All Publications >> Basel Capital
In a recent issue of Project Finance Magazine, Chris Marrison explains how Basel II regulation is influencing the competitive dynamics at project finance banks from origination onwards.
All Publications >> Implementation Technology
The consulting and technology firm has simplified access to their sophisticated risk modelling and risk analytics for commercial real estate or project finance. Their services are now available through an application service provider from any desktop.
All Publications >> Portfolio Management
Community banks traditionally have shunned formal risk management systems, preferring to rely on their experience, intuition and deep community relationships. But in the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. In an online news article entitled Small Banks, Big Risks on National Real Estate Investor's site, Risk Integrated's CEO, Chris Marrison, raises concerns about concentration risk in the CRE portfolios at small and medium-sized institutions.
All Publications >> Stress Testing
Dr. Chris Marrison emphasizes the importance of stress testing for revealing the extent of concentration risk in commercial real estate lending. In an article first appearing in the publication, Real Estate Finance & Investment, Risk Integrated's CEO discusses how leading real estate banks model their risks and structure their portfolios by using "What if?" analysis.
All Publications >> Operational Risk
For more than two decades, spreadsheets have been the tool of choice for financial services firms. But do they contain hidden dangers? The November issue of Oprisk & Compliance magazine reports on the Enterprise Spreadsheet Platform (ESP) product from Risk Integrated. ESP helps firms transform these common business tools into actual applications, eliminating a major source of spreadsheet risk.
All Publications >> Operational Risk
Spreadsheet risk has become a worldwide epidemic not only for applications in the financial services industries but also in government and medicine. In the online magazine, Financial Places, Dr. Yusuf Jafry clarifies that with their supreme flexibility, spreadsheets are no longer viewed as prototypes to be displaced as soon as proper systems are rolled out. Appropriate management products provided by software technology firms are elevating spreadsheets to solid enterprise-level applications.
All Publications >> Basel Capital
In an article first printed in Infrastructure Journal in September 2006, Risk Integrated's Chris Marrison clarifies why the project finance departments at the largest, diversified banks are now pushing hard for the funding advantages attainable by achieving advanced Basel II compliance.
All Publications >> Basel Capital
Chris Marrison, chief executive of Risk Integrated, discusses measuring and mitigating risk in project finance deals in the Infrastructure Journal. He describes in detail the benefits of using simulation models over traditional cash flow models for calculating capital requirements for Basel II compliance.
All Publications >> Operational Risk
All Publications >> Operational Risk
In the article appearing in the 11 July 2006 issue of FX&MM, CEO Chris Marrison speaks about the increases in regulatory pressure forcing companies to more closely examine the internal use of spreadsheets.