Risk Management
is already an established function in most businesses. Risk
identification and mitigation of risks is something that organizations
perform on a regular basis. However, over the past few years,
there has been a shift to treat all varieties of risk holistically
rather than treating each risk individually and not considering
the cross impact of different risks. Additionally, there is
growing sense of complexity of the risks that are being faced
by businesses, be it financial risk due to the introduction
of a number of financial instruments or foreign exchange risk
or other risks such as country specific risks.
Also, the importance
of such risks has been heightened in the past few years given
the number of companies that have failed due to improper risk
management. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is aimed at managing
and mitigating all risks and understanding the impact of one
risk on another. |