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19 November 2018 | Risk Management Practices
This article focuses on the challenge of changing organizational and sub-unit cultures to better manage the many forms of cultural risk (see sidebar) and thereby improve organizational performance. We propose that a focus on key character dimensions in all employees, but specifically those in risk leadership roles, will result in accelerated culture change, improved risk management and better organizational outcomes.
14 November 2018 | Technology Innovations
In this report, we draw from a wide range of sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the global digital lending landscape. We survey recent growth trends of peer-to-peer (P2P) and other forms of alternative lending that have been enabled by digitization, and compare and contrast the major digital lending markets around the world.
6 November 2018 | Geopolitical
Canadian financial service professionals have watched negotiations with a keen eye to see what changes could be made to the original NAFTA provisions and what the possible implications might be for the industry. With an agreement in place, it is possible to begin to evaluate the new elements of the USMCA and point to the kinds of first and second-order effects of which financial risk managers should be aware.
5 November 2018 | Cyber security and Fraud
Managing the Risk of Web Security Author: Henry Harrison, Co-founder & CTO of Garrison Technology The author is an independent contributor to the Global Risk Institute and is solely responsible for the content of the article.
15 October 2018 | Climate Change and Environmental Risks
In view of the recent turmoil caused by international trade negotiations, we can view climate change policy in a game theoretic setting. In other words, although the major players may benefit from global emission reduction, there is a natural tendency to engage in climate policy as a strategic game. In this report, we study three different climate change games and compare with the outcome of choices by a Social Planner.
15 October 2018 | Climate Change and Environmental Risks
Climate change caused by human activity represents a particularly intractable tragedy of the commons, which can only be addressed by cooperative actions of individual decision makers at both national and regional levels.
25 September 2018 | Climate Change and Environmental Risks
Many of the costs associated with climate change, such as large-scale coastal flooding and long droughts, are predicted to occur decades or even centuries into the future. However, societies have to invest today in order to effectively mitigate and reduce these long-run risks.
13 September 2018 | Cyber security and Fraud
It has been said that data is the new oil, and if that is the case, your clients could be sitting on a significant unclaimed reservoir. Helping clients claim their rightful ownership of data assets could enable them to both harvest value and enhance their cyber security.
13 September 2018 | Technology Innovations
In this paper we discuss smart contracts - computer programmes running on top of a blockchain. We start with some intuitive examples that demonstrate the concept of a smart contract and then consider the Ethereum platform, the most notable platform for decentralized applications. We also outline some applications of smart contracts and discuss associated risks.
27 August 2018 | Risk Management Practices
The trend of increasing Cyber Dependency has been highlighted by the World Economic Forum as one of the most impactful trends changing society today. Organizations must be able to view digital innovations and their dependency on them in a systematic way to truly visualise that which is a threat and that which may signal opportunity.
