Risk Management

Fintech Firms: Don’t underestimate regulation

Its easy for high growth Fintech firms to get so caught up in what is fueling their growth, that its easy to overlook detail.  Regulation is one of these details that can be missed, if these firms don’t have a solid foundation and systems to ensure that they always stay on top of a complex …

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Risk Taking Behaviour in Pursuit of High Growth

How does our inherent risk taking behaviour influence how we take risk in business to pursue high growth Risk taking behaviour in pursuit of high growth is a topic well explored by entrepreneurs in all industries. Research has shown that 55% of business start-ups fail within 5 years and a staggering 71% fail after 10 …

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Can Solvency II Gain Back Customer Trust in Financial Services Firms?

Solvency II aims to improve risk management, but will this benefit customers of financial services firms? If so, do they know this? At Vedanvi we have another bone to pick with the current level of disclosure in the financial services sector. We reckon that the sector has got to be more pro-active in winning back …

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Time to Re-Focus on IT Service Community

In recent times we have seen high-profile IT outages involving RBS, Blackberry and O2 to name but three. These outages have undoubtedly resulted in a negative impact to each company’s reputation and direct financial loss due to compensation payments. If large organisations such as these with large, professional, well funded IT departments can get things …

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Risk Appetite – Overcoming the Challenges of Developing & Embedding It

Today’s economic climate is proving challenging to successfully manage risk and volatility while also striving for sustainable and predictable earnings for the organisations and its shareholders. In fact, articulating risk appetite and building a robust enterprise risk management framework still remains challenging for most firms especially in the financial services sector. This financial crisis has …

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BASEL III STANDARDS RECEIVE MIXED REACTION – WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?

Basel III comprehensive reform package developed by the Bank of International Settlement’s (BIS) Basel Committee aims to prevent the financial crisis witnessed in 2008, which required many central banks to bail out large banks. The Basel III standards aims to improve banking sector’s ability to absorb shocks arising from financial and economic stresses, improve risk …

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FSA Will Hold Eexecutives Personally Responsible for Poor Risk Management & Controls

Corporate Failures: Executives and Their Advisors Are Held Personally Responsible and Face Fines as well as Prosecution Regulators have to become harsher in light of the financial crisis – they are inflicting some very serious penalties for wrong doings – could you be the next one considered not “fit or proper?” In an attempt to …

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