All Strategic Risks articles – Page 13

  • Features

    Putting a price on life

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Mike Hanley discusses the cost benefit problems of increasing the safety of the railways.

  • Features

    Ten lessons from the fuel crisis

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    In September, petrol shortage became as emotive an issue as having no bread or water. Peter Power reviews the lessons.

  • Features

    Managing weather risks

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Trading in weather derivatives has grown steadily in Europe since the first deal was struck in 1998.

  • Features

    Fighting off predators

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    The immediate reaction of most managements to a takeover approach is negative. Sue Copeman discusses strategies for fighting a hostile bid.

  • Features

    Post Mortem

    2001-06-11T00:00:00Z

    David Gilbert identifies five common reasons for corporate failure, ranging from elementary lack of basic controls to an ostrich-like failure to face facts.

  • Analysis

    Capital markets' political risks

    2001-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Sovereign Risk Insurance is offering a political risk product for cross border capital markets transactions.

  • Features

    Alchemy for project financing?

    2001-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Rob Tucker explores the arcane world of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Alternative Risk Finance (ARF) and its application within property and other structured finance deals.