All General articles – Page 14
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Top risk managers honoured
Prize-winning risk managers and a respected member of the profession received awards at the AIRMIC annual dinner in London.
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Features
Risk Information
Sue Copeman reports on the Willis Business Risk Practice Think Tank on risk information for the 2ist century.
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Analysis
Winning with integrity
A new UK report spells out the advantages of being a socially responsible business.
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Analysis
Internet warning
The risks from e-commerce and using the internet are little understood and potentially crippling, according to Oliver Prior, research and development director of Willis Group Ltd.
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Analysis
Risk management training
The IRM and the IOSH are offering a new training course for managers.
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Analysis
Stopping occupational spammers
A recent survey by Gartner Group found that up to one-third of internal business e-mail was unnecessary.
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Analysis
Pay and practices
The Conference Board's new report looks at the size and type of compensation paid to outside directors among companies in three industry sectors.
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Analysis
Raising the profile of PFI
Dot.com investors and analysts know to their cost that it is difficult to get hold of reliable forward-looking information about companies.
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Analysis
Protection for trustees
Following the implementation of the Trustee Act 2000 in February, Stuart Alexander Insurance and Risk Management, Fund Protection Ltd and AIG Europe have launched fund protection insurance to protect
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Features
Right to vote
Investing in companies in some countries becomes a gamble if you can't get information or influence operations. Sue Copeman says shareholders are pressing for change.
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Analysis
UK ruling alerts ALARM
The UK House of Lords ruling on 27 July in Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon has important risk management implications for local education authorities and the public sector in general.
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E-commerce risks are still not properly assessed
Many large British companies are setting up internet project teams without due regard for the risks involved, claims AIRMIC's new e-com-merce Special Interest Group (SIG).
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Analysis
NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
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Features
Process benchmarking and sharing knowledge
Jonathan Bendit describes a system for sharing process information.
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Analysis
EASD best practice guidelines
The European Association of Securities Dealers (EASD) has issued pan-European corporate governance recommendations.
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Analysis
Byers calls for UK law change
The framework of company law needs both to allow and to encourage directors to take wider responsibilities into account.
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Call to join the virtuous circle of risk
New AIRMIC chairman Alan Fleming launched his year in office with a rallying cry to risk professionals urging them to "get rid of the silo mind-set".
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Analysis
ICGN forms share voting committee
ICGN has formed two committees to further its aims for fairness for international shareholders.
