Risk Oversight

Priorities for board and audit committee agendas, our chief economist on measuring what matters, and a financial reporting and auditing update.

KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk shares her views on GDP and other metrics in today’s more services-based economy.

Eight issues for private company boards to keep in mind as they carry out their 2023 agendas.

Eight issues for audit committees to keep in mind as they carry out their 2023 agendas.

Five issues for compensation committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2023 agendas.

Nine issues for boards to keep in mind as they carry out their 2023 agendas.

Audit committee oversight of critical alignments—of strategy, risks, incentives, performance metrics, internal controls, and more.

The KPMG Board Leadership Center is conducting a survey focused on board practices at private companies. Share your views.

ESG and management’s disclosure committee, evolving expectations of chief audit executives, and conversations on geopolitics, civil rights audits, and the metaverse.

Amid demand for higher quality ESG disclosures, clarifying the role and responsibilities of management’s disclosure committee should be front and center.

Stephen Brown of the KPMG Board Leadership Center offers five ways for CAEs to better anticipate the needs of today’s audit committee.

Midyear observations shaping board agendas, financial reporting developments, getting better at assessing talent, what workers want, and proxy season takeaways.

Author and professor Tyler Cowen shares his views on the biggest mistakes many boards make when it comes to talent searches.

As boards and their committees continue to calibrate their agendas in response to ongoing disruption and uncertainty, we offer midyear observations to On the 2022 board agenda.

Boards may need to reassess whether their delegation of risk oversight responsibilities is clear, properly aligned, and coordinated.

Author and luminary Dr. Vaclav Smil shares his views on the dialogue around macro risks and realities shaping the future.

Oversight in this environment requires boards to test the breadth of management’s scenario analyses and consideration of exogenous shocks.

Board considerations related to the Russia-Ukraine war, developments in climate reporting and oversight, and the global supply chain environment.

The KPMG BLC and Eurasia Group explore systemic and geopolitical factors shaping the global supply chain environment and the move toward sustainable supply chains.

Considerations for boards to weigh and business leaders to monitor.