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    Facing the facts

    30 March 2010

    Risk management has entered the public consciousness. But there's a major problem: you can'f force people to apply it, as Peter Davy explains

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    Worth the risk

    30 March 2010

    It's never too soon to put in place a robust business continuity strategy. Marsh's Rod Ratsma outlines the benefits and explains the issues involved in setting up this crucial line of defence

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    Evolving threats

    1 February 2010

    As political risk uncertainty rises, the threat landscape is changing. StrategicRISK has teamed up with ACE to find out what tops your list of concerns and what you’re doing to mitigate them

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    Charting disaster

    22 December 2009

    Following a year of economic turmoil and political tensions, Nathan Skinner highlights the global issues that will be on the world's risk register in 2010

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    An update of ERM systems

    29 October 2009

    There are products on the market to help companies make sense of the large amount of data that risk management can create. Sara Edlington talks to some of the companies that think they have the answer

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    Never miss a trick!

    29 October 2009

    Nathan Skinner invites you to test your skills by playing our spot the fraud game

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    The view from Europe

    12 September 2009

    Nathan Skinner summarises what is happening in Europe’s risk management associations

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    The way ahead

    12 September 2009

    With the theme of this year’s FERMA forum being the future of risk management, Lee Coppack looks at how the risk manager’s role is evolving in Europe

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    Sing your praises

    12 September 2009

    Risk management is under attack as companies seek to cut back. Risk managers need to take every opportunity to show what they deliver, says Garry Taylor

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    Reflecting on risk management

    1 July 2009

    Felix Kloman has been described variously as the gadfly* and the guru of risk management. Some of his ideas may currently seem ‘off the wall’, not to say politically and corporately impractical, but there is a strong thread of integrity running through them which suggests that they could be pointers ...

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    Unrest and uncertainty

    6 May 2009

    The world is a risky place and economic recession has not helped, says Nathan Skinner

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    Dealing with economic downturn

    6 May 2009

    is risk management being seen as an expendable cost? Or are the skills, tools and information at the disposal of the risk manager exactly what companies turn to?

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    Picking up the pieces

    6 May 2009

    Have the high profile casualties of the finance sector strengthened the case for risk management, or merely exposed its limitations? Graham Buck looks at the evidence

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    Risk in a recession

    28 February 2009

    Risk is following hard on the heels of the recession, warns Nathan Skinner

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    Can you dig for wealth and be green?

    28 February 2009

    Extractive industries and sustainability do not go hand in hand. Or do they? We asked Total and Rio Tinto for their views

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    Hurricane risk at high resolution

    10 December 2008

    We are using high resolution climate models and supercomputers to assess future hurricane risk to the United States and Caribbean at precision never before seen. By Greg Holland with James Done, Jim Hurrell, David Hosansky and Asuka Suzuki

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    What’s hot in 2009

    1 December 2008

    Technology is an important tool for risk managers. Sue Copeman highlights eight areas where established and new technologies could be crucial in 2009

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    Strike!

    1 September 2008

    With economic slowdown and rising inflation, the spectre of industrial unrest rears its head as trades unions seek to protect their members’ standard of living, while employers attempt to cut costs. What can you do about this risk?

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    Infrastructure deterioration

    1 September 2008

    Many parts of the US infrastructure such as levees, dams, bridges and roads have deteriorated to a point that they may not withstand a catastrophe or the use to which they would be put during a disaster. By Paul Mlakar

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    The Black Swan slain

    1 September 2008

    Developing futures scenarios is a strategic risk management technique for considering what could happen in the future and its possible impact on a company’s objectives. The goal is to establish the basis for managing uncertain or unknown events.By Scott Randall