Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Control Risks, 4th January 2023
Friday Reading Edition 138 (27th January 2023)
[Please note the video contains some flashing images.] The US-China relationship is the greatest geopolitical risk for businesses in 2023. US-China conflict remains very unlikely in 2023, but competition and confrontation are moving from the trade and technology realms into the military domain.
Mactavish
Friday Reading Edition 138 (27th January 2023)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] UK businesses are 85% more likely to suffer a cyber attack than they were 4 years ago. Mactavish’s market survey analyses the main cyber-risk concerns experienced by UK businesses, and solutions available to mitigate businesses’ cyber exposure via risk placement.
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Marsh, 13th January 2023
Friday Reading Edition 137 (20th January 2023)
Many of the challenges we faced last year have continued into 2023 and have been exacerbated due to recent geopolitical conflicts. How should businesses plan for 2023 and what are the key global risks organisations should focus on? Watch this conversation on the Global Risks Report with Richard Smith-Bingham, Executive Director, Marsh McLennan and Carolina Klint, Risk Management Leader, Continental Europe, Marsh.
World Economic Forum (WEF), 11th January 2023
Friday Reading Edition 137 (20th January 2023)
Recently released – The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. The Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience.
McKinsey & Co, 11th December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 135 (16th December 2022)
2023 is likely to start off on a high note—of interest rates and cost of capital, that is. For companies to thrive in this “higher for longer” era, they need structural solutions that not only manage costs but also build resilience and drive long-term value creation.
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Airmic, 8th December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 135 (16th December 2022)
Hear from Control Risks as they explore 2023's RiskMap and the top risks facing organisations in the next 12 months.