Risk. Understood.™

The Institute will leverage Canada's strong financial record and reinforce our financial sector brand. The Government of Canada is committed to building on the strengths of our financial system. We have been a world leader throughout the global financial crisis, and initiatives like this one being launched today will only add to our international reputation.

–Jim Flaherty, Canada's Minister of Finance

Ontario’s contribution will help us capitalize on our strong record in the financial services sector and our highly skilled and diverse workforce. The leadership provided by the Institute will help ensure the financial services sector remains a growth engine for our province that will continue to create thousands of high-paying jobs and protect the interests of consumers and investors.

–Dwight Duncan, Ontario Minister of Finance

Running a successful global financial company requires professionals who can assess and manage risks on an integrated, enterprise-wide basis. The cross sector and cross professional collaboration fostered by the Institute is designed to support that through its identification, creation and promotion of best practices needed by financial professionals.

–Dominic D’Alessandro, Financial Services Leadership Council Chair and former CEO of Manulife Financial

We applaud a concentrated focus on risk. The global business world is becoming more complex with increasing government legislation and regulation, fast-changing markets, products and competition. These changes create both risks and opportunities. The CICA develops guidance and thought leadership on the management and oversight of risk for its members and other stakeholders. We welcome the cross-professional collaborative approach that is being embraced by the GRIFS.

–Kevin Dancey, President and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Canada’s banking system has become a model of sound risk management for the rest of the world, and I think it is only fitting that the Global Risk Institute be located here. We have a lot of knowledge and best practices to share with the world.

–Nancy Hughes Anthony, Former President and CEO of the Canadian Bankers Association

Integrated
Risk Management

The Global Risk Institute in Financial Services is devoted to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and understanding of risk and its management in the financial services sector. It is a unique combination of public and private interests, bringing together the well regarded Canadian financial services sector, federal and provincial policy makers, and world renowned researchers and thought leaders to study and resolve risk issues in financial services.

Its tools are applied research, education, and informed discussion. It integrates cross-sector, cross-function perspectives into an approach that engages multiple disciplines and professions to seek out the best ways to augment and sustain the strength of the sector, to strengthen the human capital that is at its core, and to inform policy development and regulation. More

Upcoming Event

Dates TBD :: Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors


Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

The Global Risk Institute continues its initiative designed specifically for corporate directors of financial institutions. The Risk Oversight workshops are designed to engage directors in open and frank discussions of their responsibilities in risk management and address emerging issues.   More

Future Events

July 12-13, 2012 :: Singapore International Forum on Financial Risk

The Global Risk Institute sponsors an International Forum on Financial Risk in Toronto each year coordinating it with a second risk conference sponsored by a partner in another country. GRI's partner for 2012 is the National University of Singapore.

The Annual Risk Management Conference, organized by the Risk Management Institute at the National University of Singapore, will be held in Singapore from July 12 to 13. This international conference will provide a platform for policy makers, regulators, industry executives, and researchers from academia and industry to discuss recent theoretical developments, analytical techniques and empirical findings on issues related to risk management in the financial sector. The conference is composed of a policy forum and a scientific program.
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