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Key Business Concerns for 2026
Every year, RiskBusiness publishes its perceptions of the top risks, threats or concerns for the year ahead, based on published industry material, current affairs and corporate
The Audit Lag Problem: Why Risk Functions Are Reacting to Yesterday’s Threat Landscape
Summary In a risk environment shaped by rapid AI adoption, converging cyber campaigns, geopolitical instability and accelerating regulatory expectations, traditional audit and assurance cycles are
Control Fatigue: When Too Much Governance Becomes a Risk in Itself
Executive Summary Over the past decade, organisations have responded to rising regulatory expectations by adding controls, frameworks, policies and reporting layers across risk, compliance and
Board Oversight in the Age of Algorithmic Decision-Making: When Accountability Has No Author
Executive Summary Algorithmic systems are now influencing consequential decisions across pricing, credit, hiring, fraud, eligibility and customer treatment. The risk is no longer experimental; it
The Return of Systemic Risk: Why This Year Will Test Interconnectedness in Ways Regulators Haven’t Anticipated
For much of the last two decades, systemic risk was treated as a financial markets problem. It belonged to capital adequacy, liquidity, clearing houses and
