If, as seems likely, the Global Security Risk Monitor becomes an emerging hot issue as Nell Minow predicts, at a minimum it'll embarrass some major U.S. companies.
CSAG's impartial Global Security Risk Monitor was the research tool utilized in 2004 by the Center for Security Policy to evaluate the portfolios of public pension funds across America.
The new database, called the Global Security Risk Monitor, coupled with possible new legislation, could over time begin to knock the share prices of companies that do business with unsavoury regimes.
Sheehy says she expects clients to use the new security-risk monitor "to get themselves up to speed on the issue of global security" and then develop their own criteria for investing.
Boards, too, need to monitor risk better.
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"The Treasury did not have the right tools of transparency so that it could monitor the risk, " he added.
They said it may make it easier for doctors to monitor high risk patients for cancer, and could potentially prevent cancer.
Despite the wildfire effect of social media on negative news, only a fifth of respondents said that their companies continuously monitor reputational risk.
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Senior members of the Probation Service - which will continue to monitor high risk offenders - have criticised the new plans as "untried and untested".
So the right people in the room, and more than half have no capacity to monitor high-risk third parties.
The government also gets new authority to take over and unwind foundering companies deemed a systemic risk, and new authority to monitor consumer protections.
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Older directors are not necessarily less effective than younger directors but the ultimate bankruptcy of the company does suggest that this board was not equipped to advise on or monitor firm strategy and risk.
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Second, bonds offer return of capital when held until maturity. (Corporate bonds are not completely without risk, so be sure to monitor the fiscal health of the issuer.) Finally, bonds have historically had low correlations with stocks. (When stock prices zig, bond prices often zag.) Thus, even in the current low-yield environment, bonds should not be ignored.
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In addition, a fiduciary is obligated to provide a diversified portfolio to minimize the risk of large losses and to select and monitor those investment alternatives to ensure they are prudent.
In the food industry, if we use remote video auditing services to monitor employees working in these high risk areas, view what they are doing while inside, and instantly report any infractions back to management, we can greatly reduce the possibility of tainted food ever reaching a loading dock.
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They've not been targeted but there's a risk and we want to be able to track and monitor their situation.
Are you a day trader or swing trader, in front of the monitor 40 hours a week and maintaining a risk management discipline at all times?
But Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and other market regulators have stopped short of calling for tighter regulations, saying the industry can self-monitor and come up with ways to mitigate risk.
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Ahead of a landmark vote in Libya, an international monitor warned that Moammar Gadhafi's successors risk repeating the ousted dictator's mistakes unless electoral winners make rule of law a top priority.
React to outside power grid risks and demand response requests: To reduce risk of application outages, data centers must be able to closely monitor the facility and surrounding environment as well as their IT equipment.
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It can monitor certain conditions and provide reports about events that are known risk agents.
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Regulators could monitor how this trades, or use markets that gauge the risk of insolvency, to help decide when banks must raise more capital (see article).
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All well and good: these are sophisticated banks which know how to calculate the odds on risk and reward, and this is a clever way for regulators to monitor them.
To educate prescribers about the risk of hepatotoxicity associated with the use of KYNAMRO, and the need to monitor patients during treatment with KYNAMRO as per product labeling.
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My best practice advice for organizations considering allowing user access to upcoming social networks has always been to monitor the situation and apply granular controls and policies depending on the risk profile of the individual.
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By talking to prime brokers (the arms of banks that serve hedge funds), the authorities have also been able to monitor the aggregate level of hedge-fund exposure, and thus systemic risk.
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Mr Oudea rejects the idea of a systemic failure, arguing that the loss was a product of a particular time and place: a period of rapid growth in equity derivatives, which overstretched the bank's capacity to monitor itself, and a peripheral trading desk where people were less jumpy about the risk of fraud.
Part of a stress test is to understand how both parts work together and to also monitor the performance and make sure you are getting at least a fair return for the risk you are taking.
This office works closely with our Division review staff to monitor whether the documents public companies file with the SEC include disclosure of material information regarding global security risk-related issues.
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