All financial risk articles
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Interviews
Five minutes with new IRM board member David Epstein
StrategicRISK caught up with David Epstein, a new non-executive board member at the Institute of Risk Management, to get his take on the top risks facing organisations today
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Analysis
Poly-crisis looms so boards and risk managers must act now
New research highlights the top threats facing organisations over the year ahead. Here’s how risk managers can tackle interconnected risks and build resilience
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Analysis
Business risks growing thanks to understaffed tax teams - how to manage the threats
Under-resourced tax departments are causing significant risks for global organisations, however, automation and technology may hold the answers
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Analysis
Economic concerns replace people challenges as the biggest short-term risk for businesses
Risk managers must prepare for the return of historic threats such as inflation, interest rate rises, and currency volatility
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Analysis
Why risk managers should harness intelligence from internal audit as recession fears grow
Despite the many economic resiliency measures internal audit functions are engaged in, they are often an overlooked key asset in supporting organisations to navigate economic uncertainty. Here’s how risk managers can work with audit teams to better plan for financial shocks.
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Opinion
Faster payments are opening companies up to fraud risk - how to mitigate the threats
Baptiste Collot, co-founder and CEO of Trustpair, explores how risk managers can tighten payment controls to reduce the risk of fraud
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Opinion
How risk managers can prepare for the imminent Consumer Duty deadline
Risk functions need to integrate consumer duty requirements into their frameworks and day-to-day routines. Ryan Knapton, ERM implementation project manager at Protecht explores how this can be achieved.
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Analysis
Economic uncertainty fuels financial, liquidity and insolvency fears
How risk managers can tackle risks to businesses driven by ongoing economic uncertainty
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Analysis
Risk of financial crisis looms - what it means for firms
Banking system strains and tightened credit supply now pose the greatest threats to the global economy
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Analysis
What the $30trn global liquidity gap means for risk managers
Against the backdrop of increasing credit and liquidity risk, we explore how risk managers can help their organisations to mitigate these threats
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Analysis
SVB crisis shows need for diversified funding options
Corporates must not put all their eggs in one basket where funding options are concerned
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Analysis
HSBC buys UK arm of stricken Silicon Valley Bank
Deal rescues a key lender for tech start-ups in the UK and curbs fallout from the biggest bank collapse since 2008
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Opinion
Re-inventing sanctions screening
Why firms must improve compliance, drive efficiency and tackle friction as the war in Ukraine rumbles on
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Analysis
Business outlook brightens despite geopolitical fears
Worries over further severe energy market disruption have eased at the same time as China’s Covid reopening - risk survey
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Analysis
Business leaders caught in “onslaught of interconnected risks”
Economic concerns top Aviva’s risk index, as net business confidence in the UK economy plummets
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Analysis
Ferma: Boards need risk managers’ help on sustainability
More in-depth knowledge of sustainability issues in business operations is becoming imperative, says risk association
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Analysis
UK regulations have ‘suffocated’ London’s competitive edge
The news comes as Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to announce sweeping reforms to the financial services industry
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Analysis
Howden to buy French broker CRF
It is Howden’s first acquisition in France since appointing Nicolas Aubert as CEO, Howden France
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Opinion
What’s causing the shift towards systemic and counterparty risks?
It is no coincidence that risk management is now very high on the agenda of financial institutions across buy side and sell side
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Analysis
Beazley launches D&O solution for crypto companies
Crypto firms face a myriad of risks from extreme volatility to a lack of regulation