IOB Talk November 2009

ALERT! IOB/UNISA 2010 1st semester registration opens 1 December 2009 and closes 15 January 2010

Please be aware that 2010's 1^st semester of the final year of the IOB/UNISA's formal qualifications, for students who are currently studying the Certificate, Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas opens on 1 December 2009. Register early to avoid the last minute rush and chaos! Click here for all the registration information.
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Mentoring a new world

We are here to answer your questions. Do you sometimes feel you need a mentor, but don't know how to access one? The IOB has the answers!
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Banking on Answers Online Service

Many years ago, the IOB published annual books called 'Questions on Banking Practice in South Africa'. These books provided answers to around 600 practical problems from the banking environment. This service is not available online.
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Economic pressures drive steep increase in business fraud

62 percent of companies in South Africa reported fraud in the last 12 months, PwC survey finds,
Already beset by the global recession, nearly two in three organisations in South Africa reported they were the victims of economic crime during the past 12 months. Of those, 54 percent said that the incidences of fraud in their organisations increased during the period, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Economic Crime Survey 2009.
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Is IT being used to transform the Financial Services Sector?

South Africa's financial services sector is highly rated in around the world, but the question on everyone's lips at the moment is whether new technologies are being used to transform the sector in line with international trends, or whether the great and the good alike are just in a holding pattern.
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BUSA comments on latest SA growth outlook for 3Q 2009

BUSA welcomes the expected modest positive GDP figures for 3rd Q2009 as a likely turning point in the business cycle. It signals that SA is beginning to recover from recession, not that the recession is over. Total demand remains weak and business and consumer confidence are still low this year - which is likely to see an overall negative growth rate of about 2%. Unemployment remains a lagging indicator, with wholesale and retail sales also broadly continuing to decline.
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Ethics for Breakfast with The Institute of Risk Management SA

Join Mollie Painter-Morland as she talks about Ethics at the IRMSA Breakfast on 3rd December, at the Woodmead Johannesburg Country Club.
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The shifting sands of the business landscape

All companies today face five critical business challenges, regardless of their industry, size or location. HR should play a leading role in enabling companies to meet these competitive challenges by helping them to build new capabilities
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