October 1, 2012 Four Steps to Better Statistical Performance Measures Managers hinder their performance insight by focusing on sexy performance metrics that may be persistent but not predictive, and vice versa. These popular key performance indicators (e.g., EPS growth)...
July 27, 2012 Mature Risk Management Drives Financial Performance In a recent survey, Ernst & Young assessed the maturity level of risk management practices and found a positive relationship between risk management maturity and financial performance. It was revealed that...
July 1, 2012 Increasing Percentages of Organizations are Embracing Enterprise Risk Management Recent research conducted by faculty who lead the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative at North Carolina State University reports a steady increase in the percentage of organizations that claim to...
July 1, 2012 Managing Third-Party Risk in an Increasingly Collaborative Business Landscape Businesses today rarely do everything in house. While outsourcing offers a number of unique advantages, those benefits may also expose the organization to a number of new risks. Relying on...
June 1, 2012 Executives Take on Enterprise Risk Management Post- Recent Crisis In spring of 2012, a survey of 192 U.S. executives from various industries was conducted by Forbes Insights in association with Deloitte that revealed findings vital to the business world that...
March 1, 2012 Responding to Shifting Global Risk Trends The experiences associated with natural disasters and political events that occurred in 2011 are have implications for the kinds of risks organizations may need to consider in the near future. Lessons...
January 1, 2012 Special Report: Risk Lessons from the 2011 Japan Earthquake Disaster In the Global Risks 2012 report, the World Economic Forum features a special report on the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. The special report highlights some lessons learned from the...
January 1, 2012 The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2012 Report The World Economic Forum’s seventh edition of the Global Risks 2012 report details the survey results of 469 global experts from different sectors. The experts ranked the likelihood and impact of 50...
November 1, 2011 Proactively Managing External Relationship Risk The focus on managing third-party risk is becoming prevalent in the current business environment as more organizations turn to external providers to gain access to needed services, reduce costs, or...
November 1, 2011 2011 RIMS ERM Survey The 2011 Enterprise Risk Management Survey published by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) shows that ERM is growing as a mainstream business practice with more companies adopting ERM programs....
November 1, 2011 Risk Management in US Government Agencies (non-DoD) The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington based non-partisan organization focused on research and analysis related to policy initiatives, examined the risk management processes of United States government...
October 1, 2011 Audit Committees Concerns About IT Risks KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute recently published its 2011 Public Company Audit Committee Member Survey Report. This report covers the most prevalent issues audit committees would like allocate more attention to...
October 1, 2011 Audit Committees Call for Better Risk Management Risk management was named as a priority issue for audit committees in the 2011 Public Company Audit Committee Member Survey Report recently released by KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute. This report,...
September 1, 2011 Corporate Crisis: What are the Similarities and What Can We Learn? Cass Business School at City University - London researched some of the largest corporate crises of the last decade. While each company faced very different issues, the researchers found common...
July 1, 2011 Managing Human Capital Risk Though companies recognize the high impact of Human Capital Risk (HCR), many still have immature HCR management processes, if any. The Conference Board researched companies based in North America, Europe,...
June 1, 2011 Assessing ERM Programs An effective enterprise risk management (ERM) program can significantly help an organization see and take action on risks that may be affecting the achievement of their core strategic objectives. Organizations...
April 29, 2011 Risk Management: A Driver of Enterprise Value in the Emerging Environment The emerging practice of enterprise risk management has created both challenges and opportunities to further enhance enterprise value. KPMG conducted a survey of CEOs, board members, and risk practitioners across...
March 1, 2011 Implementing Effective Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance The costs and processes of implementing an effective enterprise risk management approach can seem intimidating to an organization. This research paper by the Economist Intelligence Unit highlights four stages of...
February 9, 2011 Webinar Featuring Insights from Two COSO Risk Oversight Reports Download the presentation ERM Board Risk Oversight – A Tale of Two Surveys from COSO, that highlights key findings and insights from two recent COSO released survey reports on the current...
February 1, 2011 A Survey of Global Risk Management in a Changing Environment After the recent global financial crisis, many economies and financial markets around the world appear to be strengthening. However, serious concerns still exist as organizations are not returning to the...