interconnected risks

Interconnected risks becoming systemic

Large-scale interconnected risk events are becoming systemic, according to a survey of chief audit executives. Organisations must regard crisis as the new normality and update their risk frameworks accordingly.

In fact, that traditional crisis management teams are ill-equipped Read more

UK Government to crack down on fraud

The UK Government is to crack down on fraud by reforming Companies House and strengthening anti-money laundering powers.

Proposals contained in a new Bill – the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) 2022 Act (ECTE) – specifically targets “foreign elites” Read more

IRM Board Member Presents to United Nations Somalia, Risk Management Unit

IRM Board member and East Africa Regional Group Chair Dorothy Maseke, CMIRM, recently gave a presentation to Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) colleagues working across Somalia.  The session addressed risk-sharing approaches in humanitarian action globally and discussed how and why this is important Read more

Paul Saunders, CMIRM, appointed as the new Chair of the IRM’s Operational Risk Group

Paul Saunders, CMIRM, founding owner/Managing Director of GDFM Consulting has been appointed as the new Chair of the IRM’s Operational Risk Group, taking over from Tony Chidwick. 

Paul is an experienced, senior risk professional with excellent strategic, regulatory, Read more

Businesses need advanced risk oversight

Businesses need advanced risk oversight as executives worry that the volume and complexity of risk is growing harder to manage, according to a survey by accountancy bodies AICPA and CIMAR.

Yet only about one in three businesses has Read more

Europe cracks down on forced labour

The European Union plans to crack down on forced labour by banning products made by victims of modern slavery.

The proposals cover products made in the European Union (EU) and imports that use such labour. They target goods in Read more

ESG disclosure needs more detail

ESG disclosure by US fund managers needs more detail if it is to be meaningful, according to market insight consultancy Util.

It said managers using the UN Sustainable Development Goals must report on the Environment, Social and Governance Read more

World@RISK: Climate Change & ESG Forum

StrategicRISK and the Institute of Risk Management [IRM] are delighted to be working in partnership to deliver a new series of events for professionals who manage risk and resilience for their business and all those handling Read more