Analysis – Page 5

  • Earth from space
    Analysis

    Divided they fall

    2011-09-02T10:19:00Z

    The benefits of a worldwide presence can be offset by increased vulnerability to hazards including political unrest, natural disasters and lack of a shared corporate culture

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    When to attack, when to defend

    2011-06-09T11:43:00Z

    The boardroom is a battleground, risk managers are generals and raw materials are the lives of soldiers; important risk management lessons can be learnt from history’s greatest wars

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    The trappings of success

    2011-04-21T13:07:00Z

    Success breeds success, so the saying goes. But successful companies can also breed behaviour that creates risk to the business. And if it goes unchecked, such behaviour can lead to spectacular failure

  • Pensions Insight
    Analysis

    Economy picks up but risks escalate: Advisen

    2011-03-16T11:42:00Z

    As the economy improves risk profiles are getting worse, warns new research

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    Of the essence

    2008-09-11T13:34:00Z

    What does subprime say about banks’ risk management?

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    Ripples spread from the subprime crisis

    2008-04-02T14:20:00Z

    Large multinational firms are at risk of an increased threat of claims as a result of rising volatility in the financial markets

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    Class actions across Europe?

    2007-06-06T08:19:00Z

    Some European countries have already seen legislative changes designed to facilitate the bringing of group actions in some cases. How do StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club correspondents view class actions and their possible impact? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey

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    D&O Premiums still increasing

    2004-04-21T00:00:00Z

    A report from Tillinghast, part of Towers Perrin, after research among 2,139 companies in the US and Canada, shows that Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance premiums increased by approxima

  • Analysis

    MANAGING MERGERS

    2004-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a case study-based report on the management of international mergers and acquisitions

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    Iceland:Frozen Value

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    A rather unglamorous frozen food and freezer chain, Iceland’s shares were 113 times oversubscribed when the company went public in 1984.

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    Governance and mergers

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Corporate governance issues can have a significant influence on cross-border mergers, according to a report issued in July by The Conference Board.