Features – Page 16

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    A Model of Tenacity

    19 December 2006

    A little over 20 years ago, a young woman, metaphorically clutching her new masters degrees in economics and business administration, went to work in Boston for the US subsidiary of one of Britain's l

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    Look before making the technology leap

    19 December 2006

    Do not invest in technology until you know exactly what you require it to do, say Chuck Teixeira and Grant Waterfall.

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    On the horizon

    19 December 2006

    What do the next five years hold in terms of risk and trends? Sue Copeman looks at what risk managers have to say

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    Russians going global

    19 December 2006

    Vladislav Soloviov believes that embracing international corporate governance standards can help Russian companies shake off their negative image.

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    Topics and trends

    19 December 2006

    A steady stream of regulation has imposed stringent requirements on European company directors and officers. Sue Copeman looks at the areas that risk professionals believe have implications for management liability in 2007.

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    Competing in the age of the continuous enterprise

    19 December 2006

    Keith Tilley believes that companies outside the financial services sector are generally unaware of the damage that downtime causes and of how to prevent it.

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    An adaptive approach

    26 October 2006

    Do companies which fully comply with codes automatically have good governance? The answer is an emphatic No, believes Paul Forrest of BDO Stoy Hayward

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    Harmonisation produces discord

    24 October 2006

    The provisions of the European Statutory Audit Directive have ruffled some feathers in the UK. Neil Hodge explains.

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    Key risks

    24 October 2006

    European risk professionals share their personal views with Sue Copeman on the risks that they consider crucial to their organisations.

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    No demand - or no product?

    24 October 2006

    Loss of reputation is the big one - the hit that can bring a company to its knees. But so far, it is a risk that cannot be insured. Garry Honey thinks this may change.

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    Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion

    24 October 2006

    Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.

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    Performing better

    24 October 2006

    Is regulation a burden or a blessing? Lindsay Cox says that enterprise risk management can turn compliance requirements into a valuable business performance management capability.

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    Managing supply chain risks

    24 October 2006

    In September we asked readers - our Benchmarking Club - to complete an on-line questionnaire on supply chain risk management. This month's report summarises their response.

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    Modelling Offshore Energy Risk

    6 October 2006

    Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?

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    Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes

    6 October 2006

    The OECD has launched an international network that will gather high level public officials, representatives of the private sector and academic experts with a view to exchanging information and provid

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    Reviewing Model Changes

    6 October 2006

    Commercial catastrophe model vendors have made key changes this year to their US hurricane and European windstorm models. Especially for US hurricane, the effect on modelled loss is material.

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    Putting pop in the ERM bottle

    12 September 2006

    Lee Coppack reviews the enterprise risk management seminar held by StrategicRISK in conjunction with Protiviti.

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    A positive approach

    12 September 2006

    Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.

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    IT compliance reduces risk

    12 September 2006

    How can companies ensure they are archiving and protecting business data to comply with electronic data laws? Hugh Jenkins explains.

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    Regulation and risk management

    12 September 2006

    Kevin Ludwick discusses how the compliance function fits into risk management in the financial services sector.