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    February 18, 2020
    Cybersecurity Trends in 2020: What to Expect and How to Prepare
    Cyber attacks continue to rank among the leading business concerns in 2020, according to the eighth annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks, a joint survey by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. Drawing on responses from 1,063 board members and executives from around the world, the survey found that cyber threats represented a “significant impact risk” to senior managers, one…
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    February 19, 2020
    Risks at the Intersection of Talent, Culture, Innovation and Technology
    Certain kinds of risks, if left unaddressed, inhibit organizations’ capacities to deliver on strategic targets. Particularly noteworthy are the crucial relationships between such risk areas as talent, culture, innovation and technology, which prompt further inquiry into how these areas intersect: What culture attracts top talent? What talent is needed to be agile, competitive, nimble and…
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    February 24, 2020
    Innovating AML Compliance: The Next Regulatory Imperative?
    Incorporating innovative approaches into anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention remains a key agenda item for the financial services industry, trade associations, advocacy groups and, increasingly, the regulators. At the recent SIFMA AML conference, we joined industry panelists on stage to discuss not only the obvious benefits of integrating leading technologies into AML…
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    February 25, 2020
    Economic Conditions, Digital Adoption and Talent Shortage Headline the Top Risks List for Tech Companies in 2020
    Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) organizations around the globe entered 2020 feeling uncertain about their prospects for business growth in the year ahead. The potential for a downturn, which increases every day after the long streak of economic growth we’ve experienced, is one factor fueling that worry. So, too, are ongoing changes in tariff and trade policies. This is not a…
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    February 27, 2020
    Assembling a New Labor Model in the Manufacturing Industry: Four Innovations to Consider
    Manufacturing organizations have to find innovative ways to tackle a game-changing skills shortage if they intend to thrive in the new decade. For the past two years, leaders of manufacturing companies around the globe have expressed a growing concern about their organizations’ inability to get skilled, in-demand talent. In our latest Executive Perspectives on Top Risks survey, conducted by…
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    January 25, 2019
    From Spreadsheet-Driven Madness to Reporting That Excels
    Perhaps it’s the exceptional usefulness of spreadsheets that makes problems with them inevitable. Many organizations we know have experienced being handcuffed to spreadsheets, for one or more of the following reasons: They lack a good reporting system.Their reporting systems are available to some but not all of their locations or departments.They need reports that draw data from several…
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    January 29, 2019
    On Leaders’ Minds for 2019: Digital Challenges, Regulatory Scrutiny, and Competition for Talent
    All enterprises are subject to risks that have the potential to disrupt business models and damage reputations overnight. Senior leaders - across industries and geographies - indicate they anticipate increasing risk in 2019. This is only one finding from the Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2019 report Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. This survey asks business leaders to…
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    February 4, 2019
    Planning to Go Public in 2019? How to Get and Stay IPO-Ready Through the Government Shutdowns and Other Market Conditions
    2018 was a strong year for initial public offerings (IPOs), and investors have been looking forward to some high-profile initial public offerings in 2019. Companies are counting on the capital raised from those offerings to achieve critical business objectives, such as expansion — through either internal growth initiatives or acquisitions — or paying down debt incurred in pre-IPO growth…
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    February 6, 2019
    Chief Risk Officers on the 2019 Risk Landscape: Keep Calm, Carry On
    We’ve all heard the cautionary tales: Blockbuster, Kodak, Borders – the market leaders that couldn’t keep pace with disruptive innovation and so became history. The risk of falling behind – in technology, talent or innovation – is the waking nightmare of corporate boards of directors and executives across the C-suite. It is the full-time job of chief risk officers (CROs) to make sure that…
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    February 7, 2019
    Insurance Accounting Changes Are Coming Globally, and a Coordinated Approach Is Best
    Most public companies have already switched to the new revenue recognition standards and have moved on to the implementation of new lease accounting rules. Private companies, which were given a year longer to prepare, are close on their heels. Financial institutions are working out the kinks in complying with new rules on current expected credit losses (CECL). And now insurance companies, which…
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