In search of the perfect risk manager

The was a time, not so long ago, that risk officers were considered the 'policemen' of the financial services industry, whose primary objectives were to limit their firms' risk exposure. But as Michael Woodrow explains, risk managers have moved into the mainstream business environment and are now entrusted with enabling the business as much as they are with protecting it

As firms in the financial services arena better understand the significant risks they face, many are deciding to build or