The Risk Management Service is aimed at fund managers, stockbrokers, securities firms, investment analysts, finance directors, corporate planners, actuaries, trustees, bankers, accountants, private investors, consultants, legal practices and regulators. In investment management the RMS is used to match shares to clients requirements, analyze portfolio risk and potential, set target risk levels, monitor diversification, evaluate performance, back-test portfolio strategies, measure forecasting ability, and translate security analysis into successful portfolios.
Risk measures are also crucial for valuing options and other derivative instruments.
In corporate finance the RMS helps finance planners to check the performance and volatility of their company's shares, draw comparisons with competitors, set risk-adjusted required rates of return, evaluate corporate and divisional performance, judge the financial strength of customers and suppliers, screen the market for acquisition targets, and fully exploit the potential benefits of the capital market. The cost of capital has been central to recent debates on the regulation of utilities such as water, power and telecommunications. The RMS is available in printed form for 375 per year and on floppy disk for import into all major spreadsheet packages for 750 per year including the printed booklet. Small quantities of bespoke data such as share returns or a monthly history of beta values for 10-12 companies is also available on floppy disk for a minimum downloading fee of 250. Subscription is on approval, subject to examination of the first issue.