But finance's risks are everyone's because banks rely both directly and indirectly on taxpayers' support.
Moody's Investors Service said it is considering raising the ratings on MBIA's public finance operation, but sees risks.
Meantime, a Chinese finance ministry researcher said the risks for inflation in China exceed the need for more economic stimulus.
Left to itself the market will cherry-pick, leaving swathes of bad risks for taxpayers to finance.
But despite these risks, the G7 finance ministers said that the outlook for the world economy remained generally rosy, led by strong growth in Asia, driven by China and India.
We can't have sound, viable schemes turned down because finance providers won't take calculated risks.
Or to put it another way, these banks are already paying more to fund themselves, to reflect the perceived increase in the risks faced by those who finance them.
In a memorandum from David Martin, the director of corporate finance, the SEC says that such risks are not limited to the possibility that US sanctions could directly hurt the company.
It is all a matter of hedging risks, a lesson taught in Finance 101.
The challenge now is to design a regulator for the finance industry that actually measures and focuses on systemic risks, rather than on the individual parts of the system.
Sandy, in slamming into the geographical and symbolic hearts of finance and policy in this country has brought climate risks and costs into popular discussion, but even before that, there were indications of a cultural tipping point.
In the realm of personal finance, passive apathy is often one of the greatest risks you can take.
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Accor's finance director, Benjamin Cohen, says this balance of risks gave the company an advantage over its competitors in the downturn.
They take genuine risks, losing money when investments that they finance fail.
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Unfortunately, heretofore, none of the professional literature has examined the risks and problems associated with Shariah-compliant finance in any analytical or critical fashion.
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To finance its deficit, however, the government has had to assume risks.
Focusing in on the finance and banking sector will produce stronger yields for investors willing to accept the additional risks.
"Overbanking and vicious competition forced many banks to take greater risks to compete in lending, " said the Harvard-educated former deputy finance minister.
In developing countries, these sources of finance have not targeted new markets because they have not needed to take those kinds of risks.
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The dominant one, which includes the IMF and the G7 finance ministers (who met on February 5th and 6th), thinks that when the risks are weighed up, it is too soon to tighten.
For example, the the G2A2, an alliance of CEOs committed to addressing climate and environmental risks, will launch the Green Investment Report with precisely the goal of "unlocking finance for green growth".
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