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Understanding and Identifying Risk
A well-known pillar of risk management is that one must first understand risk in order to manage it. “Understanding risk requires the ability to quantify a given risk so that mitigating controls can be put in place to reduce the risk to an acceptable level, a level that is in line with the organization’s risk appetite framework. Without the ability to effectively quantify risk, no risk program can be successful.”
2 Once we define risk, we can calculate and manage it. However, assessing risk is not a simple task.
Risk is an inherent part of investing that even the most successful investors can’t avoid. To help minimize the impact, firms hire risk managers to analyze and attribute critical sources of risk in the market. The risk manager rifles through data for any insights that may improve investment behavior or portfolio construction. However, managing risk is not about eliminating it. Instead, investors or risk manag
China growth slowed to 7.7% in second quarter AFP poll
Jul 13,2021 - Last updated at Jul 13,2021
This file photo taken on June 22, shows cargo containers stacked at Yantian port in Shenzhen in China s southern Guangdong province (AFP photo)
By Beiyi Seow with Lianchao Lan in Shanghai
Agence France-Presse
BEIJING China s economic growth slowed in the second quarter as the country s army of consumers remained hesitant to splurge and exports were dented by disruptions, according to an AFP poll of analysts.
The world s second largest economy has staged a rapid recovery from last year s pandemic-induced slump, but the investment and manufacturing rebound fuelling it now seems to be fading and other drivers are not picking up fast enough.
July 14, 2021
Beijing: China´s economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter as the country´s army of consumers remained hesitant to splurge and exports were dented by disruptions, according to an AFP poll of analysts.
The world´s second largest economy has staged a rapid recovery from last year´s pandemic-induced slump, but the investment and manufacturing rebound fuelling it now seems to be fading and other drivers are not picking up fast enough.
It is forecast to have grown 7.7 percent on-year in April-June and 8.5 percent for the full year, according to a poll of 12 analysts conducted by AFP.
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