Minister for Business and Growth, Annette Vilhelmsen, has appointed the members of a new systemic risk council (Det Systemiske Risikoråd) whose main task will be to provide observations and warnings in relation to the build-up of financial systemic risks and to provide recommendations on initiatives that can contribute to reducing or preventing the build-up of such risks. Professor Torben M. Andersen, Department of Economics and Business, AU, is among the members of the new systemis risk council.