In this report you will see certain survey results tagged with an indicator.
These tags identify survey responses that were significantly more likely to be provided by high-performing risk and finance “Masters” than by the average financial services firms. We identified certain firms as “Masters” on the basis of finance and risk management performance metrics provided by the survey respondents.

This occasional paper looks at a highly unlikely event which would, if it came to pass, have a significant impact upon investment banks. This paper is NOT a predication or forecast, it is an examination of the sorts of issues that would need to be addressed if the event under discussion transpired. The question we are considering is what is to be done as a result.

It’s hard to imagine a company discussing innovation and suddenly turning to risk management as the catalyst that will unleash it. Risk management is often viewed as the enemy of the innovation ideal. Through our experience with both innovation and risk management, Accenture has come to see them not as adversaries but as a potentially powerful union if married properly.

Effectively addressing these complex and interrelated challenges will be central to banks’ ability to regain and maintain high performance. Regulation is one part—albeit a major part—of the challenge facing banks. We will discuss how a strategic approach to regulation is a critical lens through which the “problem statement” should be viewed …

In the wake of a series of disasters, organizations are putting in place more comprehensive risk management programs, with the intent of moving beyond a reactive approach to risk to one that can fuel business growth in a smarter, more controlled fashion. And according to new research, an elite group of companies is also emerging to embrace even more advanced risk management capabilities.