The VIX Index reflects the equity and options markets’ expectation of earnings volatility. Companies with deteriorating credit statistics are more likely to experience high equity price volatility than companies with a stable credit trend. As financial profiles of companies improve and the uncertainty about their future earnings declines the hedging costs to invest in those [...]
New personnel, a loss of key personnel, poor succession planning and poor people management can lead to dislocation. However, the main cause of dislocation within this category is behaviour: everything from laziness to fraud and exhaustion to simple human error can be catalysts, resulting in risk being realised. An example is the financial scandal that [...]
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