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Modeling Risk

By: Cristian deRitis

Insightful commentaries on the latest news, trends and best practices in credit modeling, stress testing, inflation, interest-rate risk, consumer credit, insurance and geopolitical risk, among other modeling-related topics.

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The EU AI Act: A Risk Manager's Roadmap

June 6, 2025

New regulation in Europe should motivate financial risk institutions across the globe to rethink how they build, deploy and govern AI-driven models. ...

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Dancing with Uncertainty: A Risk Manager’s Guide to Dealing with Market Volatility

May 2, 2025

A combination of constantly shifting tariffs, interest rates and monetary policy has created a perfect storm of risk. What fundamental changes do ...

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Economic Sanctions for Risk Managers: A Cautionary Tale

April 4, 2025

A proactive, sophisticated approach to compliance is required to manage dynamic sanctions and their associated financial, reputational and ...

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Wildfire Risk Implications for Property and Insurance Markets

March 7, 2025

Calls for changes in risk-based insurance pricing, regulation and risk modeling have grown louder in the aftermath of California’s devastating ...

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5 Risk Predictions for 2025

January 10, 2025

Rising threats in cybersecurity, regulation, insurance and climate, global debt, and the supply chain are among the risk challenges that could be ...

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Rising Waters: Navigating the Future of Flood Risk and Insurance

December 6, 2024

Floods in the U.S. have increased in severity, frequency and volatility. How is this impacting homeowners, insurers, lenders and asset managers with ...

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Charting the Future of Consumer Credit Risk

November 8, 2024

Credit risk managers who want to get ahead of the curve must understand the areas of consumer credit that are of the greatest concern in 2025. What ...

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Mitigating Risks to the Supply Chain: A Risk Manager's Guide

October 4, 2024

Volatility in the global supply chain has been ramped up by geopolitical threats, labor strikes, trade tensions between countries, natural disasters, ...

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Ignore, Acknowledge or Advocate: How Risk Managers Should Handle Political Risk

September 6, 2024

Politics impact every financial institution’s bottom line and risk profile. How important is it for firms to adapt to this constantly evolving ...

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The Fed’s 2024 Stress Test: Key Takeaways

July 3, 2024

The good news is that the commercial real estate market is not projected to crater and that large U.S. banks have enough capital to survive another ...

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