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 […]

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 […]

Reform required to ASX’s Principle 7?

Comment As the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Corporate Governance Council starts its regular review of the Principles and Recommendations, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has fired an early salvo on the need for change. Although we’ve learned a lot from the global financial crisis and the destruction of value, the reality is that when […]