The Dodd-Frank Act's “skin-in-the-game” credit risk retention require- ment is the major reform of the securitization market following the housing bubble. Skin-in-the-game mandates that securitizers retain a 5% interest in their securitizations. The premise behind skin-in-the-game is that it...

A proper understanding of the risks faced by the agricultural sector and effective strategies to manage those risks is vital to creating a diversified and resilient economy for sustained growth and economic transformation. Increasing Agricultural Resilience through Better Risk Management in...

Investors and business operators encounter a multitude of risks in countries where their operations are undertaken. Existing pieces of literature on business risks are devoted to analyses of risks associated with business operations undertaken in foreign countries. In this article, however, such...