Dresdner Bank offers unique portfolio management risk analysis

The newly established subsidiary in Dubai offers its HNW clients access to the Dresdner Bank Group's portfolio management risk measurement system.

Extreme short term market fluctuations such as the "Black Monday" in October 1987 or the recent global financial crisis evoke massive reactions in the global financial environment. These reactions also have an impact on the investment portfolios of private clients and family offices. With the help of statistical risk models, the impact of such events on an investment portfolio can now be assessed. Nigel Putt heads the subsidiary in Dubai as Senior Executive Officer and is delighted to be able to offer this unique service to his large portfolio clients.

"The global financial crisis has hit investors. With our risk assessment system, we can offer a service that is highly relevant for 2009. The principle impact of the crisis is a dramatic rise in the level of uncertainty across all matters financial and with our statistical tool we can assess existing portfolios resilience to stress and then advise on optimization of future asset allocation whether the assets are managed by one bank or several. I strongly recommend that any family with financial assets make such an assessment a high priority for the first half of 2009, because it will place them in an excellent position to exploit the opportunities that eventual stabilization will present".

The risk analysis uses quantitative models that are based on fundamental economical factors; such as currencies, countries, sectors and interest rates. The system calculates hypothetical volatility, potential losses that result from extreme situations and gives a detailed risk overview on different groups of assets and single securities.

To do the test all necessary parameters for a single portfolio or asset allocation across several are defined according to the security profile, and then assessed both against historical data and predictive simulations. A high weighting of any one individual holding or asset will significantly impact the result, which will be clearly illustrated. Finally the client assets can then be benchmarked against Dresdner bank's own model portfolios, markets research and mutual funds selection lists, thereby indicating any changes that could be made. The risk analysis is free of charge and is available to clients with a minimum of $5m (equivalent) in assets under management.

Dresdner Bank (DIFC) Limited offers expertise in banking and investment products and can introduce fiduciary and insurance products. Its offering through its group companies, also comprises two Sharia-compliant investment funds, which were specially launched due to the high demand in the region. Supporting Nigel Putt in the region is a first-class team of senior private bankers. Robert Mankelow, Ashraf Al Yamani, Danish Chotani and Hilmar Oschmann bring an unrivalled and complementary skill set to the Dresdner platform.

Dresdner Bank AG is ranked second in Germany's Private Wealth Management segment.