What is Risk

Risk is something that every business has to take to move forward.
However, with most businesses taking some type of risk every single day, it needs to be asked what risk exactly is.

Supply Chain Risk Categories
Supply Risks
"Supply risks pertain to risk events on the supply side that include supplier defaults or other unexpected changes in supply cost, delivery, quality or reliability." 4, p. 23
Process Risks
Risks within a companies own Supply Chain and the Processes within this Supply Chain 4, pp.24ff
Control Risks
Misapplicatoin of rules controlling supply chain processes e.g. order quantities. 18, pp.10-11
Demand Risks
The uncertainty of Product Demand is universal challenge for all companies in all fields of business. 4, pp.26ff
Natural Risks
Risks arising from uncontrollable natural events, e.g. earthquakes or weather-related disaster. 18, pp.11-13; 20, p.5
IT Risks
Especially in a highly digitized business environment, an IT system failure anywhere can cause a failure everywhere. 20, p.5; 21, p.56
Risk News
Titel | Beschreibung | Quelle | Veröffentlicht |
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Auto-encoding term-structure models | An arbitrage-free low-dimensionality interest rate model is presented |
https://www.risk.net/cutting-edge/7961251/auto-encoding-term-structure-models | |
Configuration and control: next-level risk analytics for alternative assets | The evolving needs of traditional and alternative asset industries, including the transformative impact of advanced data analytics and model training within new customisable frameworks |
https://www.risk.net/insight/technology-and-data/7961243/configuration-and-cont… | |
CCP models vulnerable to Trump risk | Volatility of ‘will he, won’t he’ tariff strategy could confound clearing house risk models |
https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7961240/ccp-models-vulnerable-to-trump-risk | |
CME-FICC cross-margin extension timeline questioned | SEC changes and queries around margin segregation may make end-2025 deadline unrealistic |
https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7961214/cme-ficc-cross-margin-extension-ti… | |
Op risk data: Crypto hack bites Bybit; fat-finger flurry at Citi | Also: OKX gets AML scold, UK motor finance fiasco revs up. Data by ORX News |
https://www.risk.net/comment/7961200/op-risk-data-crypto-hack-bites-bybit-fat-f… | |
PTFs clash with banks over ‘done-away’ US Treasury clearing | Trading firms losing patience with banks’ reluctance to unbundle trading and execution |
https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7961212/ptfs-clash-with-banks-over-done-aw… | |
Iosco chief defends margin transparency standards | More reporting will improve financial system’s resilience, argues Rodrigo Buenaventura |
https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7961188/iosco-chief-defends-margin-transpa… | |
Credit loss database reveals holes in Basel’s IRB formula | Researcher has used two decades of data to propose improved internal model methodology |
https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7961168/credit-loss-database-reveals-holes… | |
Market knee-jerks keep VAR models on their toes | With a return to volatility, increased backtesting exceptions show banks’ algos are stretched |
https://www.risk.net/our-take/7961159/market-knee-jerks-keep-var-models-on-thei… | |
Why the survival of internal models is vital for financial stability | Risk quants say stampede to standardised approaches heightens herding and systemic risks |
https://www.risk.net/comment/7961154/why-the-survival-of-internal-models-is-vit… |