Risk management is an essential part of successful investing. Planning, knowledge and quick thinking can minimise risk, but will never eliminate it completely. Yet there are certain risks that occur so rarely, that contingency measures are seldom made for them by the majority of investors, despite their huge impact on financial and economic markets. The technical term for such a happening is called a “tail event”. Quantifying the “tail risk”, the risk of such an event taking place is difficult due their rarity and the fact that they are normally triggered by unpredictable shocks.
What’s worse than thrusting your brand into the limelight with the extravagant launch of a new product or service, only for it to receive a zero-star rating from customers and fall completely flat? All that time, planning, and money wasted (not to mention the reputational damage!) – nothing could compare, right?
Real Estate is the world’s largest asset class (worth more than all stocks and bonds combined at c£230 trillion) and the scale of the industry encompasses residential, commercial, industrial and hospitality segments. Yet, despite its scale and complexity, the Real Estate sector has been slow to adopt new technologies and innovation.
When it comes to juggling multiple projects, there are a number of different things for managers to consider including budgets, timings and, crucially, security. Any changes within the project or smaller initiatives can have a significant impact on risk posture and if these risks aren’t identified and dealt with early on, projects may end up over budget, delayed or even brought to a complete standstill.
The latest research shows that over the last 12 months, approximately 1,500 monthly average searches were made around the term ‘money mule’ compared to 810 searches made the previous year.
In order to determine the challenges as well as opportunities in the market and to explore ways to plug the funding gap, business loan provider Spotcap surveyed 132 commercial finance intermediaries over the course of July.
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offers an opportunity to invest in fast-growing companies to potentially secure long-term returns, plus an attractive range of tax incentives.
Brexit has become a divisive issue, and the Government’s lacklustre approach has brought into question Westminster’s ability to effectively manage the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, whatever shape or form that eventually takes.
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