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Countries stay open to investments by SWFs
Countries are open to investment from sovereign wealth funds provided they invest for commercial not political ends, according to the OECD
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Global fuel security could foil UK nuclear plans
Threats to supply of uranium are the biggest chalenge to the government's nuclear expansion plans, says Aon
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75% of firms think applications can be exploited by criminals
CSOs also reveal security concerns over application code
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Soft market gaining momentum, says society survey
Property premiums post largest quarterly decrease since Hurricane Katrina
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Ripples spread from the subprime crisis
Large multinational firms are at risk of an increased threat of claims as a result of rising volatility in the financial markets
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RIMS backs Paulson’s regulatory revamp
The buyers’ association supports the call for an optional federal charter for insurance regulation
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Lords call for carbon reporting standards
The Lords have passed an amendment so that all companies will have to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions
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Discrimination widespread in UK: Study
Age discrimination remains a serious problem in UK businesses, finds a new survey
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Risk retention in Scandinavia
More and more public sector authorities in Scandinavia are looking to self insure
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Regulatory reform not a response to crisis: US Treasury
Financial market regulatory overhaul should not take place until after current market turmoil is resolved, says US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
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Firms over-optimistic about their approach to BCM
Many firms overrate their own level of BCM, finds survey
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Aon expects surge in corporate manslaughter convictions
Broker urges companies to improve health and safety controls
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In the wake of SocGen
Yet another financial scandal has highlighted the weaknesses of some organisations’ internal control. Are companies failing to learn lessons from the past? Or has the operating environment changed so much that it is making these lessons irrelevant?
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A unified voice needed
Lord Hunt of Wirral, has called on groups representing risk management professionals to come together and create a united voice
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Risk management progresses
Rafal Rudnicki provides an overview on how risk management is evolving in Poland
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ISO/BSI progress
BSI has completed a second round of consultation on its UK risk management code of practice
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Not a nanosecond of hesitation
I didn’t hesitate for a nanosecond when the envelope arrived offering me the job, says John Hurrell, AIRMIC's new CEO
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Lost and found
You may need to beef up your back-up system if you want to recover quickly after a disaster. Andy Holpin explains
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Perspective on financial terrorism and insurance
With thousands of properties spread across the globe, HSBC has a significant exposure to terrorism and experience of damage to its City of London offices from an Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb in 1993. By Peter Walker