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		What's New at ERisk.com - 23 November 2001	


		
Weekly Review	In  this week's round-up   of economic, banking and P?insurance news from an enterprise risk management  perspective: stock markets mixed, but oil markets rise on production pact;  hopes of a new approach to Japanese bad loans; German consumer confidence  falls sharply; reputational risks trip up US banks; P?insurance rates  keep on rising, but fears mount over terror coverage exclusions. 	
Analysis 	 US  energy giant Enron's problems continue to mount, while hearings on the  failure of Australian insurer HIH are about to begin. How is it that companies  entrusted with managing risk for others can fail so spectacularly to manage  their own risks? In this week's  analysis , Rob Jameson looks at some of the factors that make such  firms vulnerable to unpleasant surprises. 	
Viewpoint	By  the first quarter of next year, companies and investors should be able to  hedge or speculate directly on consumer confidence, GDP and other economic  factors. In our latest Q? ,  ERisk talks to Deutsche Bank's head of foreign exchange options, Kevin Rodgers,  about the new financial instruments that will allow positions to be taken  on such economic statistics. Still available: CRO  Profile  of Paul Hogan, FleetBoston's chief risk officer	
Feature	Digital  risks - the risks associated with doing business in a networked environment  - are on the increase, and they have already hit many companies hard. In  our latest feature ,  "Risk management in the digital age", Rick Davis of consultancy  DigitalRisk Advisors looks at how risk managers need to take an enterprise-wide  approach if they are to identify and prepare successfully for the wide range  of things that can go wrong in e-business. Still available: Bank  Credit Processes and Operational Risk , by Becky Walzak of Boston Portfolio  Advisors.	
Product Catalogue	The ERisk Product  Catalogue  is a comprehensive guide to systems and services for risk  managers. You can browse through our categories, such as Portfolio Credit  Risk, Credit Scoring, Limits Management, Operational Risk Systems and Asset/Liability  Management. Or you can search for key terms in the hundreds of entries for  software products, data sources, consultants and educational materials.	


			
			
			
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