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[IMAGE] portal.erisk.com 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. More than 17,000 risk professionals receive this email every week. To find out how your message could reach them, mail us at info@erisk.com ____________________________________ The ERisk Essentials is published every Friday by ERisk.com . To subscribe to this newsletter, please register on our website. To unsubscribe, access your account . Your username is the email address where you received this message. If you have forgotten your password, follow this link to reset it. For technical support queries, please email support@erisk.com [IMAGE]
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