Within the international risk community, there is growing concern on the approach and ethos being utilised when it comes to proper risk reporting. It seems that the monthly risk pack is often reduced to a tick-box exercise that gets one tenth of the focus and exposure it deserves. Most companies have established risk management programmes [...]

“I can’t change the direction of the wind. But I can adjust my sails.” — Anonymous People experience change in a very personal way; no matter if the organisation is fighting to survive or at the top of a growth curve. They need to do things differently or stop what they have been doing. Tomorrow’s [...]

Have you seen a Board of Directors “hop-and-skip” due to their compliance “grudge-purchase” adding tangible value to the bottom-line? Did you hear that stock-market analyst commenting on a share-price increase because of increased compliance? The consequence of non-compliance ranges between financial penalties, imprisonment and business closure. Additionally, non-compliance could cause long lasting reputational damage. Can [...]

Banking institutions across the world pursue coarse grained application level reuse as a means to achieve a higher level of agility and cost saving. The reality is that the cost of achieving this reuse often exceeds the actual cost and time-to-market benefit derived from it. The challenges associated with reuse in larger established banks are [...]

The revised King Code and Report on Governance for South Africa (“King III”) was launched on 1 September 2009.  It came into effect and replaces the existing King II Code and Report on Corporate Governance (“King II”) on 1 March 2010.  The review of King II was prompted by changes in international governance trends and [...]