A study by PwC estimates between €896 billion and €1,415 trillion ($1.1 trillion and $1.8 trillion) could be released from balance sheets globally through improved working capital management.
Companies with an expanding global footprint have been slow to add directors with global capabilities to their boards, according to research by global executive search firm Egon Zehnder. To better understand the impact of this gap, companies should ask three questions.
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) announced that it is undertaking a project to update its Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework, which debuted in 2004.
Many companies worldwide struggle to get a handle on fraud, waste and abuse risks in the supply chain. A Deloitte fraud investigator offers seven questions that may lead accountants to breaches.
The number of reported information security incidents around the world rose 48%, according to PwC’s The Global State of Information Security Survey 2015.
Regulatory oversight and inflation have played significant roles in the rise in fees US companies paid in 2013 to external auditors, according to new research by Financial Executives International.
US public company board members are increasing certain procedures to prevent fraud risk, but many are not comfortable with their understanding of their companies’ risk appetite, according to a new survey.
A global survey conducted by Harvard Business School on the gap between executive compensation and unskilled workers’ wages offers answers to why shareholders are baulking at CEO pay.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to pay an award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower – a total that’s more than twice the previous record payout announced in the commission’s 2-year-old whistleblower program.
The way companies use social media is under increasing scrutiny by regulators across the globe. A UK regulator has issued guidance for financial services companies on the use of social platforms as a vehicle for customer communications.
Proposed changes to guidance followed by internal auditors include a new mission statement and a set of 12 core principles that highlight what effective internal auditing looks like in practice.
Reputational risk and cybersecurity are US company board members’ top nonfinancial concerns, according to a new survey report. Read more about the risks that are rising—and falling—on board members’ lists of concerns.
Many not-for-profits lack the resources to implement a holistic approach to risk across the enterprise. So it’s no surprise that they often lag behind public companies in implementation of enterprise risk management.
Broadening duties in a rapidly changing business environment make it imperative for the internal audit profession to evolve, according to a new research report.
Investors worldwide are looking for signs that India’s economy is regaining strength following government reforms that started in late 2012 and an improved business sentiment in the wake of national elections.
Most companies consider managing supply chain risks important, but that doesn’t mean they’re all good at it. Here are five ways to boost your company’s supply-chain risk management.
A new CGMA briefing calls on companies to measure their dependencies and impacts on critical natural resources and ecosystems to build more resilient, sustainable business models.
Only about 15% of companies see a strong link between their enterprise risk management (ERM) processes and their business strategy, according to a new survey.
