Measuring risk: a key priority for business (PDF 5Mb)

Although the economic climate in the UK continues to show steady signs of progress, there are clear dangers for businesses that assume that the overall level of risk they face will necessarily follow a similar trajectory. Indeed, it is clear that the scope, focus and pace of further recovery will itself be shaped by the evolution of perceptions of risk within the business community – perceptions of strategic risk, market risk, operational risk and financial risk.