laundering (AML) whistleblower reward programme that has been heralded as a game-changer in efforts to clamp down on illicit money flows. The release of the FinCEN files last year highlighting how fraudsters have been able to move … Read more

Thai Life aims for continued sustainable development

Thai Life aims for continued sustainable development

&nbsp For more than 78 years, Thai Life Insurance has run with the vision of aiming to be a leading brand that inspires every life, by operating as a business that focuses on people from all sectors, because the company believes that people are the key to the success of any organisation. Therefore, it aims … Read more

The passing of the baton: three steps to a successful succession process

The passing of the baton: three steps to a successful succession process

January 15, 2021 CEO succession is also one of the most challenging tasks and processes to get right; succession planning is highly sensitive and comes with significant risks throughout the entire process, from identification of potential successors, to selection, to appointment, to transition. There have been times when a new CEO had to be external, … Read more