Interest Rate Risk Supporting Document to the New Basel Capital Accord Issued for comment by 31 May 2001 January 2001 Superseded document Superseded document Table of contents SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 1 I. SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF INTEREST RATE RISK ............................................................. 5 A. SOURCES OF INTEREST RATE RISK .........
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Risks of Teenage Sex Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. People everywhere are not waiting until they get married to have sex. The young people having sex are not aware of the consequences and the risks that come with having sex. They just think it is fun and it gives them something to do but sex is a very serious thing. Currently more than 45% of high school females and 48% of high school males have had sexual intercourse. The average age of first intercourse is 17 years for girls
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Alcohol: Balancing Risks and Benefits Introduction Throughout the 10‚000 or so years that humans have been drinking fermented beverages‚ they’ve also been arguing about their merits and demerits. The debate still simmers today‚ with a lively back-and-forth over whether alcohol is good for you or bad for you. It’s safe to say that alcohol is both a tonic and a poison. The difference lies mostly in the dose. Moderate drinking seems to be good for the heart and circulatory system‚ and probably
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Risk Assessment Tool and Guidance (Including guidance on application) June 2008 Document Reference Number Revision Number Revision Date Review Date OQR012 4 20081210 200906 Document Drafted By Document Approved By Responsibility Office of Quality and Risk Ms. Edwina Dunne‚ Head of Quality and Risk Office of Quality and Risk Introduction Risk assessment is an essential part of the risk management process and is the overall term covering the risk identification‚ analysis and risk evaluation
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Assessment: Health and Safety Strand Module: Risk Assessment and Management Section: A Health & Safety Student: The nature of occupational vibration exposure During many routine occupational tasks workers are exposed to a number of different physical factors‚ which can lead to adverse occupational health effects if not controlled in such a manner so as to reduce the exposure levels of workers to an acceptable level. One such occupational health risk is the exposure to vibration. Occupational
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I. Introduction …………………………… 1 II. Body …………………………… 2 a. Definition …………………………… 2 b. Kinds of volcano …………………………… 2 c. Types of eruption …………………………… 3 d. Risk …………………………… 4 e. Benefits …………………………… 11 a. Tourism …………………………… 11 b. Environment …………………………… 13 III. Conclusion …………………………… 15 IV. Bibliography …………………………… 17 Introduction The term volcano can either mean the vent from which magma erupts to the surface‚ or
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Risk Assessment for Office Activities Marie Gabutin Perez 22 July 2010 1. INTRODUCTION The office working environment may seem a fairly commonplace and safe location compared to the factory or assembly line environment but there are still risks present in the office environment which could lead to injuries or serious accidents. There are obvious risks such as fires which can happen anywhere but also specific office based issues such as moving furniture or slipping on wet floors. Some offices
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1. Framework A. Identification of the risk Financial Risk There are three kinds of financial risk: market risk‚ liquidity risk and credit risk. Market Risk Price Risk The risk of a decline in the value of a security or a portfolio. Interest Rate Risk The risk that the value of an investment will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates. Example Dexia had a great interest rate risk. They had a lot of mortgage loans (long term). They financed the long term liabilities
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Credit Analysis Credit analysis is a type of analysis which calculate the creditworthiness of a business by the bond portfolio manager. The analysis seeks to identify the appropriate level of default risk when a bank provides a lending to the business or individual (Credit Analysis ‚ n.d.). According to Weerasooriya‚ the three basic principles that lead to lending decision are safety of loan‚ suitability of loan purpose and profitability. The first principles is the safety of loan which refers
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Executive Summary Investing in Brazil‚ as with any country‚ entails exposure to a variety of political‚ social‚ economic‚ and other risks‚ but also entails potential benefits for multinationals corporations. Political Risk- Brazil has been a stable democracy for 25 years. Despite some unique risk as corruption‚ Brazil has been rating overall medium risk for dynamic risks‚ governance framework‚ political violence and business and macroeconomic environment. Financial Markets in the country &
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