Barings Bank and Orange County have many similarities. Which of the following is NOT a similarity?
Which of the following should NOT be part of the Risk Management Infrastructure?
As a PRMIA member, you have certain responsibilities. Among these are the requirement(s) to:
MGRM's losses due to "stacking" started to increase when
Which of the following CANNOT be counted as a reason why LTCM was given a rescue package and not left to default?
The multi-dimensional risk problem at Northern Rock did not include which one of the combinations of the following?
The Fortress Re finite reinsurance model
John Smith wants to run for election to the Board of Directors of PRMIA. To be nominated, he needs:
According to the Group of 30 Report, deriving aggregate potential credit exposure for a counterparty by adding up the potential exposure of multiple transactions:
A risk assessment report generated by a PRMIA member creates an apparent conflict of interest between the PRMIA standards and those of the client organization.
Of the following, which is the correct hierarchy to follow to resolve the conflict?
I. The decision of a superior within the organization
II. PRMIA Standards
III. Guidelines from the regulators in which the organization operates
IV. The laws of the country
A risk manager has just completed a risk assessment project. The report has been given to the risk manager's direct supervisor, who refuses to escalate the material issues raised in the report. Further, the direct supervisor edits the report to remove the section describing the material risk, who then submits it to the firm's Executive Committee.
According to the PRMIA Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Code of Conduct), which of the following actions is most appropriate:
The "normal" credit loss profile of Washington Mutual was increased by which of the following?
According to the Group of 30 Report, option contracts:
With respect to the Purpose of Professional Standards, in the event of any difference in standards between local laws/rules and those of PRMIA, members must
The Financial Accounting and Reporting Infrastructure of any organization must:
I. Accurately represent the corporation's current and known financial condition in a timely manner
II. Only use off-balance sheet transactions which have a legitimate economic, tax, risk transfer or risk mitigating purpose
III. Provide a detailed description of the Risk Management Infrastructure in the organization's Annual Report to Shareholders
IV. Provide an auditable Annual Statement of Compliance with the Board's publicly stated Standards of Corporate Governance to the Board and Audit Committee