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What is Risk

Risk is something that every business has to take to move forward.
Without risk there is no opportunity and the saying “You have to risk it, to get the biscuit!” holds very true to this day.
However, with most businesses taking some type of risk every single day, it needs to be asked what risk exactly is.
According to ISO 310000, "risk" defined as the impact of uncertainty on specific objectives. 3
 
 

Supply Chain Risk Categories

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Supply Risks

"Supply risks pertain to risk events on the supply side that include supplier defaults or other unexpected changes in supply cost, delivery, quality or reliability." 4, p. 23

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Process Risks

Risks within a companies own Supply Chain and the Processes within this Supply Chain 4, pp.24ff
 

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Control Risks

Misapplicatoin of rules controlling supply chain processes e.g. order quantities. 18, pp.10-11

 

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Demand Risks

The uncertainty of Product Demand is universal challenge for all companies in all fields of business. 4, pp.26ff

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Natural Risks

Risks arising from uncontrollable natural events, e.g. earthquakes or weather-related disaster. 18, pp.11-13; 20, p.5

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IT Risks

Especially in a highly digitized business environment, an IT system failure anywhere can cause a failure everywhere. 20, p.5; 21, p.56

 

Risk News

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US regional bank casualties: the Fitch Ratings view

The rapid collapse of four US banks in March raised serious questions over risk management failures and regulatory blind spots. Christopher Wolfe and Olivia Perney of Fitch Ratings discuss the root causes of the problems in the US – and concerns surrounding the robustness of western European institutions

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7957162/us-regional-bank-casualties-the-fi…
Plumb job: can Basel III unblock US credit risk transfer?

Deals from G-Sibs have slowed in recent years due to regulatory confusion over capital relief

https://www.risk.net/regulation/7957090/plumb-job-can-basel-iii-unblock-us-cred…
Lenders try to move fast and fix things in UK BTL market

Relaxing stress tests when buy-to-let clients switch banks to remortgage is key to avoiding a credit squeeze

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7957118/lenders-try-to-move-fast-and-fix-t…
Optical computer beats quantum tech in tricky settlement task

Microsoft’s analog technology twice as accurate compared to IBM’s quantum kit in Barclays experiment

https://www.risk.net/investing/7957070/optical-computer-beats-quantum-tech-in-t…
A new era for risk: the move toward ‘customer risk experience’

Research into the risk function of the future has identified a strong and accelerated drive to consider risk management as a key enabler of a great customer experience. This evolution has been termed the ‘customer risk experience’

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7957031/a-new-era-for-risk-the-move-toward…
ECB zeroes in on wrong-way risk as a key lesson of Archegos

Counterparty risk experts agree with focus on “long-neglected” topic after family office default

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7957021/ecb-zeroes-in-on-wrong-way-risk-as…
The battle to stop energy markets boiling over

European CCPs and supervisors join call for changes to mitigate any repeat of last year’s crisis

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7956825/the-battle-to-stop-energy-markets-…
Futures industry must hone comms after Ion hack

Operational resilience hinges on maintaining communication channels in a cyber outage

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7957020/futures-industry-must-hone-comms-a…
The chatbot and the quant: GPT shakes finance education

With smarter large language models, quant grads risk turning into AI-assisted slackers, writes Gordon Lee

https://www.risk.net/comment/7956974/the-chatbot-and-the-quant-gpt-shakes-finan…
Esma calls for enhanced disclosures in OTC energy markets

LME has already mandated more information on non-cleared positions to help foresee market shocks

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7956980/esma-calls-for-enhanced-disclosure…