February 15, 2012
Allocating Tail Risk for Increased Returns

Nordic Regions Pension News: An enhanced tail-risk approach can help investors to identify hotspots and safe spots

 
January 30, 2012
Opalesque: Simplistic Risk Models Miss Tail Risk

"Overreliance on simplistic modeling can lead to misreading market conditions" according to David Merrill, CEO of FinAnalytica, in an interview.

 
December 27, 2011
Tabb Forum: 2012 Trends in Buyside Risk Management

FinAnalytica CEO David Merrill discusses what's on horizon for buyside risk and portfolios managers.

 
December 20, 2011
Tabb Forum: How are Fund Managers Misaligned on Risk

Gregory Crawford talks with David Merrill, CEO of FinAnalytica, talks about the communication gap between portfolio managers and risk managers and how that's being filled.

 
November 17, 2011
Pensions and Investments: Standard Risk Measurement Not Enough: Eurozone Crisis Deconstructed

Taking a view on the sovereign debt crisis, Michael Palmieri and Svetoslav Delev, disucss how the most widely used risk measures lead institutional investors astray prior to market shocks.

 
September 21, 2011
Ajna Upgrades Portfolio Risk System

Ajna Partners, the New York City global equities hedge fund, implemented FinAnalytica's fat-tailed risk system to keep a tight rein on its portfolio.

 
July 01, 2011
Investments & Pensions Europe: Risk as a Profit Centre

Managing and monitoring tail risk is not just about insuring against extreme losses. Boryana Racheva-Iotova describes the potential for expected tail loss measures to feed into tactical portfolio optimisation where variance is traditionally deployed.

 
April 15, 2011
Hedge Funds Review: Institutional Hedge Fund Investors Seek Tail Risk Protection

Joel Nadelman, FinAnalytica Client Services Manager, writes about how some institutional investors are hedging their portfolios against tail risk through a comprehensive process.