Jun 25, 2018
Compliance is a growing challenge. 48 percent of companies saw their regulatory teams grow in 2017 and 75% foresee the need to focus more on managing regulatory risk, according to a Thomson Reuters poll. Financial institutions are spending upwards of $270-billion a...
Jun 13, 2018
The ongoing accounting issues at Steinhoff have again highlighted the need for better governance and risk oversight in the world of investing. By Nigel Morriss, head of Mercer Sentinel and operational risk in Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey for Mercer Wealth,...
Jun 8, 2018
“Directors: The Steinhoff debacle highlights your exposure to personal liability” – this was the warning trumpeted in the headline to a recent BGR Pyper Turner newsletter article. by Escrow Europe MD Andrew Stekhoven The article referred to the...
Jun 5, 2018
South African companies have suffered several cyber-crime incidents over the past few years, yet local businesses are still reluctant to insure against this risk. Roy Wright, head of risk solutions at financial advisory group GTC, believes there are two primary...
Jun 5, 2018
Business’s increasing dependence on digital platforms and data has generated significant efficiencies – but has also spawned a well-resourced cyber-crime industry. It is thus imperative that cyber resilience is integrated into organisations’ business...
May 21, 2018
Riaan Bekker, force solutions manager at thryve, examines the world of risk software. A friend of mine is a keen cyclist. He had a trusty bicycle that carried him around, especially when taking the kids out over weekends. And that was all fine: why replace what works...
