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OpinionSilicon Valley Bank’s collapse: a wake-up call for risk managers
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank raised important questions about the role of risk management in ensuring stability. Atul Vashistha, chairman and CEO of Supply Wisdom, explores the key lessons that risk managers should learn
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AnalysisFS regulation needs “fine tuning” in 2018 – Deloitte report
Financial services firms need a globally coordinated approach from their watchdogs to address regulatory divergence, according to Deloitte’s centre for regulatory strategy
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AnalysisBitcoin: a risky investment
While the popularity of secretive virtual currency Bitcoin continues to soar, questions remain over its market volatility, and the risks associated with its use
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PeopleAvoiding another crash
“We cannot allow history to repeat itself once more” – Deutsche Bank’s former global head of corporate insurance Guenter Droese looks back at the causes of Europe’s credit crunch
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Analysis
Courting the capital markets
A fall in prices for some of the more traditional catastrophe cover is forcing insurance-linked securities to seek more diverse premium markets
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AnalysisCat bond issuance hits six-year high
“Pipeline for new issuance remains strong for second half of year”
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Online onlyLehman files for bankruptcy
The investment bank becomes the latest high profile victim of the global credit crunch
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Online onlyFed bails out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Treasury said it would buy as much as $200bn in preferred stock in the mortgage companies
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Online onlyS&P 500 Q2 earnings down 29%
Marks fourth consecutive quarter of negative earnings growth
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Online onlyGangs push fraud to 12 year high in 2007: Study
Organised criminals accounted for nearly 90 % of fraud by value in 2007, according to a KPMG study
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AnalysisBetting the bank
A single rogue trader has shocked financial markets worldwide, and raised serious questions about risk management in one of the world's largest financial institutions
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Online onlyDetica urges businesses to get resilient to danger
Mounting security threats in 2008; Detica argues that businesses need to move beyond ‘security’ to ‘resilience’
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Online onlyElevated risk in 25 of the 50 largest economies: Aon
Multinational organizations face elevated political and economic risks, according to latest analysis from Aon
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Online onlyRisk broker speaks out after fraud scam
ACR says businesses need to be more aware of corporate identity fraud
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Online onlyMcAfee responds to online robbery
McAfee says hunt for online criminals is further example of crack down on cyber criminal activity
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Online onlyFraud costs rise 40%: PWC survey
The average direct financial loss to companies has risen to US$2.4m from US$1.7m during the period 2005-2007
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Features
Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
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Features
Economic crime still soaring
UK companies are losing billions of pounds to economic crime. Hossein Hamedani discusses the results of a recent survey.
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Features
E-disclosure challenges and risks
The electronic age has added new challenges and risks to the process of legal disclosure say Philippa Bennett and Reza Alexander
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Analysis
Controls fail to curb fraud
Fraud is costing UK businesses nearly £2bn a year and a new report reveals that employees are finding it 'staggeringly easy' to get away with it
