Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter July 10, 2020 Is Your Board Digitally Savvy? As global markets continue to address the COVID-19 pandemic, practical digital know-how is becoming more than a desirable attribute that directors aspire to embrace. A compelling study asserts that companies could be falling behind if they lack a digitally savvy board. Boards and business leaders are well aware of the digital revolution taking place across the globe and how digital leaders were… Newsletter September 10, 2020 Operational Resilience Gets a Makeover in the “New Normal” Churchill said he strived “to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year — and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” His acknowledgment of the futility in predicting the future is especially apropos today as markets transition to the eventual “new normal.” The business model is akin to a finely tuned machine requiring the… Infographic June 3, 2024 Infographic | SIFMA’s Quantum Dawn VII Quantum Dawn VII is the latest iteration of SIFMA's biannual cybersecurity exercise focused on the outage of a critical third-party service provider (CTP). The simulation and concluding survey found many financial institutions are already experienced with the loss of CTPs, with protocols established for managing the outage. With such outages increasingly commonplace and regulators holding firms… Newsletter October 15, 2020 10 ESG Reporting Questions Directors Should Consider Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting has come into its own as a discipline, with most public companies now issuing sustainability reports. What’s the board’s role in ensuring these reports are responsive to investors’ needs? Client Story July 19, 2023 Finance Transformation Sets Course for Future Success Ein weltweit tätiges Hautpflegeunternehmen mit Sitz in den USA war Schwierigkeiten damit, seinen wichtigsten Stakeholdern und Private-Equity-Sponsor zeitnah Finanzberichte und Leistungsanalysen zur Verfügung zu stellen. Client Story November 29, 2023 Multinational Consumer Products Company Modernises FP&A Globally with SAP Analytics Cloud Dieser Kunde mit Sitz in den USA ist ein multinationales Konsumgüterunternehmen, das seit mehr als 150 Jahren besteht und heute mehr als 40.000 Mitarbeiter in 80 Ländern rund um den Globus beschäftigt. Newsletter March 23, 2020 COVID-19’s Workplace Disruption: A Test of Board Resiliency In a crisis, clear thinking is needed in the boardroom. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion one of the most abrupt disruptions in decades, leaving organisations reeling with uncertainty as fear spreads faster than the virus itself. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis could very well present the ultimate test of resiliency — for leading companies in… Whitepaper September 16, 2020 The Road to Resiliency – Building a Robust Audit Plan for Operational Resilience Executive Summary The financial services industry has long relied on internal audit functions to assess and challenge the effectiveness of various programmes designed to protect and build organisational value. These programmes have included disaster recovery, business continuity, risk management, cybersecurity, and many others designed to help institutions recover from an event. The pressure… Whitepaper September 21, 2020 Driving Operational Resilience From the C-Suite The actions and decisions of C-suite leaders are typically driven by strategies designed to guide businesses toward growth and success. These plans invariably contain many assumptions. One is the expectation that their organisations will be able to deliver goods and services to customers even under stressful conditions – an expectation of resilience that is sometimes ill-conceived and… Whitepaper September 20, 2020 Early Signs of Regulatory Alignment on Operational Resilience Concepts, Themes In early August 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) released a consultative document, titled “Principles for Operational Resilience,” that proposed a pragmatic yet flexible approach to operational resilience, one intended to be principles-based. Publication of the consultative document was expected and timely, coming amid a growing regulatory focus on operational risks and the… Load More
