Risk Insights from Rocksoup
Stay sharp on risk, banking and the financial markets.
Short, practical briefings on the latest risk reports, real-world case studies and big ideas, explained by a practitioner with a South African lens. Watch, listen or read in about ten minutes.
- Free to watch and read
- About 10 minutes each
- New episodes every month
Three takeaways from the IRMSA Risk Report 2026/27
- Old risks, not new ones, are the real danger
- Governance failure sits at the root of the rest
- Three possible futures, and how to test against them
Watch
Narrated slide videos you can follow on any screen.
Listen
The same episode as audio, for the commute or a walk.
Read
A one-page summary with the key points and the source.
Test yourself
A five-question quiz to check what stuck.
Latest insights
New on Rocksoup
Four kinds of insight
From the fundamentals to the latest reports, ten minutes at a time.
Report briefings
The big reports in ten minutes
The year’s most important risk reports, boiled down to what matters and what to do about it.
Coming up: WEF Global Risks, Allianz Risk Barometer, ACFE fraud study, SARB Financial Stability Review.
Case studies
What went wrong, and why
Real collapses and scandals, taken apart to find the warning signs everyone missed.
Coming up: Steinhoff, Silicon Valley Bank, the 2024 CrowdStrike outage.
Big ideas
Thinking tools for risk
The best thinking on uncertainty from leading writers and talks, made practical for your job.
Coming up: Gray rhinos vs black swans, risk literacy, antifragility.
Risk Essentials
The fundamentals, explained
The building blocks of risk management, from ISO 31000 to risk appetite and the risk register, in plain language.
Coming up: How ISO 31000 fits together, the 8 principles, risk appetite, the risk register
Explore by topic
Find insights in your field
Risk Management
Enterprise, operational, credit and market risk, and the reports that shape them.
Fraud & Forensics
How fraud happens, how it is caught, and the scandals that taught us most.
Economics & Markets
Interest rates, inflation, markets and what they mean for business decisions.
Coming soon
a professional photo of Andre
Your host
Explained by someone who has done the work
[Two or three sentences about you: your years in risk and financial services, and why you started Risk Insights.]
- Every episode names and links its sources
- Summarised in plain language, not copied
- A South African lens on global trends
Andre
[Founder, Rocksoup]
For teams
A ready-made discussion starter for your risk team
Play an episode at your next risk committee or team meeting, then use the reflection questions to apply it to your own organisation.
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