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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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Cyber incident reporting: convergence is key

FSB working group chair advocates common reporting framework and taxonomy

https://www.risk.net/comment/7954887/cyber-incident-reporting-convergence-is-key
Brokers slam CME over ‘conflict of interest’ in FCM plan

Clearing members question how CME could be quasi-regulator as well as direct competitor

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954880/brokers-slam-cme-over-conflict-of-…
Cantor to offer equity swap hedges to prime brokers

Provider to enter race with Capitolis and Nearwater as it preps early 2023 launch for ABCP service

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954788/cantor-to-offer-equity-swap-hedges…
UMR and the growth of client clearing

Following the implementation of phase six of the uncleared margin rules (UMR) this September, buy-side firms in-scope are carefully considering how to allocate capital and collateral more efficiently. Uchenna Uduji, ForexClear business manager, discusses the crucial role of clearing and the benefits for foreign exchange market participants

https://www.risk.net/insight/risk-management/7954822/umr-and-the-growth-of-clie…
Chill winds blow for Capitolis’s equity swap platform

Fintech’s effort to revive off-balance-sheet funding runs into market and regulatory turbulence

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954461/chill-winds-blow-for-capitoliss-eq…
Op risk data: Banks slapped for lax WhatsApp oversight

Also: Wintermute suffers crypto hack; CS settles over Archegos and Greensill. Data by ORX News

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954811/op-risk-data-banks-slapped-for-lax…
Low pricing of inflation swaps takes buy side by surprise

Dealers expect inflation to peak sooner, but investors remain sceptical

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954773/low-pricing-of-inflation-swaps-tak…
Banks struggle to assess climate impact on op risk

Supervisors have provided less stress-testing guidance for op risk than for credit risk

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954698/banks-struggle-to-assess-climate-i…
Interest rate scenarios: skinny-dipping with the Fed

As US rates march upwards, Risk.net readers offer deeply diverging forecasts on the impact for markets through to 2024

https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7954460/interest-rate-scenarios-skinny-dip…
Pension funds foresaw margin meltdown (a decade ago)

Years of warnings went largely unheeded. Questions may now spread to post-crisis clearing and margining project

https://www.risk.net/derivatives/7954719/pension-funds-foresaw-margin-meltdown-…