With the start of a new year and a new decade in full swing, Marriott Asset Management provides 20 investment tips for 2020. by Preston Narainsamy, Preston is an Investment Professional at Marriott Establish your financial goals. This will enable you to put together an effective investment plan with an appropriate long term allocation to…
In every region across the world, CEOs predict slower growth. South African CEOs are pessimistic about the rate of global economic growth with 44% believing that it will decline over the next 12 months. CEOs in South Africa are more pessimistic than their global counterparts regarding their organisations’ growth prospects in 2020. Only 14% of…
By Chris de Zeeuw, founding partner and Managing Director of Capisol Software Approximately 25-30% of accountants’ time is taken up searching for documents. As a result, many companies are spending unnecessary time searching for invoicing information and documents, correcting errors, or ensuring document compliance when all of these processes can be safely automated. Finance and…
Post-Implementation review in South Africa The new and revised auditor reporting standards became effective for audits offinancial statements for periods ending on or after 15 December 2016. With more than two years of post-implementation experience, SAICA provides an overview and analysis of the revised format of the auditor’s reports of certain entities listed on the…
The diagram above is an excellent rendition of the current debate on executive leadership. I find this particularly entertaining, as I have been following this topic for well on 30 years now. Hence I have coined the terms principle-/value-based leader, Upside-down Leader, or UDL for short. If your executive boss is the leader on the…
Dedication, passion, and a commitment to her self-development have made Sindi Mabaso-Koyana, head of AIH, a true trailblazer in the world of accounting and governance, and a role model for the next generation of leaders. One of the country’s most powerful women in business, Sindi Mabaso-Koyana has had an illustrious and exciting career. Currently the…
This year’s finalist group and of course, the winners, have built businesses across all sectors offering innovation and exceptional acumen and leadership on the topics of organisational culture, upskilling the unemployed youth, tourism and conservation, effective food supply chain management, online payment and credit systems, insurance and insurance underwriting, the owner and operator hotel model…
In society, conventional wisdom holds that it is difficult to lead or negotiate or make demands from a position of perceived weakness. Leaders tend to adopt more of a stern, sometimes tyrannous attitude as a means to be taken seriously. Therefore, people, especially leaders, are expected to never show vulnerability. It now turns out that…
I find it helpful to remember that all of us struggle with decision-making from time to time – even highly successful people. We all make decisions every day. But as you become responsible for more people or projects, your decisions become weightier. It can be difficult to trust that you’re making the best choice. Here…
Move over, number crunchers. Tomorrow’s CAs(SA) are more concerned with adding value than balancing the books, says Tramayne Monaghan. And he should know – as chief innovation officer of Tencent, he’s a living example of this new breed ‘My mother isn’t actually sure what I do,’ Monaghan laughs. That’s not surprising, given that he describes…