What not to wear: Analysing European Equity Risk

Wednesday, 13th February - 12:00 GMT, 13:00 CET, 07:00 EST

Please join us for a webcast to explore how forensic accounting techniques can be used to uncover the risks in equities which may not be appreciated by the market.

Companies sometimes present a more favourable picture of their financial health than warranted by the state of their accounts. During this webcast, Niels Aalen, Global Head of Financial Research and Analysis and Paul Nagy, Head of European Accounting Research will illustrate how RiskMetrics Group’s forensic accounting research:

Helps identify short ideas for hedge fund managers
Highlighted accounting problems at Ericsson, Northern Rock, Conergy and others in 2007 before their share prices fell
Helps long only and hedge fund managers avoid companies which appear to be high risk

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