A View from the IRM

Articles, views and opinions from the Institute of Risk Management

Review of the effectiveness of the Combined Code

Joint response by AIRMIC and the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) to the Financial Reporting Council review of the effectiveness of the combined code - Progress Report and Second Consultation ....... read more

(October 2009)

Putting a value on qualifications

How would you like to earn an extra £152,000? Well, according to recently published research, that’s the lifetime value of holding professional qualifications and being a member of a professional body .......read more

(February 2009)

In the firing line?

A few short months ago, ‘You’re fired!’ was the catchphrase of Sir Alan Sugar, despatching another aspiring apprentice, whose ambition was only matched by their ineptitude, from the popular UK TV show..... read more

(November 2008)

Risk management and the credit crunch

The modern practice of risk management is fundamentally a systematic and comprehensive approach to the management of risks within an organisation.....read more

(September 2008)

Making the link

They say it’s not what you know, but who you know. IRM of course would argue that both are important....read more

(October 2008)

Tackling environmental risk

In October 2007 the American Electric Power Co paid an out of court settlement of $4.6bn, plus a $15 million civil fine and $60 million in cleanup and mitigation costs, in relation to the damage caused by its emissions – the largest environmental settlement in US history ........read more

(August 2008)

An international community of risk managers

Serbia, Ukraine, Latvia, Russia, Lithuania …no, not the voting bloc from the Eurovision Song Contest, but just some of the countries from which students have recently enrolled to take the IRM’s International Certificate in Risk Management ..... read more

(June 2008)

Crunch time

The current instability and infectious loss of confidence in financial systems has implications for us all. Awareness of the need for integrated and effective risk management processes within all organisations has been growing fast over the past decade .....read more

(April 2008)