Generali Employee Benefits in February 2016 released a special issue of its newsletter entirely devoted to the African continent, available for download here. The 28-page PDF booklet covers the region’s macroeconomic outlook (good despite multiple challenges), provides an overview of the African employee benefits industry (still in infancy but with positive trends emerging – and already some degree of complexity and regulations that one needs to be aware of)

Strategy – Cutting Loose from The Silos Is Not Enough Beyond products and services, client orientation is critical to success Dirk Hellmuth, Melanie Liedtke Effective Benefits Communication Increases Employee Engagement Matt Frost Interview: Chris Bruce, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Thomsons Online Benefits PPI and APF, Two Acronyms Redefine the Dutch Pension Market Theo Lutgendorff Mitigating Corruption Risks in Corruption-Prone Industries and Geographies A case study of an international joint-venture

Only a few weeks after Dutch telecommunications firm Vimpel and U.S.-based engineering software editor PTC in February 2016 entered into settlements with U.S. authorities in relation to allegations of corruption, telecommunication hardware provider Qualcomm in early March 2016 agreed to pay $ 7.5 million to settle charges under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Both PTC’s and Qualcomm’s illegal dealings were with corrupt Chinese government officials, whereas Vimpel got

“Corruption, and the perception of corruption, erodes trust in governments, businesses, and markets. In the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis of our time, we need to rebuild that trust more than ever before.