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A record level of organisations worldwide are now carrying out a long-term risk analysis following the outbreak of COVID-19, new research by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has found.

None of the world's largest greenhouse gas-emitting companies have fully disclosed how they will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, investors have warned.

Asset managers are keeping UK pension funds in the dark on how they exercise their voting rights and engage with the companies they invest in, a study by Dalriada Trustees has found.

The US is the number one market that CEOs are looking to for growth over the next year, while the UK has surpassed India to become the fourth most attractive country.

Momentum from governments and companies to address the urgency of the climate crisis is gathering pace, with 2021 set to be a year of decisive change, research by Schroders has indicated.

Florin Ginghina and Advait Kapadia describe the evolution and use of models to evaluate credit migration and default risk

Imran Haider on how he developed a capital model for mortgage credit guarantees in Saudi Arabia – from scratch

Dhiran Dookhi explores techniques for assessing climate change risks associated with asset portfolios and liabilities

Travis Elsum assesses the financial consequences of biodiversity loss

Four actuaries working in insurance, regulation and consulting discuss how and why actuaries must act on climate change