Category: Risk Management

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How to minimise financial statement risk

17/02/2016

By Ken Tysiac Telecom giant AT&T’s director of accounting discusses a few ways organisations can avoid unintended errors in financial statements. In a complex world of evolving standards and technology, there are many risks associated with financial statements. Fortunately, there are things financial executives can do to minimise the unintended errors that can lead to… Read More How to minimise financial statement risk

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Awareness is your security blanket

17/02/2016

CIMA and Airmic have created a risk-identification framework that can help executives find peace in preparation and knowledge. Organisations can find all sorts of ways to trip themselves up. A recent CGMA survey of 1,300 executives across the world found that 60% agreed that they faced a wide array of increasing and complex risk issues.

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8 best practices for aligning strategy, planning, and risk

22/10/2015

By Joanne Sammer; Kenneth W. Witt and Paul R. Bacon Providing effective governance presents boards and management with a formidable challenge. Here’s how one company does it. Success in business is influenced by many factors: effective strategy and execution; deep understanding of the business environment, including its risks; the ability to innovate and adapt; and… Read More 8 best practices for aligning strategy, planning, and risk

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Women should be planning their own financial security

05/10/2015

By Tiffany Boesch According to the National Cancer Registry, one in every 33 women in South Africa is at risk of contracting breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. With October being breast cancer awareness month, this serves as a timely reminder of how important it is for women to plan financially to ensure… Read More Women should be planning their own financial security

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8 best practices for aligning strategy, planning, and risk

11/08/2015

by Joanne Sammer, Kenneth W. Witt and Paul R. Bacon Providing effective governance presents boards and management with a formidable challenge. Here’s how one company does it. Success in business is influenced by many factors: effective strategy and execution; deep understanding of the business environment, including its risks; the ability to innovate and adapt; and… Read More 8 best practices for aligning strategy, planning, and risk

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How will the Protection of Personal Information Act SMEs in South Africa?

10/02/2015

As it stands now, POPI could cripple the small business community our economy is based on. Kevin Phillips elaborates. The Protection of Personal Information Act, generally known as POPI, regulates how anyone with access to personal information must collect, manage, store, secure, share and even dispose of it. POPI has been in the works for… Read More How will the Protection of Personal Information Act SMEs in South Africa?