Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter January 14, 2022 The Top Risks for 2022: A Global Perspective Our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of COVID-19, people and culture issues, the economy, and digital transformation on the near-term risk landscape. In the following table, we rank our survey’s highest-rated risk themes in order of priority to provide a context for understanding the most critical uncertainties companies face over the next 12… Client Story May 26, 2023 Transforming risk culture from the bottom up: A global insurance provider’s RCSA journey A leading global property and casualty insurance provider set out to transform its risk controls as part of an ongoing effort to promote a culture of excellence. Siloed knowledge of operational risk and controls made it difficult for the organisation to improve quality and compliance. Establishing awareness of vulnerabilities and mitigation protocols across the organisation would boost regulatory… Flash Report August 7, 2020 Lease Auditing: An Untapped ROI Opportunity Identifying and Recovering Excessive Billings From Landlords Issue Is your landlord complying with the financial aspects of your lease? Commercial leases are often structured to include ambiguous and complex cost terminology aligning with the landlord’s financial interest. On top of a base rent payment, these leases often include subsequent expenses that vary year to year, such as common area… Newsletter April 15, 2022 Ensuring Technology Fluency in the Boardroom Every company is a technology company today. With business and technology inextricably intertwined, directors need to possess sufficient knowledge of technology issues to execute their duty of care responsibilities. Research indicates there is a financial performance payback from a technology-savvy board. An analysis of the boards of U.S.-listed companies determined that companies with boards of… Newsletter December 15, 2022 Sustainability and the Board’s Governance Role Globale Untersuchungen zeigen, dass sich Unternehmen in Nordamerika weniger für Umwelt, Soziales und Governance (ESG) engagieren als Unternehmen in Europa und im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum. Welche Schritte sollten Vorstände unternehmen, um ihr ESG-Engagement zu verbessern? Newsletter December 9, 2022 Setting the 2023 Audit Committee Agenda As in prior years, our suggested 2023 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, process and technology issues and financial reporting and disclosure issues. In addition to discussing these agenda items, we have offered questions for audit committees to consider when self-assessing their own performance with respect to executing the normal ongoing activities articulated in the… Newsletter March 9, 2023 A Director’s Responsibility to the CEO Das beispiellose Tempo von Innovationen auf dem Markt und die widersprüchlichen Anforderungen zahlreicher Interessengruppen setzen den CEO unter besonderen Druck. Inwiefern tragen die Vorstandsmitglieder zur Leistung und Funktionsfähigkeit des CEO bei? Newsletter November 8, 2023 Board Risk Oversight in the Age of Disruption In these disruptive times, how should boards discharge their duty of care and duty of oversight with respect to risk when the models to follow aren’t clear? Is the board’s risk oversight process fit for purpose in today’s dynamic environment?Board engagement with risk and how it is managed has been a topic of interest for many years. While risk has always been present in every business, the… Newsletter June 1, 2020 What Directors Should Be Asking Right Now As companies emerge from lockdowns marked by unprecedented change and begin to look forward, boards should continue to ask the right questions. As countries across the globe emerge from lockdown, discussions tailored to the evolving marketplace and issues around employee health and safety are needed in the boardroom. While the specifics will vary depending on the circumstances, we pose 10… Newsletter May 19, 2020 Getting There Eventually: Finding Equilibrium in Uncertain Times (Part 2 – Resilience Is the North Star) This issue of The Bulletin is the second of our two-part discussion of the challenge in finding equilibrium in these uncertain times. In Part 1, we discussed the attributes and actions needed to find equilibrium in the likely phased transition from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown.[1] Given that a period of ongoing change will follow the lockdown, equilibrium means… Load More
