The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative body for alternative asset managers, has released a new guide to operational risk management for asset management firms.
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The risk landscape for businesses is substantially changing in 2016. While businesses are less concerned about the impact of traditional industrial risks such as natural catastrophes or fire, they are increasingly worried about the impact of other disruptive events, fierce competition in their markets and cyber incidents.
Cyber breaches and insider threats, which include malicious employees stealing, manipulating or destroying data, are the fastest-growing risks for UK companies according to EY’s 2016 Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey.
An increased likelihood for all risks, from the environmental to society, the economy, geopolitics and technology, looks set to shape the global agenda in the coming year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 has found.
The combination of shifts in travel patterns, attacks far from conflict zones, online communications and fraudulent travel documents have led to a ‘decisive stage’ in the fight against terrorism, INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has warned.
At the start of the year, members of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) were asked to identify key risk areas for businesses for the year ahead. A broad range of risks were highlighted as potential flashpoints
Chief risk officers (CRO) will need to keep close watch on a number of strategic, operational, and external risks this year, according to new research by KPMG LLP. Effective risk management and mitigation will be critical
The global turbulence of 2015 is set to continue in the coming year, according to the 2016 Political Risk Outlook released by Verisk Maplecroft
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