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Publication archives

Final Standards: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Practice-Specific Standards (Part 8000) and Part 1000

Standards of Practice – Enterprise Risk Management (Effective June 30, 2023)

FCIA Syllabus – Finance, investments and ERM with option in Banking

This document outlines the finance, investments and enterprise risk management (FIE)-track exams and modules syllabuses. 

Advice statement to CAPSA on Guideline on Leverage and the Effective Management of Associated Risks

The CIA submits comments on a draft guideline that identifies many important principles for the prudent management and oversight of pension plans, specifically, related to the use of leverage as part of the investment strategy.  

Advice statement to CAPSA on an ‘inclusive’ Guideline on Risk Management to include ESG, Leverage and Cyber

The CIA is supportive of an inclusive guideline that supports the vision of holistic risk management, rather than issuing multiple separate guidelines which do not have a clear connection.

US and Canada: An Era of Value-added Enterprise Risk Management – Executive Summary

This report provides a detailed review of emerging key topics in enterprise risk management in Canada and the United States. A comprehensive report is also available.

US and Canada: An Era of Value-added Enterprise Risk Management

This report provides a detailed review of emerging key topics in enterprise risk management in Canada and the United States.

Research paper: Pandemics-Driven Scenario Generation

With the analysis of both the pandemic risk and its relationship with the economy, the pandemic risk-driven scenario generator (PSG) is designed based on the findings. It uses a basket of fitted distributions to generate pandemic events including frequency, severity, […]

Emerging Risks Survey: Guide for Use

This companion paper to the 15th Survey of Emerging Risks will help the reader understand the strategic horizon of risks observed in the 15th survey.

15th Survey of Emerging Risks

The 15th Survey of Emerging Risks details the evolution of risks observed in 2021. This report provides data but, more importantly, serves as an environmental scan of risks where scenarios should be developed to determine what risks matter to a […]