Risk analysis specialist sees sales revenues jump in Middle East and North Africa
Risk and decision analysis expert Palisade (www.palisade.com) has reported an increase in Middle East and North Africa sales revenue of 241 percent in the first half of 2009, compared to the same period the previous year.
The company has operated in the region since [...]

Investors and decision-makers must demand uncertainty analysis warns Palisade
As the media reports tentative signs that the recession is over and the stock markets start to head upwards again, risk analysis expert Palisade (www.palisade.com) is warning on the false security offered by static forecasts.
With recessions only occurring on average every ten years, despite their potentially devastating [...]

- Craig Ferri, Managing Director at leading Risk and Decision Analysis Software Company Palisade
14 September, 2009, London, UK; The recent turbulence in the global economy has projected the word ‘risk’ into many everyday conversations, both commercial and personal: the unacceptable risks taken by fund managers which led to the collapse of major financial institutions; companies [...]

Data-Based Decision Making for Uncertain Times
Ithaca, New York and London, UK. Palisade Corporation has just released an enhanced new version of its DecisionTools Suite, the best-selling decision support package available for Excel. Version 5.5 of the DecisionTools Suite is a selection of seven software programs that put the most frequently used methods for objective, [...]

Cambridge University’s Judge Business School is using @RISK from Palisade (www.palisade.com) to advise on climate change. This work involved the risk analysis software forming a key element of the analysis model that supported the Stern Review, the largest and most widely referenced report on the economic impact of global warming.
Dr Chris Hope, reader in [...]

BrandPartners Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BPTR), a leader in delivering retail environment solutions to the financial services industry, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary BrandPartners Retail has hired David Vazdauskas, a seasoned marketing and brand strategist, as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, a new position for the company. While his primary responsibility will be to [...]

Citi today announced that Eric Aboaf has been appointed Treasurer of Citigroup, reporting to Chief Financial Officer Ned Kelly.
Mr. Aboaf will manage Citi’s balance sheet and will be responsible for ensuring strong liquidity, asset and liability management and optimization of our capital structure.
He will work closely with all of Citi’s businesses within both [...]

Invitation to free webcast – Friday 2 April 2009
John Lynch, president of JWL Environmental, will give the next presentation in Palisade’s live webcast series:
“The use of The DecisionTools Suite in Probabilistic Cost Estimating for Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations”
2 April 2009
4 to 5pm UK time (11am to 12 noon Eastern Daylight Time)
This free live webcast will [...]

@RISK helps Águas do Douro e Paiva estimate impact of construction of new power sub-station on overall company energy costs and water tariffs
Águas do Douro e Paiva (AdDP, www.addp.pt), a Portuguese water utility company, has estimated the potential financial success of an energy costs reduction project using @RISK, the risk analysis software tool from Palisade [...]

This week has seen the head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) admit that the watchdog did not focus enough on the excessive risks being taken by banks. In addition a former HBOS employee has confessed that risk managers at the bank were discouraged from challenging business decisions. In light of the current [...]