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FT–ICSA Boardroom Bellwether survey Winter 2017
The FT–ICSA Boardroom Bellwether is a twice-yearly survey of FTSE 350 companies that seeks to gauge the sentiment inside UK boardrooms. It canvasses the views of their company secretaries to find out how boards are responding to the challenges of the economy, market conditions and the wider business and governance environment. Questions cover a range…
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Mifid II day of reckoning
The day of reckoning arrived for banks, brokers and asset managers this month as Mifid II finally came into force on January 3, 2018. The Financial Instruments Directive II (Mifid II) – a wide-ranging set of rules that affect everything from stock trading to analysts’ pay – is designed to of promote greater investor protection and…
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More focus on risk management
The first flurry of predictions for 2018 are beginning to drift in. While technology disruption, natural disasters and cyber risk are all near the top of most lists published so far, risk management has also gone up the agenda for executives. C-suite respondents to a survey by the consultant Protiviti – Executive perspectives on top…
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Faking it
Several elections may have been influenced by so-called fake news disseminated over social media over the past 18 months. They include elections in the UK, the United States, France, Germany, India, Kenya and the Netherlands. And fake news was probably at play in referenda in the UK and Spain. For example, stories have been circulating…
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Setting the risk agenda
Risk managers recognise the challenges they face that are coming from increased business outsourcing, greater political uncertainty (including but not limited to Brexit) and business volatility. The challenges of demographic and socio-economic factors, climate change, digitisation and new technology, combined with the increasing complexity of risks, are placing more demands on organisations. This is set…
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Sustainable business
“It is no longer business as usual,” Professor Mervyn King, chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, said in a keynote presentation at the IRM’s Risk Leaders 2017 conference in London in November. Over 160 senior risk managers from around the world attended the event. Rapid population growth, climate change and advances in technologies…
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Risk agenda 2025 in infrastructure
Project risk managers discussed thought-provoking topics at a recent Risk Agenda 2025 event held in London. Here is a summary of some of the views expressed A lot of people do not appreciate the value that risk managers add to their projects. It can be difficult to see where £10 million has been saved, for…
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Book your place at Risk Leaders today
IRM’s Risk Leaders Conference is almost upon us – and there is still time to book your place. This year’s Risk Leaders conference will focus on how corporate and individual behaviour affects the ability of organisations to manage their risks, particularly in the context of the widespread political and technological changes that have been rapidly…
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Institute of Risk Management and Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies announce new research partnership
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies (CRS) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School have announced a new research partnership. The primary focus of the work will be to review the risk management practices of major organisations and to determine how they are adapting to meet future challenges and…
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Artificial intelligence and risk management
Artificial intelligence is going to be “a redefining event” and there needs to be a debate about its consequences on risk managers, regulation and society at large, according to a gathering over over 150 people at a recent IRM/Imperial College Business School event. Artificial intelligence is a “cognitive technology” that extends what used to be…
