Matt Knight (MK) from SAICA spoke to Carrick Wealth Director of Corporate and Client Solutions Anthony Palmer CA(SA) and Sion Gelgor CA(SA), Wealth Specialist at Carrick, about retirement planning in South Africa and offshore and asked them, first, about saving money. Hope is a false plan. The reality is that we are all retiring later,…
DetailsIt’s impossible for anyone today to give a precise vision of how the next ten − much less five − years will unfold in the field of AI. That’s not to say that it’s impossible to make broad predictions about AI’s impact in the coming years and decades. Our aim here is different: to make…
DetailsThe global economy has necessitated working across cultures and navigating the complexities of diversity. Leaders often focus on endless ‘tasks’ and neglect the ‘process’ of achieving those tasks. Organisation development practitioners are skilled in assisting leaders to attend to ‘process’. Read Paolo’s full article by fast-tracking here.
DetailsAfter a board meeting held in December 2017, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) issued a feedback statement to inform stakeholders of the key messages received in response to their outreach activities relating to emerging forms of external reporting (EER). This article provides an overview of the feedback statement. Read the full article…
DetailsWhy are we not saving enough for our retirement? I say ‘we’ because, according to National Treasury, 94% of the population isn’t. I think that is a big enough majority to use the collective ‘we’. Therefore, listen up! Fast track to Gizelle’s article here.
DetailsBeing able to focus helps us succeed. Whether it’s focusing inward and attuning ourselves to our intuitions and values, or outward and navigating the world around us, honing our attention is a valuable asset. When we can’t focus at work because of distractions, it may lead us to feel stressed about not being productive, which…
DetailsHe’s an Iron Man athlete; she has purple hair and tattoos. At first glance, they appear to be the archetypal odd couple. But what Gary and Naomi Swartz share is a passion for accounting – that’s what brought them together when they first met in 1997, when they were both doing their articles at Deloitte.…
DetailsOur labour laws are constantly evolving as the South African government seeks to balance stronger protections for employees with the need to create a business-friendly investment climate. We can expect to see a number of amendments to the country’s core labour law acts – the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Unemployment Insurance Act…
DetailsThis just in: SARS announced on their website that they have shortened the 2018 tax season for non-provisional tax payers (individual tax payers who earn a salary and who do not have additional income sources such as interest or rental income) by month to allow more time for finalising verifications and audits before year end.…
DetailsName: Sherylee Moonsamy (31) Region: Central Region Job Title: Chief Financial Officer Years in this position: 1.5 Company Name: Johannesburg Development Agency Entry Category: Public Sector Sherylee Moonsamy joined the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), an area-based development agency of the City of Johannesburg as an Accountant in 2002. She was promoted to Finance Manager and led an…
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