Economy
InterviewForward-looking real time intelligence and Predictive Analysis
AI creates intelligent data
There is a lot of talk about AI or artificial intelligence. But where are we currently with the forward-looking technology and how can it make a real breakthrough? FIRM spoke to Heiner Pollert,…
StudyAnnual Risk Report
Top 10 Supply Chain Risks for 2019
Supply chain risk management company Resilience360 has released its first annual Risk Report, which outlines the Top 10 Supply Chain Risks for 2019 – a summary of threats that deserve particular…
InterviewArtificial intelligence
The biggest risk is reducing people to figures
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the subject of constant discussion by politicians, business people and academics. In their different disciplines, the latter studies AI, the future of human…
StudyGlobal Insolvency Outlook 2019
Closed monitoring of the political and policy-related risks
In 2018, global insolvencies confirmed their upward trend which started in 2017 after seven consecutive years of sizable declines. Indeed, the Global Insolvency Index of Euler Hermes which…
StudyThe Global Risks Report 2019
Growing number of complex and interconnected risks
The world's ability to foster collective action in the face of urgent major crises has reached crisis levels, with worsening international relations hindering action across a growing array of…
InterviewEconomics and Neuroscience
Emotionality and risk
Almost every business decision is based on weighing up opportunities and risks. However, our brains tend to organise sensory impressions and information as simply and clearly as possible. We try…
NewsSingapore Fintech Festival 2018
The missed opportunity of digitization
It is hot and humid in Singapore's November and almost every afternoon the rain breaks its way. Then it almost seems as if the sky wants to cry. A visit to the "Singapore Fintech Festival 2018"…
NewsThe Canadian Property Market
A holistic approach to real estate risk management
Volker Liermann | Nikolas Viets | Stefan Grossmann
Unprecedented low interest rates, booming asset prices and the ever increasing challenge to remain profitable have led financial institutions in many parts of the world, and in Canada in…
CommentCredit risk management, digitalization and cost transformation
A way out of the strategic zero interest trap?
The European Central Bank’s attempt to utilise all available monetary policy means to force reflation is having a significant impact on the banking industry. The flat zero interest curve is…
StudyFuture Outlook and Emerging Risks
Artificial Intelligence will bring new benefits and risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of a computer program to think and learn like a human and its snowballing impact on society is undeniable. AI applications already pervade many…
