It has been a decade since the Great Recession hit our country, threatening to end the American way of life through an economic meltdown. In hindsight, the 2008 sub-prime loan crisis can go down as one of the greatest cumulative risk management failures in U.S. history. When rewards increase, the risks always follow suit, a […]
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How to Get The Most Out of a Risk Heatmap
Risk heatmaps are a common tool for many risk managers. A risk map is built by plotting the frequency of a risk on one axis of the chart and the severity on the other. Frequency is how likely the risk is or how often you think it will occur, while severity is how much of […]
Social Media Best Practices
Take a stroll through any university campus and you will see countless individuals roaming the social media platforms in their mobile devices. It is everywhere, and it is not going anywhere. Social media, in my opinion, will go down as one of the greatest creations by man, mediums that allow for information to be shared […]
Where Do CROs Come From?
This is a great article by Kate Strachnyi from Risk Articles which shows a very interesting analysis and findings on the role of Chief Risk Officer (“CRO”). The main question driving this analysis was: Where do CROs come from? Using product Tableau, the study displays a visual timeline style chart and relies on key data […]
Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2018
In the end of 2016 we reported Protiviti’s findings and views on the 10 top risks for 2017, based on Protiviti’s fifth annual risk survey of directors and executives, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative. Similarly, Protiviti has published their Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2018. Highlights resulting from this year’s results Organizations […]
The Global Risks Report 2018
Similarly as last year, we are publishing the most recent Global Risks Report 2018, 13th Edition, by the World Economic Forum. At a glance, the Global Risks Landscape will give us a clear overview of the Risks considered for 2018, from an impact and likelihood perspective, with the risks being laid out in a matrix […]
2017 Global Risk Study – Banking
By the mid-2020s, banking should look very different. By then, the disruptive forces in this decade of change should have consigned time-worn business models to obsolescence. To survive—and thrive—banks should take swift action. While the risk function is focused on managing new competitors and new risks, it is also expected to drive efficiency and make […]
COSO Updated Enterprise Risk Management Framework
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released an update to its ERM Framework: Enterprise Risk Management–Integrating with Strategy and Performance, which is the first and long awaited since 2004. The updated COSO framework was developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers by request of the COSO board of directors. The main objective is to keep […]
