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September 1, 2009

Current State of Enterprise Risk Management

The recent economic crisis has forced many companies to evaluate their risk management process. The authors of this article conducted a survey to gain a better understanding of risk oversight....

August 20, 2009

Risk Intelligent Governance: A Practical Guide for Boards

A recent whitepaper issued by Deloitte LLP provides practical guidance for boards of directors to follow when enabling and executing “risk intelligent” governance. This whitepaper provides approaches to create value...

August 1, 2009

A New Landscape for Risk Management and Oversight

In response to the current economic crisis, company boards and audit committees are looking for ways to improve their approach to risk oversight. Risk management perspectives are becoming more focused...

August 1, 2009

Internal Audit and Risk Oversight

The Institute of Internal Auditors recently issued two new practice advisories related to risk management. The first practice advisory, titled “Using the Risk Management Process in Internal Audit Planning”, deals...

July 16, 2009

Walker Review on Corporate Governance in the UK Banking Industry

Governance failures contributed materially to the excessive risk taking leading to the financial crisis, and improved governance is key to decreasing the chance of these events recurring. The Walker Review...

July 1, 2009

Shifting of Internal Audit Strategy and Focus

Findings from a survey and roundtable of internal audit executives, service providers, and regulators show that internal audit is changing its risk priorities and audit coverage in response to changing...

July 1, 2009

How Risk Management Is Changing in Response to the Economic Crisis

The economic crisis is changing the risk management landscape in various ways. The government bailouts enacted in response to the economic crisis will have many effects, with the greatest potential...

July 1, 2009

Getting Executive Compensation Right

Executive compensation systems are often criticized for rewarding the wrong things, ignoring shareholder objections, focusing on short-term results, and being too opaque. Finding the appropriate level and type of compensation...

June 1, 2009

Culture of Candor

Performance of leaders is increasingly being measured based on the extent to which they create economically, ethically, and socially sustainable organizations. Increased transparency is an important step for leaders making...

May 1, 2009

Increasing Oversight by Audit Committees

Audit committees are responding to the recent financial crisis by refocusing and increasing their oversight efforts. Committees report a renewed focus on the “basics” of oversight that include better education...

May 1, 2009

Getting Risk Appetite Right

While the concept of a risk appetite framework is sound and can provide many benefits to organizations, many of these frameworks failed during the current crisis due to design and...

April 15, 2009

Risk Culture of Companies

Risk culture is an area of risk management that has become a recent focus for many boards. Risk culture is the system of values and behaviors present in an organization...

March 31, 2009

Effects of Economic Crisis on Corporate Governance

The economic crisis is impacting the future of corporate governance. With boards being one of the players blamed for the crisis, their roles are shifting and growing in importance, with...

March 1, 2009

Audit Committee Member Survey

The 4th Annual Public Company Audit Committee Member Survey was sponsored by KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Between November 2008 and February 2009, 280 audit...

March 1, 2009

Key Areas of Concern in Corporate Governance

Strong corporate governance is essential for boards as they are positioned to lead the way in implementing measures that contribute to economic growth and sustainability. There are four areas of...

February 1, 2009

Boards Emphasize Risk Management to Survive Current Economic Crisis

KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute hosted a national conference with the goal of discussing the current challenges, practices and priorities facing audit committees and boards. Among the results, the professionals...

January 1, 2009

Global Risk Management Survey

Risk management today is becoming increasingly important to the marketplace because of the financial instabilities felt by all. This turbulent atmosphere in the marketplace since the early part of 2008 has...

December 1, 2008

Board Oversight of Risk Management and Executive Compensation

Boards of directors have fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders and there are several “pressure points” they can address to ensure fulfillment of these duties. One pressure point for boards is risk...

November 1, 2008

Improving Board Risk Oversight

This report discusses how a person’s perceptions shape their views of risk. Because of varying views of risk, boards are prone to different interpretations of its responsibilities for risk...

November 1, 2008

Improving Board Risk Oversight

The spotlight has turned to boards and the result is boards are trying to assess how they should strengthen their own processes to enhance their effectiveness in risk oversight. While...

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Walker Review on Corporate Governance in the UK Banking Industry

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Increasing Oversight by Audit Committees

Getting Risk Appetite Right

Risk Culture of Companies

Effects of Economic Crisis on Corporate Governance

Audit Committee Member Survey

Key Areas of Concern in Corporate Governance

Boards Emphasize Risk Management to Survive Current Economic Crisis

Global Risk Management Survey

Board Oversight of Risk Management and Executive Compensation

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Current State of Enterprise Risk Management

Risk Intelligent Governance: A Practical Guide for Boards

A New Landscape for Risk Management and Oversight

Internal Audit and Risk Oversight

Walker Review on Corporate Governance in the UK Banking Industry

Shifting of Internal Audit Strategy and Focus

How Risk Management Is Changing in Response to the Economic Crisis

Getting Executive Compensation Right

Culture of Candor

Increasing Oversight by Audit Committees

Getting Risk Appetite Right

Risk Culture of Companies

Effects of Economic Crisis on Corporate Governance

Audit Committee Member Survey

Key Areas of Concern in Corporate Governance

Boards Emphasize Risk Management to Survive Current Economic Crisis

Global Risk Management Survey

Board Oversight of Risk Management and Executive Compensation

Improving Board Risk Oversight

Improving Board Risk Oversight