Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Sort by: Relevance Date Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Survey January 10, 2024 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks - Private Equity Risk landscape is shifting for private equity firms and portfolio companiesWhile the top 2024 and 2034 risk concerns of executives and board members from private equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies track closely with the risk priorities identified by leaders globally in other industry sectors, the volatility that roiled the PE market in 2023 is evident in how leaders in the industry… Newsletter January 10, 2024 The Top Risks for 2024: Risk Priorities Are Shifting Conducted in partnership with the NC State ERM Initiative, our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of economic headwinds, talent issues, emerging technologies, cyber threats and geopolitical events on the 2024 risk landscape. This issue of Board Perspectives discusses the 10 highest-rated risk themes noted in the survey to provide a context for understanding… Blog October 11, 2021 The cities are alright: Yes, they’ll survive... and be far more important in 2030 and beyond Cities may have bent, but they’re not broken. Reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated.Too many executives are unprepared for the coming climate crisis.Cities’ revenues have suffered. Now, we need businesses to re-invest in cities. Blog March 1, 2022 It’s the end of the work as we know it, and I feel fine We’ve spent months asking questions about the future of work, and now we have some very educated guesses as to where this all leads.While some may want to return to the good old days, it’s becoming increasingly clear there’s no going back.Workers have options and will surely exercise them. Blog February 10, 2023 Hyperbole, hype and hope? Trillions of reasons why the metaverse matters Let’s start at the beginning: Protiviti defines the metaverse as “an immersive, collaborative virtual world that exists as physical and virtual objects converge.”Some forecasts have put the metaverse’s overall global economic impact as high as $15 trillion by 2030. Hyperbole, hype and hope? Maybe, but there’s some smart people and significant brands betting on its success.Business leaders will… Blog January 24, 2024 Wealth management in a digital future with Greg Dillon of OneTeam Financial "I don’t think that the digitization of the monetary system really changes the game for wealth managers, but I do think that the U.S. is behind a lot of countries as far as payments go and the digital payment systems.""Given the fact that [crypto is] not as traceable as bank deposits, it does open itself up for these illicit transactions and things that are outside of the scope of what we really… Blog February 2, 2024 Longtime regulator Tom Vartanian on crypto and a CBDC: Proceed with caution "I tend to think that cryptocurrency is never going to be money. It may be an investment. It may be a security. It may be a commodity. I don’t ever think it’s going to be money.""We’ve got a regulatory system that I have argued is terribly out of date, terribly misfocused, and at the end of the day, focused on only a small portion of the financial services business.""If you can open up an account… Blog February 8, 2024 Is the U.S. dollar in decline? Financial experts weigh in on its status in a changing world The gap between the U.S. dollar and other global currencies will decline over the next decade, as will its share of foreign trade, but I don’t see that happening in a significant way any time soon.A weakened dollar will not only has enormous economic implications, but political and geopolitical implications, as well. Business leaders, executives and directors need to prepare for a world… Blog February 14, 2024 From trust to tech equity to transparency, governments have issues. Is digitization the fix? There was a time more than three out of every four Americans trusted the government to “almost always” do what’s right. Today, it’s fewer than one in six. The current state of e-government is fragmented, incomplete, and needs rationalization. This situation creates unique security and privacy risks due to legacy and new IT systems.The Government Accountability Office found that only three of 15… Blog March 5, 2024 Cybersecurity expert: The U.S. is facing big challenges "We don’t know so much about technology and we’re playing as if it’s always going to be benevolent and good to us, but the problem is that there are so many people increasingly every year using it for bad purposes and to steal money or to influence elections or bring down governments." "You can watch any congressional hearing you like, the ones with Mark Zuckerburg and Facebook were interesting… Load More