Compliance - Regulatory / General

Quo vadis financial services industry? Four areas to watch

I recall when in my second year at high school in Zimbabwe, when slide rules and log books were the norm, I received my first calculator – a Casio with six-number capacity on the screen, weighing a ton. Sure, it was 1973, but I was convinced then that I had the mathematical tool I needed to conquer the world, and that nothing better could come along. Some 13 years later when I began my career as an IFA, I received one of those brick-sized Nokia cell phones. I had arrived! What could beat this?

Beyond GDPR: Data privacy and the increasing cost of security

In today’s connected world, a local issue can very quickly become a global one.

IASB delays insurance contract rules for one year: PwC comments

Commenting on the decision from yesterday’s IASB meeting, subject to the IASB’s due process, that the IFRS17 insurance accounting standard will be delayed by one year and the extension of the deferral of IFRS 9 to the same date, Alex Bertolotti, IFRS17 leader at PwC, said:

Legal recourse… don’t become a victim