Risk & Resilience

The first day of Risk-!n Zurich featured discussions on business continuity, enterprise risk management, internal controls, cybersecurity, climate resilience, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. On paper, it looked like a conference agenda built around a broad collection of risk disciplines. In practice, many of the presentations were wrestling with the same question. How do organizations maintain visibility into risks that are moving faster than the governance structures designed to oversee them?

The Basel Committee latest report examines how banks and regulators are managing the technology failures that happen without malicious intent yet can still disrupt critical services, lock customers out of accounts, interrupt payments, or leave institutions scrambling to restore operations.

The European Supervisory Authorities recently released their first annual DORA incident report provides the first comprehensive look at major ICT-related incidents reported under DORA's new reporting framework.

Drawing on thematic inspections of selected fund management companies and reviews conducted by external auditors it appointed, The monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released an information paper outlining what it considers effective governance, risk management, and oversight across the investment process. The paper spans firms operating a range of investment strategies, including equity, fixed income, hedge fund, private credit, and fund-of-funds mandates.

Australian banks, remitters, and foreign exchange providers are being urged to sharpen their scrutiny of transactions involving charities and non-profit organizations after AUSTRAC warned the sector remains vulnerable to terrorism financing and money laundering abuse.

The ECB’s May 2026 review lands during a time of war in the Middle East, an energy supply shock, and a financial system that had spent the better part of the last few years congratulating itself for surviving everything else, from inflation spikes to rate hikes, banking scares, political fragmentation, and trade disputes. Somehow the machinery kept moving. Markets absorbed the shocks, volatility faded, and investors returned to doing what investors often do after a few quiet weeks: convincing themselves the danger had passed. The ECB does not appear convinced.

In this article, Norman Marks examines the findings from Gartner’s latest emerging risk survey, arguing that the growing prominence of AI-related concerns signals a meaningful shift in how enterprise leaders are thinking about operational risk, decision-making, and organizational preparedness.