The World Economic Forum’s Global Cooperation Barometer 2026 suggests global cooperation is holding steady overall, but shifting away from multilateral systems towards smaller, interest-led coalitions. For risk managers, that evolution matters more than the headline score.
As U.S.political and geopolitical behaviour breaks from decades of predictability, businesses and risk teams face a landscape where stability can no longer be taken for granted.
A routine cash-handling function turned into a multimillion-dollar loss when a misconfigured ATM enabled six weeks of fraudulent withdrawals. The case exposes deeper weaknesses in governance, data flows and assurance that allowed the incident to escalate unchecked.
Ayala Corporation’s Victoria Tan talks us through how the business has been embedding sustainability into risk management since 2017 – going from awareness and governance to climate modelling and data-driven decision-making.
When the CSRD brought in a new level of rigour for ESG reporting, STMicroelectronics saw the challenge as an opportunity. At a Risk-!n session, the risk team outlined how they have embedded double materiality into their enterprise risk processes, fusing sustainability with decision-making.
Banks are walking a narrowing tightrope as AI-enhanced cyber threats and growing regulatory demands pull in opposite directions. Financial risk managers must build agility to stay on their feet when, not if, they experience a cyber attack.
Deutsche Bank’s Ramesh Gopal doesn’t let volatility get to him, even when managing a risk region that includes Russia, Ukraine and Israel. Here he discusses his ‘keep calm and carry on’ mentality, and why Dubai is the perfect centre point for global business.
Risk management is too often reduced to a compliance-driven, tick-the-box exercise. Dominic Santschi, research associate and PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen, and Moritz Bachmann, senior risk leader at Roche, argue that scenario planning offers a more strategic way to prepare organisations for plausible future uncertainty.
Previously a back-office function, resilience in the digital space is now in the spotlight. At an SR:500 roundtable in asssociation with Marsh, risk leaders explored how AI, regulation and culture are highlighting new strategies and demanding board-level attention.
Advanced technology is making it easier than ever to turn data into powerful insights, which the modern risk leader must then use to create forward-thinking strategies. As the role continues to evolve, our webinar discusses how you go from risk mitigator to value creator
In a new regulatory era heralded by DORA, accountability is on a whole new level. If you are a decision-maker, you could be held responsible for compliance failures far down your vendor chain. Companies must be insurance ready, warns BHSI’s Koen Cambré and Adrienne Sitbon.
Too many organisations are operating in the dark, unable to clearly see the exposures they face. Adrien Norulak, head of risk analytics, at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions explores how better data collection, analysis and communication can help companies better manage their mitigation and insurance solutions.
Webinar: With boards more engaged, our next mission is clear: offer a wide-angle lens on how risks interact, and why risk management and opportunity can co-exist. Our panellists share candid insights on how to turn silos into the strategies a board wants to see.
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As nat cats grow more severe, insurance gaps are widening - but parametric solutions might hold the key to resilience, says Dianna Nelson, a senior structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions