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Diagnosis and Cure

If 'Financial Risk Management' was as simple as merely raising the bar of criterion cost, then no 'Asset Pricing Model' would be required in the first place! There's more to it, which calls for a deep diagnosis into conventional financial practice and transform it from a 'Subjective Cultivated Art' into an 'Objective Rational Science'.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Boards Don't Understand Risk: McKinsey Survey

Risk management is still a weak spot—perhaps because boards (and companies) are increasingly complacent about risks, as we move further out from the 2008 financial crisis.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Global Financial Systems Still Vulnerable to Crisis

Systemic risks must be taken seriously in the financial sphere. A growing group of current and former officials continues to express concern about current and potential future risks in the United States, Europe, and globally, says Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management (ET article)

Saturday, May 24, 2014

'Old' isn't necessarily 'Gold'..even economic theories !

Bloomberg reports - When Dr.Sakir Devrim Yilmaz of University of Manchester offered an unofficial course that challenged some traditional economic theories relevant to the recent economic crisis, the university's economics department refused to

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Does Limiting Promoter Holding Protect or Damage Public Shareholders' Interest

In a discussion paper issued in 2008 the Indian finance ministry wrote the following:

"A large number of shares distributed among a large number of shareholders is essential for the sustenance of a continuous market for listed securities to provide liquidity to

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Nobel Laureates warn of bubble, recession

Economist Frank Knight (1885-1972) might be proved right....once again. This year's Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller says lack of an acceptable asset pricing model poses a Knightian uncertainty.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

After 45 Nobel Prizes to 74 Laureates in various disciplines of economic sciences, the answer to financial crisis remains elusive.

The Economic Sciences Prize Committee writes in its scientific background note on the 2013 prize

"....we do not yet fully understand how asset prices are determined......"

Thursday, October 10, 2013

World Bank warns, but more than a third of countries near pre-crisis levels!

The World Bank says "Better Risk Management Can Unlock Opportunities, Prevent Crises, and Protect Poor Amidst Disasters and Shocks",

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Five years after the 2008 crisis, what have we learnt?

Old theory was wrong, but do we have a new one?
Our old theory of what to do was wrong, and we don’t have a new one says Matthew Yglesias, Slate.com's business and economics correspondent.