The craving for information is driven by companies' aggressive liquidity management in the face of tight credit as well as credit concerns around counterparties and supply chains.
Economists Milton Ezrati of Lord Abbett, David Levy of the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center and John Lonski of Moody's Investors Service look at what comes next for the economy.
Companies are expanding the use of all tools at their disposal as they seek to gain greater visibility into all exposures, develop creative strategies and take mitigating action quickly.
Momentum continues to grow for the expansion of carbon markets in North America and a cap-and-trade system in the United States, presenting a myriad a challenges for businesses. Here's a look ahead from Pat Concessi.
Despite growing global uncertainty and instability, companies have yet to take the same formal and measured approach to political risk as they do to managing other exposures.
Although a few companies had made savvy moves with their plans before the crisis hit, the ailing economy is prompting many to freeze their pension plans and eliminate matches for 401(k)s.