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Risk Management

Papering over the cracks of the euro coin

Feature

Papering over the cracks

Europe may have edged closer to agreeing another Greek bailout package, but FDs are preparing for the country to leave the single currency, writes Phil Thornton

29 Mar 2012

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Feature

Danger for directors

Directors are increasingly being brought to account for individual failings. Richard Crump looks at how they are protecting themselves

29 Mar 2012

Feature

Turning risk into profit

Companies that apply the highest number of risk management practices can expect a much higher level of EBITDA, finds Martin Morris

29 Mar 2012

Analysis

Chief risks in 2012

Many governments are ill-equipped to handle severe economic challenges in 2012, writes Richard Crump

06 Jan 2012

Feature

Six steps to policy excellence

The right approach to risk mitigation will help your organisation meet regulatory requirements, manage the costs of compliance and realise competitive advantage, writes Dominic Saunders

25 Oct 2011

Web seminar

Governance Risk and Compliance - inspiring confidence through greater business predictability

This webinar assesses methods to ensure you have the internal processes fine tuned to monitor compliance with published standards in corporate and financial governance

24 Oct 2011

Opinion

Integrating risk into performance reporting

A failure to integrate performance and risk management can leave businesses struggling in the face of uncertainty, warns Regine Slagmulder

14 Oct 2011

Event

Web seminar: Governance Risk and Compliance

Join our expert panel as they provide practical insight and recommendations that will allow you to overcome the challenges of controlling risk

04 Oct 2011

Feature

The insurance traps that FDs must avoid

It’s costly, complex and understood by few – but getting a handle on company risk and insurance could help boards avoid awkward questions from stakeholders in the event of any claims, warns Roger Flaxman

08 Sep 2011

Special

The road to ruin

A report from Cass Business School has identified common factors that underlie apparently disconnected corporate crises and failures. Alan Punter discusses the lessons

18 Aug 2011

Blog

The Entrepreneur’s FD: If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong

The responsibility for preventing Murphy's Law from dragging down a business is often left for financial directors, writes James Nicholson-Smith

13 Jul 2011

Opinion

Review of regulatory initiatives is urgently needed

If regulation remains principles-based, non-executive directors must create the culture to see it properly effected

20 May 2011

Opinion

Audit committee chairman first port of call for FDs

A good audit committee chairman is of real value to a finance director through good times and bad

20 May 2011

Interview

“More FDs should spend time outside finance”: Steve Clayton, Fujitsu UK & Ireland CFO

Driving M&A in deal boom time before returning to finance in recessionary days provided invaluable experience - and profile - for Fujitsu UK’s CFO

18 Apr 2011

Web seminar

De-risking - identifying opportunities

Mark Duke, head of settlement consulting at Towers Watson, on de-risking your pension scheme

13 Apr 2011

Web seminar

Cashflow is king: Taking your credit risk strategy to the next level

Andy Craven, head of RMS at D&B; Jamie Campbell-Harris, CFO of Incisive Media; and Neil Morling, CFO of EC Harris, discuss credit risk

25 Mar 2011

Analysis

Risk revisions lead to more board oversight

Korn/Ferry finds companies are revising who is responsible for risk management

24 Mar 2011

Special

FD Report: International

We look at export finance, corruption risk and what international experience adds to a finance director’s CV

22 Mar 2011

Feature

Pension deficit reduction means less risk

De-risking is getting easier as scheme deficits begin to lessen in number

18 Feb 2011

Opinion

Yield, liquidity, bank relationships

The Association of Corporate Treasurers' annual survey pinpoints three key FD concerns

10 Feb 2011

Upcoming Events

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8.30am, Thu 14 Jun 2012

Financial Director Summit 2012

The Financial Director Summit 2012 will provide a unique platform in which to share, compare and contrast experiences whilst learning and networking with peers

Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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