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ArticleMandate COVID-19 vaccines for all employees? Like everything, it’s complicated
So you want to mandate that all of your company’s employees get the coronavirus vaccine, once it’s available? Such a requirement is legal, but there are a host of considerations that might make it impractical, employment experts say.
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ArticleClimate-related risk disclosures reach global boiling point
From local governments around the world to U.S. regulators to activist investors, the debate over corporate climate-related risk disclosures is approaching a boiling point.
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ArticleDeloitte: Top-of-mind challenges for Q3 financial reporting
A new report from Deloitte highlights third-quarter financial reporting and accounting challenges that should be top of mind as the coronavirus pandemic continues with no end in sight.
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ArticleCitigroup adds chief accounting officer
Financial services giant Citigroup announced the appointment of Johnbull Okpara as controller and chief accounting officer, effective later this year.
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ArticleHertz CFO turnover continues with new appointment
Car rental service Hertz Global Holdings announced Kenny Cheung assumed the role of chief financial officer after R. Eric Esper resigned from the job one month in.
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Barclays appoints group chief risk officer
Barclays announced the appointment of Taalib Shaah as group chief risk officer, subject to regulatory approvals.
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ExxonMobil general counsel to retire
Randall Ebner, vice president and general counsel for Exxon Mobil Corp., announced his retirement, effective Nov. 1. The ExxonMobil board of directors has elected Deputy General Counsel Craig Morford as his replacement.
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American Oncology Network tabs corporate compliance officer
American Oncology Network announced the appointment of Kristin Matisziw as corporate compliance officer.
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Bacardi replaces longtime general counsel
Bacardi Limited announced the appointment of Todd Grice as senior vice president and general counsel to replace the retiring Eduardo Sanchez, who served in those positions for 17 years.
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Vertiv names chief accounting officer
Vertiv Holdings, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced the appointment of Scott Cripps as chief accounting officer.
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Travel service company to pay $6M for violating Cuba sanctions
Generali Global Assistance has agreed to pay approximately $5.9 million for violating U.S. sanctions. The action comes a week after OFAC amended its Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
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ArticleEY allegedly flubbed Wirecard dealings worse than we thought
In this week’s “Nailed It or Failed It,” we take down EY and JPMorgan Chase for apparently ignoring whistleblowers and give the SEC a nod for rewarding them.
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ArticleProgress on beneficial ownership key to AML fight
With the British Virgin Islands vowing its commitment to a beneficial ownership public register, financial crime expert Martin Woods turns his attention toward how the U.K. and U.S. are progressing in the space.
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ArticleThree tips on how to design financial crime training with impact
Simone Jones of the International Compliance Association offers three ways to get employees to both embrace financial crime training and use the knowledge learned in their daily roles.
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ArticleHP fined $6M for disclosure violations and control failures
HP has agreed to pay $6 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations of disclosure violations and control failures regarding improper sales practices.
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Article‘Audit in Action’: BDO partner shares data analytics journey
Brian Miller, national partner of audit transformation and innovation at BDO USA, talked with Compliance Week about how the pandemic has driven adoption of technologies by BDO’s auditors.
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ArticleH&M Germany fined $41.3M in one of largest GDPR penalties
In one of the largest GDPR fines imposed, a regional data protection authority in Germany fined H&M Germany €35.2 million (U.S. $41.3 million) for excessive monitoring of several hundred employees by one of the retailer’s subsidiaries.
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Former hedge fund CCO fined, suspended for impeding investigation
The former CCO of a New York City investment firm who impeded a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into her employer has been fined $25,000 and suspended from practicing before the SEC for a year.
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ICA, Insurance Institute of East Africa partner on training
The International Compliance Association announced a partnership with the Insurance Institute of East Africa to provide ICA education in financial crime prevention in the East African region.
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ArticleWith ‘FinCEN Files,’ don’t shoot the messenger
It’s important we understand with the “FinCEN Files” that the enemy is not a journalist, a regulator, or a banker. The enemy is the money launderer, and this is where we need to focus our thinking and resources, writes Martin Woods.