This article illustrates how enterprise wide risk management has evolved over the last few years and emphasises how organisations can benefit from adopting it.

After the global financial crisis hit the developed economies of the world, many companies were hit by a storm of new conditions that rocked their organisations and their ill-equipped enterprise risk management structures.  Many large companies operated risk management in silos and none of them communicated to one another, causing problems when the economy and [...]

Adopting an enterprise wide integrated approach to risk management has become all the rage in recent times.  Not only does it allow companies to align its risk management activities with corporate performance to reduce any risk exposure, it also provides an ideal platform to review and exploit opportunities.  It is with this in mind, that [...]

Being complacent with risk management is like playing Russian roulette in today’s changing world. Regulations change, markets collapse and finance is becoming harder to come by.  Though many companies are now scrambling just to survive, it didn’t have to end up that way. Many companies ignored enterprise risk management (ERM) strategies and did not create [...]

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