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february 2009
10 cover Story
The Rise of the Risk Profession
It’s still rare to find risk managers at or near the top of major corporations,
but as risk becomes an increasingly urgent boardroom concern, the doors are opening,
and CROs are gaining stature.
4 cro interview
Taking an unusual route from the boardroom to senior management,
Maureen Miskovic is the first chief risk officer on State Street Corp.’s top executive team.
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1 from the editor
A new magazine, and a fresh start covering the risk profession
in future iSSueS
A survey of risk professional
compensation
18 reGulation
Will strict controls, though well-intentioned, kill the credit
default swap?
Revisiting the Basel II
capital standards
19 technoloGy
An IBM-led initiative embraces the XBRL technical standard
for risk reporting
The unspoken risks of
cybersecurity
Quantifying risk management
accountability
2 riSk profeSSional FEBRUARY 2009
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