Thought leadership IT and corporate governance
January 1, 2011
One of the important developments in the new King III Report released earlier this year is the fact that it has finally taken into consideration the role of Information Technology from a governance perspective. Its…
Consumer spending, the lifeblood of the retail industry, is depressed in today’s business climate. Job growth is anaemic, and revenue projections are difficult, at best. There is no question that globally, the financial services industry,…
Risk management is the cornerstone of each and every thing that we turn around and would like to create value from. Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by a coordinated…
RISK ... in the Year of the Rabbit
January 1, 2011
According to the Chinese New Year Calendar, it is the year of the Rabbit. Without giving you a lesson on risk so early in the year, why should I not impart some of those Rabbit…
Aon Analytics releases its 2010 Food System, Agribusiness and Beverage Industry report The claims costs connected to the recent half billion egg recall will be unprecedented and include liabilities such as business interruption and reputation…
RISK ...”Keep that motor runnin’ “
December 1, 2010
I recently travelled around Africa and South Africa and visited places like Pietermaritzburg, Ghana, Nelspruit, Mafikeng and Polokwane to create awareness about managing one’s risk – specifically fraud awareness – but, needless to say, I…
Insurers need capital to provide for Operational risk
December 1, 2010
The world-wide increase in awareness of the importance of risk management to corporate governance has been magnified following the recent financial crisis. It has been widely agreed that inadequate risk management played a strong contributing…
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa awards reflect growing relevance of the risk management discipline
December 1, 2010
The discipline of risk management has seen exponential development in recent years and IRMSA can claim much credit for this growth and for having put risk management on the map as a recognised business discipline,…