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NewsFS 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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Bitcoin: 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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Avoiding 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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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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Cat bond issuance hits six-year high
“Pipeline for new issuance remains strong for second half of year”
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Lehman files for bankruptcy
The investment bank becomes the latest high profile victim of the global credit crunch
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Fed 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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S&P 500 Q2 earnings down 29%
Marks fourth consecutive quarter of negative earnings growth
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Gangs 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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Betting 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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Detica 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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Elevated 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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Risk broker speaks out after fraud scam
ACR says businesses need to be more aware of corporate identity fraud
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McAfee responds to online robbery
McAfee says hunt for online criminals is further example of crack down on cyber criminal activity
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Fraud 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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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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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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Risk News
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
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Special Report
Spotting the bad apples
How do you spot a fraudulent employee? Hitesh Patel gives some guidelines
