Investment Risk Management PAPER 2

Assignment 2: Investment Risk Management

MUST BE 100% ORIGINAL. I have access to GRAMMARLY, but it is your job to correct the paper on your end before submitting it to me.

MUST BE 100% PLAGIARISM FREE.

MUST BE 100% GRAMMAR MISTAKE FREE.

MUST BE SUBMITTED BACK TO ME BEFORE DUE DATE! I will not be giving extensions on the amount of time you get to submit this paper to me.

MUST BE IN APA format!

 

Risk management negligence within the financial services industry contributed to one of the most significant economic crisis in the recent history of the U.S. During this time, Lehman Brothers, a global financial services company, filed for bankruptcy protection. This created the largest bankruptcy ever within the financial services industry. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to search the Internet for information related to Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, the financial risk factors that contributed to the failure, and management’s responsibility for the failure.

 

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Based on the information you research related to Lehman Brothers, assess the factors that contributed to the financial failure of the firm, indicating how management failed to manage the risk related to each factor. Make a recommendation for how firms should manage these types of risks in the future. Provide support for your recommendation.

2. High-risk investments such as mortgage-backed securities, had a significant impact on the valuation of investments held with Lehman Brothers, yet many financial institutions continue to use these investments today. Assess the sufficiency of risk management techniques used by financial institutions today, indicating whether or not you believe the risk is appropriately managed to avoid a subsequent financial crisis. Provide support for your position.

3. Evaluate management’s role within a financial investment firm for establishing proper risk management procedures for high-risk investments and the appropriate level of accountability for portfolio performance. Determine the consequences that should be enacted when Financial Firm Management fails to perform their fiduciary obligation to investors, indicating how these consequences should be implemented. Provide support for your response.

4. Given the recent debt crisis within the EURO zone of Europe, analyze the impact to the performance of foreign markets and recommend a strategy for financial firms to minimize investment risk in these markets. Provide support for your recommendation.

5. Evaluate the role of the Federal government, if any, related to the regulation of investments by financial institutions including the scope of the role, the authority and enforcement capability within the regulatory agency, the benefits, and consequences of regulation. Predict how the regulatory environment may change over the next five (5) years. Provide support for your prediction.

6. Use at least seven (7) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. These resources must also be cited within the paper. The resources must be put in APA style (same goes with the citations and the rest of the paper).

FORMATTING:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations, references, and the rest of the paper must follow APA format.

This in quotations is not considered part of the actual assignment. This just lets me know if you read the entire assignment requirements. “Where are you originally from? Where are you located right now? What is your favorite color? I won’t respond to a private message unless these are your first words.”

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.