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 30, 2011 The Future of Risk Management: A Proactive Approach For many organizations risk management is rapidly developing into a more forward looking, enterprise-wide approach, according to Accenture’s 2011 Global Risk Management study of almost 400 executives from 10 major industries. To...
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...
January 3, 2011 Enterprise Risk Management in Higher Education A recent Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and United Educators survey raises concerns that higher education is lagging behind other industries in considering risks as part of...
December 21, 2010 2010 Report on ERM COSO commissioned the ERM Initiative at North Carolina State University to survey senior management executives about the current state of enterprise-wide risk oversight. This report summarizes key findings from the...
December 21, 2010 Board Risk Oversight – A Progress Report COSO, in partnership with Protiviti, surveyed over 200 individuals currently serving on corporate boards of directors about the current state of enterprise risk management. Board members were divided on the effectiveness...
December 2, 2010 Corporate Directors Survey Clarifies Current Board Risk Management Practices PricewaterhouseCooper’s 2010 Annual Corporate Directors Survey resulted in responses from 1,110 corporate board members, representing 819 separate boards. Key findings shed insights on corporate directors’ experience and opinions with current risk management...
December 1, 2010 Board Risk Oversight: Insights from Recent Proxy Disclosures Deloitte & Touche LLP analyzed a sample of approximately 400 organizations’ proxy disclosures about the board’s role in risk oversight that were new in 2010 for public companies. Several observations were obtained...
October 1, 2010 Evaluating Impact of Compensation Plans The current economic climate is an opportune time for employers to determine if compensation practices are properly aligned with market practices and the organization’s business strategy. A six-step process...
September 30, 2010 Risk Management: Strengthening A Valuable Asset Grant Thornton, LLP in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, recently released a joint report summarizing their analysis of a review of issues surrounding the success of risk management practices...
September 1, 2010 Global ERM Ahead of the Curve While there is tremendous focus on the need for organizations to consider enterprise risk management, recent surveys suggest the United States is in catch-up mode relative to global organizations who...
September 1, 2010 Risk Management Practices that are Working for Public and Private Sectors The Department of Homeland Security Office of Risk Management and Analysis conducted a survey to see what actions are being taken by both public and private sector organizations with respect...
August 2, 2010 Global Emerging Risks Survey The Oliver Wyman Corporate Risk consulting practice conducted a global survey to assess the importance of emerging risks and how risk management teams are handling these potential risk events at...