Best Practices

Despite growing global uncertainty and instability, companies have yet to take the same formal and measured approach to political risk as they do to managing other exposures.

Although a few companies had made savvy moves with their plans before the crisis hit, the ailing economy is prompting many to freeze their pension plans and eliminate matches for 401(k)s.

The economic storm, plunging share prices, underwater stock options and public fury over bonuses point to a dramatic drop in executive pay in 2009.

With credit availability limited and some financial institutions still on shaky ground, treasurers are sorting out which relationships can work.

Americas CEO Chris Church sees a bigger role in the corporate world for the network.

Sophisticated risk modeling put banks ahead of the class in risk management until their practices sparked the financial crisis. Will their problems damage risk management's credibility or help companies learn how to implement it more wisely?