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Editor's LetterSR Q1 2024: It’s tough out there, but we’ve got this
It sometimes feels like the world is spinning faster, as we are bombarded with ever-more complex and intertwining threats. It is the risk professional’s job to manage and mitigate, while guiding senior management through – no easy task. But with the right tools and information, we can do this.
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Editor's LetterSR Q3 2023: Adapt or die
As the world of risk gets increasingly complex, there is a golden opportunity to elevate the profession beyond insurance buying, to strategic, value-adding, board-level ERM. Those risk managers who fail to step up and grab it with both hands may quickly become irrelevant.
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Editor's LetterBattling cyber assaults
The Wikileaks furore says two things to risk managers: digital information is never secret and be aware of cyber attacks
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Editor's LetterTaking over the reins
Taking the helm of a renowned business journal like StrategicRISK is an incredibly exciting opportunity
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Editor's LetterPromoting your profile
Recession has focused companies’ attention on risks, this is a big opportunity for the risk management community
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Editor's LetterPrinciples and contingents
Contingent commissions are totally against the European rules on anti-competitive activity
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Editor's LetterRecovery at a price
There is fear in the current recession – and fear breeds inaction.
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Editor's LetterDon’t put your faith in regulation
What went wrong in the well regulated and risk managed banking sector?
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Editor's LetterImproving, but could do better
Responsible investors can play a key role in encouraging some of the world’s biggest companies to improve their corporate social responsibility practices
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Editor's LetterTrustworthy - what, me?
Careless talk costs reputations – and it may be left to the risk manager to help pick up the pieces
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Editor's LetterWake-up Call
Jérôme Kerviel could be a name that joins that of Nick Leeson (Barings Bank) in the annals of ‘those who broke the bank’
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Who tried to mug you today?
It is an astonishing fact that most of us are victims of attempted theft every week. It is even more shocking that few of us bother to report it. Individuals and small businesses (probably large ones too) are pestered with phishing emails inviting them to disclose banking/credit card details or ...
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Risking everything for profit?
How much influence can a company really have over their outsourced suppliers?
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Comment
UK companies should make sure they are prepared for the effects of a terrorist attack, following the news that MI5 is now publishing the official terror threat to Britain on its website, say risk and
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Comment - A key question .
A key question that is taxing and will continue to tax courts worldwide in the next few years is how much responsibility individuals should take for their own actions and how much they can lay at the
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Comment
What are the main challenges facing European risk managers - and how are they dealing with them?
