Risk & Capital Management
We help businesses determine which capital risk management
approach fits them best, ensuring that compliance is a natural
by-product and not the primary driver. While the regulatory
dimensions of capital risk management are growing at an
unprecedented pace, it is our understanding of the links between
risk, capital and performance that benefits our clients.
Effective capital risk management protects the capital of the
firm, avoids financial distress and maintains financial performance
within the bounds acceptable to shareholders and debtholders.
If your risk management framework is effectively conceived and
implemented it will prevent erosion of the financial capability of
your business and allow it to seize opportunities.
Basel II and the Capital Requirements Directive demand levels of
sophistication in risk quantification appropriate to the size and
complexity of a firm's risk profile. At the same time, the
need to demonstrate an embedded approach requires firms to place
risk management at the very top of their agenda and consider
widespread governance, risk and assurance regimes, as well as
effectively demonstrating 'proof of use' to the FSA. We can
offer an unrivalled track record in delivering workable and
highly-effective risk management solutions and have
experience in the following areas:
- Risk framework design and implementation:
- addressing strategy and governance for board level approaches
to risk
- building organisational risk management structures
- data sharing with assurance functions to ensure that their risk
management frameworks are effective, efficient and appropriate
- Risk framework maturity analysis
- Integration strategies for aligning economic and regulatory
capital work streams:
- project managing the initial ICAS/ICAAP process
- determining risk materiality and suitability for capital
treatment
- developing quantification techniques for risks outside Pillar
II
- stress testing and scenario analysis
- helping present assessment results to the FSA
- Solvency II preparedness for the insurance sector
- Risk information management systems that are fully
configurable, and tailored to meet your specific requirements
For further details of our service, please contact Stuart
Shepley, Partner on + 44 (0)870 991 2959 or email stuart.shepley@gtuk.com;
or Stephen Kelly on + 44 (0)20 7728 3073 or email
stephen.f.kelly@gtuk.com.
For further information about our
Business Risk Management and Internal Audit services for the
Financial Services sector, including internal audit, process and
control assessments and technology risk, please click here.