Large (74 per cent) and medium-sized (70 per cent) businesses and high income charities (66 per cent) reported having experienced a cyber security breach or attack over the past year, according to the government’s annual survey on the issue.

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Investors are to have access to better, up-to-date information as new rules simplifying access to market data come in to force shortly, according to the European Council.

Changes to the European Union’s (EU) trading rules will establish so-called Read more

Cyber threat is the top ranking business risk followed by business interruption, according to the annual Allianz risk barometer. Physical risks also feature prominently, including natural catastrophes, fire and explosion, and climate change. 

“Many of these Read more

Compliance functions and risk managers said that their top strategic priorities over the coming 18 months are keeping abreast of regulatory changes and mitigating emerging risk, according to Thomson Reuters.

Half of respondents to the survey underpinning the Read more

UK productivity slowed during the 2008-2009 global recession and continues to lag, according to a report by the UK Parliament. While UK productivity trended around 2 per cent up until that time, it has since declined to around Read more

Global temperatures are likely to rise by over 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels over the next few decades, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 

But if governments and industry take immediate and Read more

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The risk landscape and expectations on risk departments have changed beyond recognition over the past ten years. Rapid globalisation, spreading communication networks, the pandemic, recession, Read more