Governance and risk

Ethics in action: Suspicions of money laundering

The modern workplace can be an ethical minefield. This monthly column helps you tackle the thorny, but very real, challenges that management accountants face in the workplace.

3 steps to building strong risk management

To survive a crisis, businesses need to create contingency plans and robust management information systems, and embed risk thinking at all levels.

A case study in bribery violations

A telecom incurs $1 billion in fines for violating US anti-bribery laws. Here’s how finance departments can prevent and detect bribery schemes.

5 risk management lessons from the coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has amped up risk management. Here are five lessons business leaders should heed to keep their risk management on track.

WEF highlights $10 trillion in sustainable business opportunities

As companies chart their COVID-19 recovery path, businesses can capture new opportunities in environmentally and socially sustainable models.

Stay vigilant against these 5 data security risks

Even with the pandemic still going strong, finance needs to remember good data hygiene to prevent expensive breaches.

Data insecurity on the rise

A study found most organisations should focus the bulk of their security efforts on credential theft, social attacks, and human error.

CFOs’ growing role in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing

The oversight role doesn’t always fall to the finance chief, but leaders should be ready to take it on by understanding the risks.

UK body provides finance sector climate-related risks guide

A new guide for the UK’s financial industry offers guidance on risk management, scenario analysis, disclosures, and innovation.

CFOs’ top 5 lessons for handling coronavirus crisis

Three experienced finance leaders share what they have learned and what they are doing to deal with turmoil and uncertainty.

The key return-to-work challenges facing finance leaders

Giving staff clear instructions and reasons for returning to work in offices means that leaders must walk a fine line.

The traits of a strong business continuity plan

A consultant in Europe explains the importance of having business continuity plans in place and the reasons that plans sometimes fail.

Making risk a central focus

When deployed properly, risk management becomes an integral part of a company’s operations, according to Sarah Kuijlaars, FCMA, CGMA.

COSO provides new guidance on risk appetite

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has published new guidance on risk appetite and its critical links with strategy and decision-making.

How to avoid COVID-19 phishing scams

Finance professionals and their staffs can be targets in efforts to defraud companies, experts say.

Consider these areas as pandemic restrictions ease

How are European finance leaders helping their organisations prepare for a ‘new normal world’ as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions ease?

Fraud red flags for third-party intermediaries

Experts explain how to minimise risk when working with intermediaries in foreign countries.

CFO priorities amid the coronavirus crisis

Health and safety, cash and liquidity, and the shift to remote working are on the list of UK CFOs’ priorities as the coronavirus crisis unfolds.

COVID-19: Preparing for what’s next

Want to have a better understanding of what lies ahead as the global health and economic crisis continues? Here are suggestions from an international risk adviser.

5 ways to navigate the COVID-19 crisis

Chinese finance leaders' experiences offer a way through the current crisis — from the need to protect cash to taking a broad commercial perspective.

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