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Key traits of a great CRO
We are living in unprecedented times for risk managers. Never have they been in more demand, and never have they commanded the kind of attention they've received in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. It has become an essential function, one that you trivialize at your company's risk.
So wh
Jamie Dimon at the top of the industry?
It's lonely at the top. We've noted before that the credit crunch elevated Jamie Dimon ( Jamie Dimon news), the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, well above his banking executive peers. In part, he won by default. So many blew themselves up. Now that we're in the endgame of Lloyd Blankfein's tenure ( Llo
Buffett: CEOs should pay for lapses
Should the CEO be the ultimate risk manager ( risk management news) at a company? In his annual letter to shareholders, which had good news about earnings at Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett ( Warren Buffett news) wrote, "In my view a board of directors of a huge financial institution is d
Where to hire the best traders
Most traders will admit privately that they gamble for a living. From their perch, Wall Street often looks like a massive, online casino, with higher table minimums than you could ever get in Las Vegas. Now, some firms are starting to recruit poker players.
According to Bloomberg, the Opti
Big picture look at IT risk management
When it comes to enterprise governance, risk and compliance, it seems like there are parallel universes within companies. For example, there's the art and practice of GRC in general, and then there's the art and practice of IT GRC.
So it goes with risk management. There's a sub-discipline, IT
Time for compliance scoring?
TechRepublic makes the point that "most organizations simply do not have the time to dedicate the resources to deliver an accurate [control] assessment. While there are many tools that can address the technology aspects of compliance, not all offer a comprehensive approach to scoring all facto
