The occasion for the video Following on from the LinkedIn video series, Richard Chambers – Global President and CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors asked Tom and Todd to share their thoughts as part of the launch of IIA’s new flagship Insights and Advice video series. The topic was How internal audit adds value […]
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Different times require a different response – our response to COVID
In addition to the obvious short term impats of COVID 19, massive strategic shifts are afoot. If you’re a fan of Survivor this is the equivalent of tribe swap or merge, and then some.
The Davies Report – Summer 2018
Note: This is a cut down version of our subscriber-only newsletter. The full newsletter contains exclusive content. If you’d like to receive the full edition please follow the prompts at the end of this page. What we’ve been up to lately 2018 has been a very big year for us. It has been a year […]
The Davies Report Summer 2017 – working at a scale and pace worthy of our times
Are you working at a scale and pace worthy of our times? What we’ve been up to lately As signposted in our last bulletin we have been shifting our focus to trying to help as many organisations as possible (see more on that in our 2017 manifesto below). The result of this is that Q4 […]
The Davies Report – December 2015 Edition
Seasons greetings! Thanks for taking time out to read our end of year wrap for Audit & Risk leaders. In this edition we’ll be giving you a quick summary of what we’ve been doing over the last six months, some of our thoughts and tips for 2016. In this edition: What we’ve been up to […]
Davies Report Bumper Edition – July 2015
Thanks for taking time to open our infrequent newsletter and our apologies for the long period between editions. There are a number of issues and trends that are hot in the risk and assurance space which we wanted to make you aware of. 1. New requirements kick in for listed companies (Principle 7)2. Updated audit […]
July 2014 Newsletter
Optimise your governance, risk and assurance. Get it humming. Current trends During this quarter we’ve been working around Australia across the private, government and not for profit sectors. Four key themes have come up for us in recent months. 1. Disruption (strategic risk) 2. Risk appetite 3. Assurance frameworks 4. Stakeholder alignment 1. Disruption (Strategic risk) “Operational risk […]
March 2014 newsletter
Welcome to our March newsletter. This has been an important week in internal audit and corporate governance in this part of the world. IIA’s SOPAC conference was held this week, bringing together leading thinkers locally and internationally and driving a flurry of new ideas and research. In addition the ASX Corporate Governance Council issued the […]
End of year wrap / Project Emu
Festive Greetings / Another Big Year As 2014 rolls to an end, I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your interest and support in what has been another big year for us at TDA. 2014 Highlights This has been a very big year for us. Here’s a few highlights. Project Emu […]
Our take on the recent changes to the IIA Standards (free white paper)
Video: What you need to know about the changes in 90 seconds.This month the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) released their latest revisions to their global standards. These standards come into effect from 1 January 2013. Much has been written about these changes, making it difficult to determine what’s really important, if anything. At first […]