AMR Research Finds Spending on Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Will Exceed $32B in 2008.
“For the first time since AMR Research began conducting this study in 2003, executives have shifted their GRC budget focus to operational and enterprise risk management-making SOX and other regulatory compliance programs a necessary “to-do,” but not a top-of-mind initiative. 31% of companies reported that better managing and mitigating risk in the business is the most influential issue driving their GRC investment in 2008.”
PwC: “find the positive side to change.”
February 28, 2008
PwC: “find the positive side to change” campaign.
Part of PwC’s *connectedthinking campaign around service offerings: tax, accounting, managing growth, technology and operational improvement.
*”What happens when humanity collides with change?”
*”How does change change people?”
*”Resistance? Acceptance? Enthusiasm? What reactions will change bring?
*”Every seemingly insurmountable obstacle is really just a thousand simple and solvable problems”
*”Confidence is never lost, only misplaced”
“Never let risk restrain your potential.”
February 14, 2008
“Never let risk restrain your potential.”
Another cool ad from CME Group, featuring Gerrard Katz, Head of FX Trading, North East Asia for Standard Chartered Bank.
“Managing risk is an art inself”
February 13, 2008
“Managing risk is an art inself”
Ad by CME Group, featuring David Harding, Managing Director, Winton Capital Management.
“Risk does’t have to be a four-letter word”
February 13, 2008
“Risk does’t have to be a four-letter word”
Visit Barclay’s iShares (tagline “think in ideas”) to learn more about balancing risk and reward.
CME Group: “I measure risk in milliseconds”
January 23, 2008
Credit Suisse: “Some think barren. We Think source.”
January 23, 2008
Credit Suisse: “Some think barren. We Think Source.”
Part of Credit Suisse’s “thinking new perspectives” focus: The campaign is designed around our brand essence: the notion that Credit Suisse seeks new opportunities for clients, that our combined years of experience and our ability to innovate mean that we are always “thinking new perspectives” – which serves as the campaign’s claim.
To illustrate our constant striving for innovative solutions beyond our tagline, we make use of a recurring headline structure:
Some think… (the obvious)
We think… (our solution/offering for our client)
The World Economic Forum’s “Global Risks 2008″
January 9, 2008
New release from the World Economic Forum – “Highest levels of political and economic uncertainty for a decade.” The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2008, published in cooperation with Citigroup, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Swiss Re, the Wharton School Risk Center and Zurich Financial Services, focuses on four emerging issues which will impact the world economy and society in the decade ahead:
*Systemic financial risk
*Food security
*Supply chain vulnerability
*Energy
Ernst & Young’s Strategic Business Risks in 2008
January 2, 2008
According to a report by Ernst & Young, in collaboration with Oxford Analytica — “Strategic Business Risk: 2008” — regulatory and compliance risks tops the charts, according to surveyed analysts, as the greatest strategic challenge facing leading global businesses in 2008 in key industry sectors.
The top ten strategic risks, according to 70 surveyed analysts, include:
*Regulatory and compliance risk *Global financial shocks *Aging consumers and workforce *The inability to capitalize on emerging markets *Industry consolidation/transition *Energy shocks *Execution of strategic transactions *Cost inflation *Radical greening *Consumer demand shifts
The report also highlights the five fastest-rising threats that could also have a significant impact over the next three to five years:
*War for Talent*Pandemic*Private Equity’s Rise*Inability to Innovate *China’s Setback
FedEx: Access to Global Business Opportunities Ad Campaign
November 26, 2007
FedEx has launched its first unified global advertising campaign, with “Access” as one tagline — “This is the World. And this is how the world does business.”
From FedEx’s website:
““Access – Success – Growth” These concepts are the creative force behind a new advertising campaign launched by FedEx today in key markets around the world, including: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK. The new ads take you “behind the scenes,” communicating some of the ways FedEx helps customers’ access opportunities in the marketplace – whether those prospects are in their local communities or around the globe.”
