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The Casualty Actuarial Society presents a process for ERM. The primary purpose of the report is to consider the role of actuaries in risk management, but it gives a useful general overview too. It includes a risk classification meant for general use, rather than limited to a specific industry. The report is available from the CAS site at http://casact.org/research/erm/.

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This special interest group provides a forum for research on spreadsheets. Its website is at http://www.eusprig.org and includes an excellent collection of spreadsheet horror stories. EuSpRIG organises an annual conference on spreadsheet risks.

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Consultation paper 140 from the FSA sets out guidance on •high-level controls; • risk assessment; • legal risk; • internal audit; • management information; • outsourcing; and • group risk. This guidance will take effect before the Prudential Sourcebook is implemented in 2004. It is available at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/Library/Policy/CP/2002/140.shtml. It was issued in July 2002 and the consultation period ended on 3rd October 2002. PS140 is the result of the consultation.

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The FSA is restructuring the prudential and systems and controls material in the Handbook, because of the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive. The details of the restructuring are given in http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/About/What/International/PSB/pdf/stages.pdf

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The FSA is the regulatory authority for the financial services industry in the UK. Its website at
http://www.fsa.gov.uk contains all the public documents produced by the FSA, including consultation papers and the texts of speeches as well as the currently applicable Handbook of rules and guidance.

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Somewhat unexpectedly, some of the most interesting and useful work on spreadsheet errors and auditing is currently coming out of HM Customs and Excise. They have developed some software (SpACE) that they are now making available to businesses. Of particular interest is their document on Methodology for the
Audit of Spreadsheet Models.

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Policy statement 140 from the FSA sets out guidance on •high-level controls; • risk assessment; • legal risk; • internal audit; • management information; • outsourcing; and • group risk. This guidance was issued in December 2002 and is available at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/Library/Policy/Policy/2002/ps140.shtml. It takes effect from 1st February 2003.

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This Policy statement reports on the main issues arising from Consultation paper 142 (‘Operational risk systems and controls’) published in July 2002. It can be found at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/Library/Policy/Policy/2003/PS142_2.shtml.

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The Institution of Civil Engineers and the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries have produced a process for risk analysis and management for projects known as RAMP. Its website is at http://www.ramprisk.com/. A simplified version of the process is described at http://www.actuaries.org.uk/Display_Page.cgi?url=/ramp/index.xml.

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