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This week we are promoting RelyOn Podcast, interviewing our CEO Naomi Burley taking a broad view of the risk and compliance challenges facing businesses. 



Podcast Notes:

Today’s conversation is a little bit different. We’ve partnered with Australia’s GRC Institute to bring you the latest in governance, risk and compliance. Each quarter, ...

By Kwame Slusher

 



Managing organisational culture and conduct risk is a perennial challenge.  

 

We are listening to the Risky Women Radio Future Fit Organisations & Managing Culture Risk this week. 
 

 How is your organisation managing culture risk?
 


 

Check out our networking discussion groups to join to tackle emerging risk a...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 31 March 2023




Latitude Financial and Meriton's recent significant breaches are a reminder that data breaches and cyber security are critical.

 

The rise in reported scams shows that, in the long run, they have detrimental impacts on consumers.  
 

This week the Scamwatch report highlighted a rise in bank impersonation scams.

Last year, ...

By Kwame Slusher




More must be done for scams, greenwashing, market misconduct and fraud.  

 

This is the call of the International Organisation of the Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in their Retail Conduct Market Task Force Final Report.
 

The report highlighted some thematic issues:
 

  • Technological advances and social media have imp...

By Kwame Slusher


 

With the Compliance Report due at the end of this month, we wanted to share a Dark Money Files episode looking at annual AML assessments and what is expected of regulated entities in the UK context.

This episode looks at the basics of cognition, higher-order levels of thinking and the limits of testing. 

 


Join the conversation at our...

By Kwame Slusher




We decided to share this past episode on Risk Culture in anticipation of our upcoming podcast discussion on Conduct Risk.   
 
How have conversations around culture changed over the last few years? 


 
The GRC Professional Podcast caught up with D...

By Kwame Slusher


 
 
Former Insurance Broker Alliance Management Group Renato De Maria has to pay a $ 35 million penalty for misusing client funds between July 2016 and April  2021. 
 
Allegations as listed on the ASIC website:

  • authorising three withdrawals totalling $7.9 million which were ultimately transferred back to Mr De Maria via a third party an...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 17 March 2023

 

The new accountability regime could apply to your organisation at the end of this year.  

Last year, the financial industry readied itself for guidance on complying with the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). 

This month the bill has now been reintroduced to parliament for a third time. 
The first time the bill was before parliament, ...

By Kwame Slusher