Spotlight on Risk

Shining the spotlight on the complex, challenging and continually evolving modern risk environment.

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This dedicated risk advisory hub provides directors, senior executives and industry professionals with the latest legal, regulatory and governance insights they need to be aware of. We are shining the spotlight on the complex, challenging and continually evolving modern risk environment. Our insights span multiple sectors and regulatory matters, from core directors’ duties and ESG risk identification and disclosure to insolvency risk, corruption and bribery, regulatory investigations and new developments in competition, consumer law and the growing areas of shareholder activism, data, privacy, technology and AI.

Our commentary is proactive, not reactive, and gives practical, first-hand insights into current issues and emerging industry trends. These insights will position you to identify and address the important risks impacting on your everyday operations and to engage constructively with regulators and key stakeholders in effectively navigating and responding to those risks.

Spotlight on:

Climate risk and sustainability
Conduct and culture
Data and cybersecurity

Financial crime
Innovation
Regulatory

Latest articles

Are you treating AML seriously enough?

Anti-money laundering risk is fast evolving into one of the key risks any business has to manage.

Putting a spotlight on risk: A note from Australia's Head of Risk Advisory

I am excited to launch my Risk Advisory team’s thought leadership hub, ‘Spotlight on Risk’.

Time to take a look behind the 'social licence' buzzword

In a post-Hayne world, consumers now expect more of companies and give their business to those they feel they can trust.

The debate with a false premise and the downside of law reform

Shareholder primacy already requires directors to actively consider non-shareholder interests.

"Watershed time" for companies to improve focus on non-financial risk

ASIC has urged the Boards of all large ASX-listed companies to read its report on Director Oversight of Non-Financial Risk.

APRA commissioned self-assessments of governance, accountability and culture

Information Paper indicates focus areas for APRA in the upcoming period of regulatory supervision.

Industrial manslaughter: do you have a culture of compliance?

Changes in the nature of the legal risk and satisfaction of legal duties arising from fatal workplace incidents.

Rethinking Risk, Taking Action

Key themes and insights on culture and climate risk issues emerging from the discussion at Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2019 Risk Symposium.

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Rethinking workplace risk

Mitigating heightened risks relating to governance, accountability, culture, reputation and safety in the modern workplace.

The Hayne Royal Commission

Insights from our risk and compliance specialists and legal experts on the key challenges and opportunities arising from the Hayne Royal Commission.

NRF Transform | Risk Sonar

A cloud-based solution that brings together powerful analytics, global human rights expertise and user-friendly design to identify and manage supply chain risk.