May 2021 - wauko

5 factors to keep in mind

by Sean Tweedie | May 31, 2021 | waufx, waumonthly, waunotes

This month has seen risk assets continue to outperform as a consequence of a notable improvement in investor optimism following several contributing factors. The successful rollout of vaccines in many parts of the world (particularly in the developed economies), an...

The Journey to Protection, Vol 1.

by Ryno Nel | May 25, 2021 | waunotes, wautech, wauweekly

I ended my previous article by saying that 95% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error or human intervention. Before I kick start this article with some ideas and approaches on how to secure your end user access points, take a moment to absorb and digest...

The War on Integrity and Ethics

by Pieter le Roux | May 19, 2021 | wauweekly, wauwisdom

I am going to dare to say that if the world had an Integrity and/or Ethics barometer, it would be at its lowest level in decades, maybe even in a century. Why would I say something like this? Well, just take a deeper look into various aspects of the world we live in...

Don’t forget the laundry!

by Marianne Mokken | May 11, 2021 | waucomply, waunotes, wauweekly

Money laundering. A concept that you may have heard of, but the exact meaning thereof may be inexplicable to the man on the street. Yet, section 29 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (FICA) places an obligation on “a person who carries on a business...

Out with the old and in with the new

by Wehan Dreyer | May 4, 2021 | waufm, waunotes, wauweekly

Have you ever prepared a financial report, containing a full arsenal of numbers, ready to be dumped onto a hapless client or stakeholder only to be met with grins, confused looks and a myriad of questions? The solution for the disconnect might be as simple as “data...