In December 2021, the Riskworx Academy presented a Strategic Balance Sheet Management Masterclass to delegates from banks all over Africa. The audience were all experienced Treasury, ALM or Balance Sheet Managers who wished to deepen their understanding of Balance Sheet Optimisation. A particular focus area of the training was the investigation of the nuances of …Read more

The Riskworx Academy was recently on assignment in East Africa to deliver online FX Risk Management Training. With Africa’s perennial reliance on international commodity trade and a strong correlation between the FX and commodity markets, it’s no wonder that this is a particular area of concern for the commercial and development banks on the continent. …Read more

The Riskworx Academy recently completed a bespoke 4-day Market Risk workshop for the global markets risk managers of a large Tier 1 Pan African Bank headquartered in South Africa. The online training, delivered by Dr. Gary Van Vuuren, involved a deep dive into the complexities of how the regulatory market risk framework will be changing …Read more

Riskworx Academy recently presented a webinar entitled “The 3 biggest risks in African Banking – Liquidity, Liquidity & Liquidity” to the member banks of Arise Investments. The Arise investment portfolio includes various banks across Sub-Saharan Africa and more than 100 representatives from these banks attended the webinar. The presenters – Illse Nell (ALM Specialist and …Read more

The Riskworx Academy recently presented a 4 day bank simulation workshop for the UCT (university of Cape Town) 2021 MCom Finance & Risk students, at their campus.  The workshop, sponsored by the African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management (AIFMRM), saw 5 teams of 4 students compete against each other to run their own …Read more

Both economic growth and climate change are topics interconnected topics of essential significance. So, we’re taking a closer look at how climate change and economic growth intersect to understand how they impact one another.    The state of the climate in 2021  According to Ralph Keeling, head of the CO2 programme at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in …Read more