Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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KPMG, 1st January 2025
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
As the UK looks ahead to more growth in 2025, the year could bring renewed challenges from a higher pace of inflation, increased trade frictions, and a heightened state of economic uncertainty.
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Chatham House, 9th December 2024
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
Geopolitics: what Chatham House’s experts will be keeping their eyes on in the year ahead.
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Allianz
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
The most important corporate concerns for the year ahead, as ranked by 3,700+ risk management experts from more than 100 countries and territories.
HM Treasury, 14th June 2024
Friday Reading Edition 226 (15th November 2024)
Summary of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech last night.
Chatham House
Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
Donald Trump’s election victory will bring immediate costs for US allies, and will remake the map of American partnership.
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Brookings
Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
Trump won a personal victory in the 2024 election, sweeping all the swing states, improving his vote share just about everywhere, and—unlike his 2016 victory—garnering an outright majority of the popular vote.
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Fortune
Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
A rundown of what Trump 2.0 probably means for issues such as AI, antitrust, and semiconductors – Trump has expressed views on a variety of important tech topics, and it is also reasonable to take into account the views and motivations of key advisors including Elon Musk, who has emerged in the last few months of the presidential campaign as one of Trump’s most important and trusted allies.
6. EU Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network, 1st October 2024
Friday Reading Edition 220 (4th October 2024)
A new Eurobarometer survey which looked into the levels of disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population shows that almost two-thirds of citizens (65%) believe they need more information to prepare for disasters and emergencies.
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Swiss Re, 14th November 2023
Friday Reading Edition 219 (27th September 2024)
Climate change poses the biggest long-term risk to the global economy. No action is not an option
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Airmic, 23rd February 2023
Friday Reading Edition 218 (20th September 2024)
This report demonstrates why risk and internal audit professionals need to relook at the way they collaborate, as their organisations build resilience amid the maelstrom of geopolitical risks. Elevated uncertainty created by an increase in volatility, complexity and pace of change in a new geopolitical era calls for new approaches to be adopted.