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VIEW FROM THE TOP Q3 2008
Removing Barriers Between Offices:
An Energy Commodity Risk Management Necessity
By Louis Caron, RiskAdvisory
Many front and middle offices at energy trading organizations have in the past split apart due to conflicting agendas. The front office viewed itself as the firm’s moneymaker, generating the revenue to pay everyone else’s salaries. The middle office viewed itself as keeping the front office in check, ensuring that today’s big profits don’t turn into tomorrow’s cataclysmic losses. These competing functions led to interdepartmental conflagrations and turf wars, wasting time and energy. » More Info
RiskAnalytics Workbench: Power to Spare
The people want analytics, and they want them now. That’s the message that RiskAdvisory has heard in the market, and it has responded in spades with RiskAnalytics Workbench. » More info
NEWS AND FEATURE ARTICLES
RiskAnalytics Workbench and RiskAnalytics Server
The RiskAnalytics Workbench (Workbench) is a graphical tool for the market and credit risk analyst. It provides the analyst with a powerful and easy-to-use method of accessing data in almost any format including Microsoft Excel, a relational database, or a proprietary datastore. The RiskAnalytics Server is included with the Workbench. It provides the management, group profiling, and technical architecture that enables the capabilities of the Workbench. Click here to Download our new Fact Sheet in PDF Format.
BookRunner / SAS Energy Risk Solution Annual User Group Meeting Held
By Kathy Walsh, SAS Canada
On June 12, the annual gathering of SAS Energy Risk Solution and BookRunner users took place.
RiskAdvisory Welcomes Shawn Kuzembayev
By Brian Nicholson, RiskAdvisory
RiskAdvisory recently added a new member to the team. » More info
PRMIA Calgary Update
By Scott Dalton, Director of Market Risk Management, Encana Corportation
On Monday June 30, PRMIA Calgary held a luncheon focusing on enterprise risk management. » More info
TIPS AND TRICKS
BookRunner® User Tips Number 27 and 28
Here are the latest tips and
tricks to make your BookRunner® experience more productive.
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EVENTS OF NOTE
SAS Global Forum 2009 Set for Mar 22 – 25, 2009 / National Harbor, Maryland
The call for papers is now open for the 2009 SAS Global Forum taking place in National Harbor , Maryland , Mar 22 to 25. The deadline for contributed submission abstracts and working drafts is Monday, October 13th , 2008. The 2009 conference will feature an "Energy and Utilities" track. The annual event brings together thousands of SAS users and is a great opportunity to network with peers and sharpen your SAS skills. » More info
Coming up in SAS / RiskAdvisory Training
There’s always room to learn more. » More info
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