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 Read more

Facilitating effective crisis leadership

The highly disruptive world in which we live means that the need for organisations to be able to respond quickly and effectively to rapidly emerging risks or sudden crises has never been greater.

Most organisations recognise this and undertake Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

Oil & gas, energy and renewables: Risk maturity survey

IRM would like to invite you to take part in our survey into risk management in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Renewables industry. The purpose of the survey is for us to gain insights from practitioners regarding Read more

Insurers mixed messages on IoT

Insurers are giving out mixed messages on their ability to adopt and take advantage of IoT – the internet of things.

As smart devices enter more homes, offices and workplaces, insurers stand to benefit from real-time data analytics from Read more