Articles | Compliance Week – Page 154
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ArticlePwC guidance: Navigating audit committee responsibilities amid the coronavirus pandemic
Internal auditors will want to check out a recent publication from PwC on how to navigate core audit committee responsibilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Elon Musk again tests SEC with 'stock price is too high' tweet
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is at it again on Twitter, this time with a comment he made about the electric car company’s stock price being too high.
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ArticleSenate Republicans to introduce contact tracing privacy bill
Senate Republicans say they will soon introduce a coronavirus-specific data privacy bill that would create regulations under the FTC for companies collecting personal data to fight the ongoing pandemic.
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ArticleWhistleblowers have never been more important … or more targeted
If there’s anything to be learned from recent examples, it’s that whistleblowers do more than anyone to speak truth to power. That’s why it’s so important they are both listened to and properly protected and rewarded.
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NYSDFS names new general counsel
The New York State Department of Financial Services has appointed Richard Weber as general counsel.
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Deutsche Bank, general counsel mutually part
Deutsche Bank announced General Counsel Florian Drinhausen will leave the company on May 31 by mutual agreement. The bank will decide on a successor at the position in the near future.
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Pacific Life adds chief risk officer
Pacific Life announced the appointment of Alessandro Papa as chief risk officer. Papa will serve in an enterprise-wide capacity overseeing the company’s risk management framework and corporate actuarial function.
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VersaBank appoints associate chief risk officer
VersaBank announced Tammie Ashton has been appointed associate chief risk officer.
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Hub Group announces accounting succession
Transportation management firm Hub Group announced CFO Terri Pizzuto has decided to retire effective June 30. Pizzuto will be succeeded by Geoff DeMartino as chief financial officer and Kevin Beth as chief accounting officer.
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WSFS Bank tabs chief risk officer
WSFS Bank announced the appointment of Michael Paul Reed as executive vice president, chief risk officer.
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Arlo Technologies accounting chief to retire
Wireless security camera maker Arlo Technologies announced Christine Gorjanc, chief financial officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, will retire from her role effective June 15.
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Skydance Media hires general counsel
Entertainment production company Skydance Media announced the appointment of Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon as general counsel.
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ArticleEverest Capital settles SEC charges for risk management failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against investment adviser Everest Capital and its sole principal for risk management failures stemming from a bad currency bet on the Swiss franc.
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ArticleBank Hapoalim’s bad day: $904M in tax evasion, FIFA fines
Israel’s largest bank and its Swiss subsidiary will pay a total of $904 million in separate DOJ settlements related to (1) a massive tax-evasion scheme and (2) its role in a money-laundering conspiracy with FIFA.
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ArticleTech firm: GDPR ‘in danger of failing’ due to lack of resources
A new report says Europe’s data protection regulators don’t have the skills, knowledge, or budget to effectively enforce such privacy rules as the GDPR.
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ArticleWatch out: Why luxury wristwear could be sign of corruption
Financial crime expert Martin Woods reviews the DOJ’s recent charges against ex-FBI agent Babak Broumand and how a gold Rolex watch led down a path of alleged corruption.
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ArticleCurrent cyber-environment calls for proactive approach
The conventional wisdom on cyber-security is to play defense and respond quickly to breaches. But these are not normal times, and proper cyber-hygiene is more important than ever.
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ArticleCompliance personnel face risks and rewards as SEC whistleblowers
These best practices will guide compliance practitioners turned whistleblower through the process of reporting wrongdoing while protecting themselves from harm.
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ArticleM&A due diligence landscape forever altered by coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has affected both the risk landscape and the diligence protocols for merger and acquisition transactions at every stage of the game. But while deal terms may be negotiable, what should be non-negotiable is the compliance function’s role in M&A transactions.
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ArticleCFTC Commissioner Quintenz won’t seek second term
Brian Quintenz, one of five commissioners at the CFTC, announced he won’t seek renomination to a second five-year term and will depart the agency by the end of October.