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Abstracts, Archives and Articles
www.riskworld.com
This Web site offers CPAs news articles, briefs and reports on risk analysis, assessment and management, and archived content dating back to 1995. Other topics include business and investment, law and policy, and risk in everyday life with links to risk associations, organizations and societies. Also, RiskWorld’s publications section links to an abstracts library, as well as to related journals, newsletters and magazines.
Enron Senate Testimony
www.riskcenter.com
CPAs and risk management professionals can register for free here and access a transcript of Senate testimony given by Frank Partnoy, professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, on the unregulated status of derivatives use by Enron. Risk Center users also can read news items on equity markets, laws and regulations, and risk strategies and technology.
The [Risk] World According to GARP
www.garp.com
Sign up to become an affiliate member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and get free access to all public areas of the group’s site such as Today’s Risk eNews with articles about commodities, e-business, fixed income and operational risk. The site also offers a section of links to industry association, organization and regulatory body Web sites.
Case Studies and Questions
riskinstitute.ch
Accountants can read up on “Lessons From the Collapse of Hedge Fund, Long-Term Capital Management” at the International Financial Risk Institute site. This case study also includes an analysis of what caused the collapse and offers CPAs the same credit risk instruction the world’s bank regulators received. In addition, the site’s Dictionary of Financial Risk Management has detailed definitions for financial analysts and managers.
All About VaR
www.gloriamundi.org
Financial risk managers can find value-at-risk book reviews, discussion groups, answers to frequently asked questions, news and presentations here, as well as articles such as “An Irreverent Guide to Value-at-Risk” and “Stress Testing by Large Financial Institutions: Current Practice and Aggregation Issues.”
Advice on How to Control Risk
www.topves.nl
Willem Top, a risk management, risk control, safety management and loss control consultant, offers visitors to his site—including CPAs and consultants—free advice on how to set up and implement risk and safety management systems. He presents model systems using exhibits, flowcharts and text discussions. |