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ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

ERM AT TD. TD as a regulated financial institution is a strong advocate and practitioner of ERM.Regulators, such as OSFI (Canada), FSA (UK), SEC (USA) demand financial institutions employ advanced risk management practices. TD manages all its key risks through ERM frameworkRisks identified, ownership is determined and centralized risk management (oversight) is established.Key risks include strategic, credit, market, operational, insurance, regulatory/legal, reputational and liquidity. .

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ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

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    1. ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT June 2008

    2. ERM AT TD TD as a regulated financial institution is a strong advocate and practitioner of ERM. Regulators, such as OSFI (Canada), FSA (UK), SEC (USA) demand financial institutions employ advanced risk management practices. TD manages all its key risks through ERM framework Risks identified, ownership is determined and centralized risk management (oversight) is established. Key risks include strategic, credit, market, operational, insurance, regulatory/legal, reputational and liquidity.

    3. Who is responsible for risk at TD ?

    4. Key Aspects of TD�s ERM

    5. TD�s Energy Trading Business-Applicable Policies New business policies (do we have the proper systems, regulatory approval, legal, accounting etc to support a new business/product.) Reputational risk (risk of negative publicity will cause a decline in TD�s value, liquidity or customer base) Credit policies. Limits for the business and for its counterparties. Market risk policies (establish market risk tolerance) Valuation policies (models, reserves, independent price validation) Business recovery policies (failure of systems, pandemics, etc) SOX policies Security (security of systems, confidential information) Know your customer and anti-money laundering Personal trading policies

    6. TD Energy-Market Risk Policies

    7. TD Energy Risk Management Process Extensive daily reporting of market risk (p&l attribution by book, commodity price changes, volatility surfaces, delta, strike maps, gamma ladders, VaR, stress, risk limits, backtest etc.) and credit risk (exposure/availability by counterparty) Daily review of business/investigation by Risk Management (profitability, market conditions, positions, price volatility, liquidity, etc.) and discussions with Front Office as warranted. Overage reporting-escalation based on level of overage Independent price validation Market Risk Committee meets bi-weekly to discuss risk issues and policies Market risk policies updated regularly to reflect new products/locations/market conditions. Continuous improvement of systems and processes

    8. Why does ERM fail? While most financial institutions and many hedge funds and corporates have implemented ERM, we continue to experience periodic massive risk failures (sub-prime, asset based commercial paper, SocGen, Amaranth, etc.) Most ERM programs appear to be very similar (at least as to form) , but outcomes are dramatically different. Why?

    9. Reasons for ERM Failure Form over substance. Many ERM programs are implemented to satisfy external requirements (e.g. regulators, ratings agencies, auditors) and are not necessarily driven by the senior leadership team. Risk management team is not credible with respect to the operating business units (risk as overhead). Lack of industry/market knowledge, inexperience, a theoretical vs. practical mindset may all contribute to diminished credibility. Greed (either at the corporate or at the individual level) outweighs risk concerns. Operational risk is neglected. Poor systems and sloppy processes allows the rogue trader to assume unwarranted risks. Over reliance on third party risk assessments (e.g. asset backed commercial paper, sub-prime) Risk falls between silos (e.g.credit default swaps-where credit/market risk mix) Occasionally-poor risk metrics (valuation models, VaR models) Risks change over time and new risks emerge. Risk tends to place limits on yesterday�s risks-not tomorrow�s.

    10. Reasons for Success ERM fully supported by senior leadership team and the overall corporate culture Credible, knowledgeable and experienced risk staff who are able to effectively interface with senior line executive Risk processes must be transparent and Risk must have a seat at the table when major decisions impacting the institution�s or corporation�s risk profile Risk managers from all disciplines (market, credit, legal, operations ) must be able to communicate effectively with each other. Risk systems must be robust and effective. Don�t neglect operational risk. Learn from mistakes (your own and others)

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