In safe hands, risk opens up large opportunities

Investing in risk management is a way of protecting your business. But how can you be sure you're seeing the full picture?

In this section you will find our perspective on managing risk — the most important risk issues that our clients are seeking advice on; our global risk research into the views of key stakeholders; the unrivalled sector insights that our industry teams offer, and risk case studies that demonstrate how we are helping clients to tackle both the opportunities and threats of risk.

The aim is to help inform and create a dialogue with you about risk.

What’s new

Top 10 strategic risks for business

What strategic challenges are likely to affect your company in 2008 and beyond? Ten of the most critical risks, including regulatory and compliance, financial shocks, and aging consumers and workforce, are analysed in "Strategic business risk: 2008 — the top 10 risks for business."

Achieving a balance of risk and performance

Organizations are increasingly looking at improving business performance alongside their information security risk management. The "10th annual global information security survey" looks at the current state of information security, and offers opportunities for balancing risk mitigation and performance, and aligning information security with the business.

Risk issues

Taking hold of global mobility risk

Two factors lie at the heart of global mobility risk: complexity and change. Since neither of these is going to disappear any time soon, the challenge is how to deal with them. Our Human Capital professionals provide insight (pdf, 144kb) on how companies can control and mitigate the myriad challenges inherent in doing business globally.

Risk management and internal controls

Risk management and internal controls can create competitive advantage according to "The future of risk management and internal controls". It points out the many challenges of aligning and coordinating these roles and tasks — and provides questions you can apply to start the improvement process. If you missed the Thought Center webcast “A balanced approach to risk and performance,” watch the archive in video format.

Risk research surveys

Managing risk: stakeholder perspectives

An overview of the three previous Risk surveys compares stakeholder perspectives and identifies an account of emerging risk management best practice.

Board members on risk

board members’ attention is focused on monitoring and managing risk as never before. But our new report identifies some differences of perception between Audit Committee members and other independent board members.