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RiskMetrics Group Announces Fall Series on Managing Diverse Risks During the Financial CrisisSubmitted by: Sarah Cohn, Communications

RiskMetrics Group today announced a Fall 2008 Interview Series led by experts in the areas of risk, governance, and accounting that addresses the current financial crisis. The series, Conversations on Managing Diverse Risks During the Financial Crisis, provides financial market participants with access to a range of perspectives on managing risks during an unprecedented period of market turmoil.

The line-up for the series includes interviews with a number of RiskMetrics Group and industry experts on a wide range of topics, including: managing credit and counterparty credit risk, improving disclosure around retail structured products, a look ahead to proxy season 2009 in the U.S. and Europe, executive compensation and the bailout, and sustainability risk management in 2009 among other areas. The first two interviews Managing Credit and Counterparty Credit Risk and Comparing Historical and Present Market Volatility are already available online.

The series, Conversations on Managing Diverse Risks During the Financial Crisis, will run through mid-December. To access the interviews and view the complete series schedule, please visit here.

Full post as published by Institutional Shareholder Services -- Corporate Governance Blog on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).