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.
Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
As we hit the first 100 days mark of US President Donald Trump’s second term, no other single word sums up the preoccupation of business leaders around the world better than tariffs. This podcast assesses the impact of the US’s tariffs, and how risk professionals and their organisations are responding to the fast-moving shifts in global trade. Special thanks to David Benyon, Editor of the Political Risk Podcast; Alexander Frost, Chief Markets Officer at Airmic; and Hoe-Yeong Loke, Head of Research at Airmic, for contributing to such an engaging and thought-provoking conversation.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
Marsh has provided the following high-level, evaluative questions to help organisations assess their risks, navigate existing supplier relationships and vet new suppliers, and strengthen their supply chain resilience strategy.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
The US administration’s announcement of trade tariffs imposed across the globe will have a significant effect on international economies and trade dynamics. UK businesses need to rapidly take stock, assess the implications and think about the mitigation strategies open to them.
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Friday Reading Edition 240 (14th March 2025)
Amid reports that the Northern Sea Route will see its first Panamax container vessel transit later this year, Global Risk Dialogue looks at the main causes of shipping incidents in Arctic waters.
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Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
Nvidia's strong growth forecast for the first quarter on Wednesday signaled that booming demand for its artificial intelligence chips was intact, and the company said orders for its new Blackwell semiconductors were "amazing."
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Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
As artificial intelligence reshapes our world, the demand for advanced chips is skyrocketing. Tech giants are pouring billions into new semiconductor designs, while startups race to create specialised AI chips that could make artificial intelligence as accessible as a Google search.
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Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
Explore how AI can be effectively utilised for risk management and sustainability in supply chain operations and identify the current gaps in AI advancements that need to be addressed.
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Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
The tech sector in 2024 was dominated by discussion of the artificial intelligence (AI) megatrend. But as the excitement around AI abates somewhat and the dust starts to settle, we expect to see a Jeremy Gleeson CIO Global Tech Equity range of other providers come to the fore in 2025.
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Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
As the world remains fixated on the intensifying war over AI chipsets — encompassing tariffs, intellectual property restrictions, supply chain sanctions, and geopolitical battles — a critical aspect of AI's future is quietly slipping under the radar: the increasing scarcity of data available for these powerful chipsets to process.
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What is an AI chip? Text
Friday Reading Edition 238 (28th February 2025)
Unlike other kinds of chips, AI chips are often built specifically to handle AI tasks, such as machine learning (ML), data analysis and natural language processing (NLP).
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