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Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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How “Payment Banks” Could Prevent the Next Bank Collapse Text
Harvard Business Review, 17th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 146 (24th March 2023)
While banking crises have historically centred on credit risk, this recent crisis of confidence stemmed from unrealised losses on safe securities that made depositors anxiously seek liquidity.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Corporate Liability, Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Banks in Trouble: How Businesses Can Navigate New Volatility Text
Aon, 22nd March 2021
Friday Reading Edition 146 (24th March 2023)
Bank collapses and industry volatility are creating challenges worldwide, but key considerations could lead to resilience.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management, People
Keywords:
Resilience, Culture and Risk Appetite, Corporate Liability
Silicon Valley Bank: A cautionary tale of rising interest rates and financial stability Text
Flint, 14th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 145 (17th March 2023)
Discusses the repercussions of higher interest rates for the macroeconomic environment and financial stability and the potential implications for supervision and regulation.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Culture and Risk Appetite, Corporate Liability
Quotes: Global banks under pressure as SVB triggers contagion worries Text
Reuters, 14th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 145 (17th March 2023)
A balance of differing views this week from financial analysts as to whether we are looking at a contagion following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Culture and Risk Appetite, Corporate Liability
A quick run through Silicon Valley Bank’s risk management snafus Text
Financial Times , 13th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 145 (17th March 2023)
With the benefit of hindsight, there is hardly a risk management failure that can’t be explained in a few paragraphs. It always comes down to a few points: too much risk, too little diversification, and playing fast and loose with the rules.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Culture and Risk Appetite, Corporate Liability
Navigating geopolitical risk: Building resilience demands collaboration in a challenging world Text
Airmic, 23rd February 2023
Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
This report demonstrates why risk and internal audit professionals need to relook at the way they collaborate, as their organisations build resilience amid the maelstrom of geopolitical risks.
Categories:
Risk Management, Risk Financing, Economic Outlook, Geopolitics, Resilience
Keywords:
Business Continuity Management, Enterprise Risk Management(ERM), Emerging Risk, Climate Change, Environment, Cyber
Scottish independence – Impacts for business Text
Herbert Smith Freehills
Friday Reading Edition 141 (17th February 2023)
A collection of insights for business and investors on the potential impacts of Scottish independence.
Categories:
Economic Outlook, Resilience, ESG, Risk Financing, People, Geopolitics
Keywords:
Business Continuity Management, Climate Change, Environment, Emerging Risk, Cyber Security, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance
Ukraine: A conflict that changed the world – the (re)insurance industry response Text
Lloyd’s, 1st October 2022
Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
The second report from Lloyd’s Futureset in response to the conflict in Ukraine, created in collaboration with Aon, outlines the immediate role the (re)insurance industry is playing in responding to emerging customer needs and goes on to explore by how we can deploy the powerful tools at our disposal – our expertise, innovation, capital and collaboration – to help build greater resilience against the long-term impacts of the conflict.
Categories:
Geopolitics, Risk Financing, Cyber
Keywords:
Ukraine, Cyber Security, Supply Chain, Climate Change, Security
Hydrogen in the UK: Increasing insurability of a project Text
Marsh, 28th November 2022
Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
In this article — the third in a three-part series on hydrogen in the UK — we discuss how developers can help increase the insurability of their projects.
Categories:
ESG, Risk Financing
Keywords:
Climate Change, Business Continuity Management
Managing risk and safeguarding business resilience in a time of crisis Text
Mactavish, 8th May 2022
Friday Reading Edition 131 (18th November 2022)
[Free to download upon sharing contact details] Looks at the main risks emerging from the war in Ukraine that UK businesses need to prepare for, and provide practical insights to help you navigate this challenging, high-risk environment.
Categories:
Geopolitics, Risk Financing
Keywords:
Ukraine, Resilience