Risk

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The world's leading financial risk management and derivatives magazine

Risk is the only monthly magazine dedicated to the risk management and derivatives industry. Combining a scholarly approach with cutting-edge news and market analysis, its international team of journalists regularly uncovers stories that other business magazines and newspapers miss.

Always at the forefront of new developments in the derivatives industry, Risk is dedicated to informing readers of the latest news, research and developments in the market, and is also the leading information source on the movements and activities of key players and personalities in the derivatives industry.

Risk management is a vital component of decision making in all areas of investment, banking and commerce. The technological systems that enable firms to manage these risks and invest in structure-complex products are of critical importance. Risk reviews the latest innovations and analyses their effectiveness. The magazine is also a showcase for thinking and research into derivatives tools and techniques, with coverage of the most recent advances in areas such as option pricing and hedging, market risk, credit risk, swaps and Monte Carlo methods.

Risk's financial product guides offer additional in-depth coverage of the hottest industry topics, ranging from operational risk, credit risk and electronic trading to specialist coverage of emerging markets such as Latin America and Asia. We also publish articles and profiles focusing on investors as well as a quarterly special report, Risk Management for Investors.

The profile of these publications is one of detailed and analytical profiles of corporate players in the derivatives markets allow readers to learn from their successes and failures.

Target audience

  • Investment strategy
  • Risk management
  • Derivatives trading
  • Chief executive officers
  • Chief financial officers
  • Heads of credit risk management
  • Group treasurer
  • Chief risk officers
  • Risk analysts and quants

USPs

  • Risk covers the entire buy-to sell- side spectrum, which allows readers to gain full insight to the derivatives and risk industry.
  • Risk keeps you abreast of the latest thinking in all areas of risk and derivatives
  • Risk enhances your knowledge of cutting-edge quantitative models and risk management techniques thanks to the exclusive technical articles
  • Risk enables you to benchmark your risk management strategy against best-of-breed players in the global banking industry
  • Reading Risk means you monitor people moves in banking, hedge funds, asset management, investment management companies, superanationals and insurance companies

Readership overview

More than 11 000 copies of Risk are distributed every month, including paid subscribers and requested controlled circulation. Risk’s readership includes tens of thousands of key individuals involved in derivatives, structured products and risk management.

This ranges from all types of banks to their major clients such as hedge funds, asset managers, pension plans, corporations and insurance companies. Risk bridges the gap between the structurers and marketers of derivatives solutions and the major buyers of these products.

Editorial philosophy

Risk’s editorial mission is to promote best practice, educate, and lead debate in the derivatives and risk management industries.

With its unique mix of in-depth features, case studies and cutting-edge technical articles, Risk covers all the issues that matter to risk managers, derivatives dealers, corporate hedgers and institutional investors. The magazine is dedicated to covering the latest developments in the risk management and derivatives markets, whether it be the asset-liability crisis faced by pension funds and insurance companies, the newest innovations in the structured products market or changes in regulations affecting risk managers and derivatives dealers.

With plenty of profiles, Q&As, people moves, case studies and high-level interviews, Risk gives crucial insights into how the industry’s top players from the banking, institutional and corporate world manage risk. Through its highly respected technical section, the magazine also acts as a forum for the world’s top quantitative analysts to publish the latest thinking in derivatives pricing and modeling. Risk was voted International Business and Professional Magazine of the Year in 2005 by the Periodical Publishers Association.

Contact details

Editor:
Nick Sawyer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 9826
Email: nick.sawyer@incisivemedia.com

Publisher:
Nat Knight
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 9795
Email: nat.knight@incisivemedia.com

Senior marketing manager:
Karen Griffith
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 9911
Email: karen.griffith@incisivemedia.com

Head of Events Marketing:
Ben Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7968 4621
Email: ben.wood@incisivemedia.com