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12.19.08
In The Risk Communicator, the newsletter of the Security Analysis and Risk Management Association, Steel City Re's Robert Liscouski outlines the business case for security in an article entitled, "The Reputation Value of Security: Managing a Critical But Intangible Asset."
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12.05.08
In Intellectual Asset Management magazine, finance editor Nigel Page quotes Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky opining on the critical need for reputation management and the vital role of insurance in assuring value as stakeholders take flight to safety.
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11.25.08
In Risk & Insurance magazine, Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky suggests that to avoid D&O and other claims, insurance companies and others need to learn to manage the intangibles.
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11.18.08
Steel City Re's Robert Liscouski describes insurance-driven innovations in compliance enforcement at Beyond Compliance: Data Security and Corporate Risk at the Harvard Club, New York.
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11.10.08
Jonathan Salem Baskin writes in Advertising Age magazine that Steel City Re's metrics and management solutions bring to corporate reputation protection the clarity of forward-looking management tools instead of backward-looking crisis management.
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10.03.08
In the October-November 2008 issue of IAM Magazine, authors Jorge Torres and Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky show that over the long term, companies that are superior managers of their intangible assets create more shareholder value. They also show that over the short term, these same companies have more stable stock prices. Last, over the past few months, reputational value has almost been as important as balance sheet value in establishing the market value of financial service companies.
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9.18.08
Anyone paying attention to the business headlines these days will readily appreciate the extent to which the strength of a financial services company is tied to its reputation -- and its business network (call it a financial supply chain if you must). The Intangible Asset Management magazine blog offers a timely reminder. "Ironically, Lehman Brothers was felled by the same vortex of forces that a year ago, turned Barbie’s accessories into toxic waste and knocked off $2 billion from Mattel’s market cap. That vortex was created by the complex forces at play in Mattel’s business network, ie, its supply chain."
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9.09.08
Supply chains are a prevalent form of commecial organization required by flat and lean organizations that outsource non-core functions. These are unencumbered by physical assets, are rich in intangible asset value and knowledge capital, and demonstrate superior returns on assets. These networks are essential for business, and are major source of risk. Steel City Re co-sponsored a conference on Reputation Perils in supply chains sponsored by the IAFS. Click here to link to the press releases from 8 Sep and 9 Sep.
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9.03.08
The Fall issue of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management magazine is devoted to the "The Future of Capital" and includes discussions on intellectual capital/intangible assets. The issue contains articles from a number of perspectives from thought leaders. These interviews/insights cover issues ranging from accounting to social capital and from brand equity to reputation. On pages 90-92, Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky discusses "what it takes to become
a superior steward of intangible assets."
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8.04.08
In the article Reputation Resilience appearing in the current issue of IAM magazine, media partner to the Intangible Asset Finance Society, Steel City Re's Peter Gerken, President of the Insurance group, describes how best practice intangible asset management brings tangible benefits when a company finds its reputation is on the line.
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7.01.08
The Conference Board, the world's preeminent business membership and research organization best known for the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, invites Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky to address its Reputation Risk Research Working Group.
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6.23.08
The Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy in cooperation with the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies hears Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky propose policy options to improve corporate competitiveness. The National Academies bring together committees of experts to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.
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5.13.08
The Security Analysis and Risk Management Association hears Steel City Re's Robert Liscouski explain how value from investments in security can be realized when companies become superior managers of their intangible assets.
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5.12.08
The Financial Times publishes a letter on the value of reputation and the limitations of modern accounting from Steel City Re's CEO, Nir Kossovsky, in his capacity as Executive Secretary of the Intangible Asset Finance Society.
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4.23.08
Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky explains the benefits of locating a leading-edge financial services business in Pittsburgh (Letter to the Editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette).
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3.26.08
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson responds to Nir Kossovsky's question about private sector initiatives to protect and restore intangible asset value driven by integrity (6m13s into the CNBC Q&A segment at the US Chamber of Commerce).
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1.28.08
Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky shares his outlook on the intangible asset finance markets with IAM magazine.
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1.09.08
Writer Laura Goldman, in Michael Milken - Healthcare revolutionary appearing in Health Outcome Communicator 2008; 24:2-3, reports on Steel City Re's patent pending TOPCAP™ structure (conduit) for accelerating healthcare innovation.
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12.29.07
George Mason University School of Law Critical Infrastructure Protection Program publishes an analysis of the intangible value of security by Steel City Re's Robert Liscouski.
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12.14.07
Summary of the Steel City Re-sponsored conference, Financial Impact of Extra Financial Information, appears in IAM magazine.
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12.05.07
Milken Institute Israel Center's Financial and Policy Innovations Lab invites Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky and Judith Giordan to address conference in Jerusalem..
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11.12.07
Steel City Re to sponsor 14 Dec 2007 IAFS conference in New York on the Financial Impact of Extra Financial Information.
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11.06.07
Tomorrow's Business features Steel City Re's Robert Liscouski and Nir Kossovsky in a one hour radio program.
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11.05.07
The Bottom Line features Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky in story on the financial impact of intangible assets.
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09.09.07
New York Times features Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky in story on intangible asset monetization.
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08.23.07
Economist magazine publishes Letter to the Editor on intangible asset value from Steel City Re's Nir Kossovsky.
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