Risks

Market report: Hopes of more targeted tariffs help boost investor sentiment

Susannah Streeter
  • FTSE 100 rises in early trade amid hopes looming US tariffs will be more focused.
  • Oil prices gain some ground as talks set to get underway between Russian and US officials over Ukraine.
  • US markets set for a steady start to the week with optimism increasing about targeted trade policy.
  • Risks remain for severe duties with hearing due at International Trade Commission on big duties on Chinese manufactured ships docking at US ports.
  • Gold hangs near record highs while Bitcoin...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/24/market-report-hopes-of-more-targeted-tariffs-help-boost-investor-sentiment/

IUA publishes Cyber Business Interruption Report

Helen Dalziel

Cyber business interruption risks should receive the same level of attention as that given to information technology security controls and ransomware threats, a new report by the International Underwriting Association has stated.

Research conducted by the market body in association with Baker Tilly analyses claims experiences from the last few years. It concludes that whilst understanding of cyber business interruption has come a long way, there is still work to be done to improve...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/10/iua-publishes-cyber-business-interruption-report/

TT Talk: measures for security

Current geopolitical tensions have inevitably raised the stakes in general perception around security, as well as, tragically, huge displacement of the population of Ukraine. The sobering reality from experience is that criminals are quick to change their methods, exploit difficult situations and cause further human degradation. 

I hope you find these articles useful. 

Peregrine Storrs-Fox   

Risk Management Director, TT Club

Evolving security threats
Disruptions through the global supply chain...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/05/tt-talk-measures-for-security/

Risks to monetary stability mount in central and eastern Europe

Risks to monetary stability mount in central and eastern Europe

Monday 21 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.8.1

Commentary: Central bankers underestimating threat of war

By Miroslav Singer in Prague

As the diplomatic world ponders how best to prevent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, central bankers seem oblivious to the potential threat. Even Balkan and central and eastern European central banks merely list it as one of many forecast risks. Any war between Russia and Ukraine will rock the exchange...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/21/risks-to-monetary-stability-mount-in-central-and-eastern-europe/

CBDC to make steady progress in 2022 as authorities tackle policy issues

CBDC to make steady progress in 2022 as authorities tackle policy issues

Monday 31 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.5.1

Commentary: Fed keeping strictly neutral on CBDC as others plough ahead

By Lewis McLellan in London

The US Federal Reserve published its discussion paper last week in which it laid out the conditions a digital dollar would have to satisfy. Elsewhere, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is redefining these conditions as technical features. Introducing CBDCs does pose new challenges and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/31/cbdc-to-make-steady-progress-in-2022-as-authorities-tackle-policy-issues/

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