Risk management - what is your foundation?
September 11, 2013
Having worked in both private and public institutions, I spent the early days of my career focusing on making sure the basic processes of risk management happened. Did we do all our assessments? Are we…
Don't lose your good name
August 7, 2013
The principal goal of most companies is to make a profit and be industry leaders; directors are tasked with these goals and are handsomely rewarded for contributing to their achievement. But what separates the winners…
Analysts agree that the built environment will face volatility for at least a number of years, and businesses providing professional services to it need to find solutions to working
As the frequency and voracity of cyber-attacks increases worldwide, it is estimated that over 70% of South African businesses are significantly unprepared for cyber liability risks, and in turn, woefully underinsured when it comes to…
We all faced more complex risks as we entered 2013 and thus, risks much more difficult to counter. In what has become an annual exercise, members of the executive team met to review their predictions…
Extent of corruption in SA's public sector
May 22, 2013
There is an absence of notable convictions under the Public Finance Management Act and the Municipal Finance Management Act. This trend raises concerns that incidences of corruption, bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement…
Commodity prices, political risk and an increased focus from regulators are the predicted drivers of risk management. Aon’s Pieter Vermaak explores the reasons why risk management professionals will follow these trends
Aon Risk Management Survey
April 24, 2013
Risk leaders are struggling to identify and manage the major risks facing their organisations, according to the biannual Aon Global Risk Management Survey released today from Aon Risk Solutions…more
