Back in 2008, in the wake of the subprime debacle as the financial crisis was affecting every corners of the world economy, equity-based compensation packages of senior executives and traders in financial institutions came under the scrutiny as one possible culprits for the excessive risk-taking behaviors that eventually led to the financial crisis.
IRONICALLY, equity-based compensation systems and in particular Stock Options were initially devised as a form of risk control to resolve the conflict of interests inherent in the agency problem in organizations Continue Reading…
Risk Management Demystified 