Research from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors has revealed that more than half of the fines handed out by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2011 were as a result of weak internal risk management systems. Fines can be issued by the FSA when organisations breach any of the eleven principles (operational and ethical). The research announced by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors this week, shows that 60% of the FSA’s fines in 2011 were as a result of weak risk manage
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A study from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors revealed that weak risk management systems were responsible for more than half of all the fines handed out by the FSA to financial services businesses, amounting £38.5m during 2011.
If one needed a strong signal that ineffective risk management and poor internal control systems were taken seriously by the regulator, this is it.
Weaknesses and failures in risk management often result from poor communication and misunderstandings, ineffectiv
