Crisis in the Middle East – Energy Prices and Geopolitical Risks

By Grant Griffiths and Dylan Campbell

The current events unfolding in Iran and across the Middle East once again highlight the continuing importance of hydrocarbons to our global economy, and their impact beyond the here and now of a Read more

Translating Cyber Risk into Financial Impact

by Amena AlBasher, MSc (Cornell), Risk management and GRC expert.

In 2025, boards and CFOs find themselves in an unprecedented situation where they urgently need to know the reality of cyber risk in clear financial terms. The SEC cyber Read more

CRO Diary: The Strategist

The new faces of the Chief Risk Officer: the Strategistby Adam Ennamli, CRO, General Bank of Canada

Rapid transformation, mounting complexity and unpredictability are now the main characteristics of today’s business world, and the role of the Chief Read more

The Hidden Financial Risks of Infrastructure Investments

Infrastructure projects are often touted as engines of growth, building roads, schools, and power grids that spur economic development, but beneath their grand vision lies a landscape of financial pitfalls that can hobble even the most promising of plans. Read more

UK’s Online Safety Act comes into force

by Zhanar Tukyeva, IRM Cyber Group

Effective from 17th March 2025, the UK’s Online Safety Act has officially come into force. The Online Safety Act 2023 is a law aimed at protecting both children and adults online by making Read more

Complexity of inter-connected risks on the rise

UK businesses are most concerned about economic and financial risk (43 per cent), cyber-risk (39 per cent) and people risk (38 per cent), according to a report by Marsh McLennan. But it is the inter-connected nature of such Read more

Fraud and error cost UK up to £81 billion annually

The UK lost an estimated £55 billion-£81 billion of taxpayers’ money to fraud and error in 2023-2024, according to the government financial watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).

The money that has been detected as lost amounted Read more

Most FTSE 100 firms fear supply chain threat

Most (72 per cent) FTSE 100 companies rate supply chain risk as a principal threat to their organisations, according to research by Boston Consulting group Inverto.

“The severity – and short notice – of disruptions in the Suez Read more