PRESS RELEASE: StatPro: European Asset Managers to Prioritise Liquidity Risk
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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2010-- Liquidity risk is a key challenge faced by European asset managers, according to a survey of over 120 leading asset managers who gathered in London, Madrid and Milan during May to attend a series of conferences that discussed the future of risk measuremen
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