Allianz Risk Barometer – Major Business Risks 2024
The top risks in this year’s Allianz Risk Barometer reflect the big issues
facing companies right now – digitalization, climate change and an uncertain geopolitical environment.
IRMSA Risk Report – South Africa Risks 2020
At this stage in our country’s history, risk management has never been more important. Already, many risks have materialised but in their wake a whole new set of risks have emerged. We, as a nation, as organisations and as individuals must identify these risks clearly, and put the necessary strategies in place to mitigate them.
This was the overall theme of the address to the IRMSA Risk Conference in October 2019 by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
He said that we need “to prevent new risks from emerging while we manage those that already exist – with a view to reduce them or minimise them and to hopefully eliminate or leverage them in the long run.”
The Chief Justice set the context by correctly noting that our approach to risk must be informed by the shared national vision embodied in our Constitution. He emphasised that this vision incorporates the fact that there were injustices in the past, and that they need to be redressed or they will continue to constitute risks to our democracy and erode the social capital on which every nation depends:
What is it that we are called upon to do as individuals and as the citizenry of South Africa? How will we make sure that those injustices of the past do not continue to pose the risk they posed in the past? How do we eliminate them so that we can become the stable, peaceful and prosperous nation that we all desire to be?
Emerging Risks Key Findings – 2024 Survey
The 17th Survey of Emerging Risks compiles trends about risks that extend longer than a time horizon used for the normal planning cycle, using the foresight of risk managers to identify relative changes to responses across consistent topics. It is sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Questions are both quantitative and qualitative, maintaining response options and showing how risk management practices are evolving. The survey results, especially the comments, provide risk managers a way to network with peers.
Risk in Focus – 2024 Survey Results
The worldwide participation in the Risk in Focus survey provides a rare opportunity to compare risk levels and internal audit planning between different regions.
IRMSA Risk Report – South Africa Risks 2021
There is no doubt that 2020 will go down as a year to be remembered. While the Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact,
the year brought many challenges, from the forest fires in Australia at the beginning of the year to the volcano eruption in the Philippines, followed by a long list of hurricanes and widespread social unrest in the US. All of these have highlighted the reality of
persistent and disruptive volatility. There is no reason to think that volatility will decrease - in fact, it is only likely to increase.
James Lane Allen said, “Adversity does not build character, it reveals it”. The adversity we are operating under is continuing to reveal
the importance of risk management and business resilience. It has changed the way we are, the way we work, the way we think
and the way we act. It has accelerated innovation and digitalisation, and created an imperative for companies to transform their
operations. It’s no longer the big fish eating the small – it’s the fast fish eating the slow fish (World Economic Forum). It’s now about
agility and how quickly we respond to changes, and the making of better-informed, faster decisions to survive in a rapidly changing
environment.
FERMA European Risk Manager Survey Report
We are pleased to present the results of the 2022 European Risk Manager Survey. The survey has now taken place
every other year for 20 years. It represents the most comprehensive picture of views of professional risk managers
across Europe.
Risk Management 2025 and beyond: Priorities and Transformation Agenda for Financial Services
Risk Management 2025 and Beyond distills the perspectives of senior Risk executives at financial institutions across the globe to understand today's priorities and help build the risk transformation agenda for the future.
IRMSA Risk Report – South Africa Risks 2022
Currently we are only just in the ‘Fake it until we make it, or not?’ scenario, which is where we have been for the past two years. What
is encouraging is that recently we have been doing some things right, although not nearly enough. We now have to urgently overcome
the current inertia to avoid a slip into the worst-case scenario of a ‘Perpetual hangover’. The challenge is to avoid regressing on any of our of our gains so far. While we are barely in the ‘Fake it until we make it, or not?’ scenario, we now need to focus on sustained implementation of what we have started. We need to leverage the progress we have made and translate our efforts into tangible outcomes. The threat and opportunity landscape is challenging, but we believe we are on the right course. We now need to demonstrate our staying power as a country and organisations to succeed. We need to leverage the progress we have made and
translate our efforts into tangible outcomes.
Top Risks Survey – 2024 to 2034
The ever-changing risk landscape and the overall perceived magnitude and severity of risks should prompt boards and executives to scrutinise closely the approaches they use to remain focused on emerging risk issues and to integrate those insights into strategic decision-making.
Risk Management in a Technology-Driven World – 2024 Survey
Over the course of two weeks from March 20 to April 2, 2024, we surveyed approximately 200 professionals
working in third party risk management, procurement, vendor management, and similar roles in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Ireland.