Articles | Compliance Week – Page 256
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ArticleAuditors will start listing, describing critical audit matters in 2019
Auditors have been dispatched by the PCAOB and the SEC to begin listing and describing in audit reports where they had the most difficulty in each audit.
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Sexual harassment must become a compliance issue
No longer can sexual harassment claims be shuffled off to the HR department. The accusations need to be viewed in terms of materiality and reputation risk.
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How financial regulation will evolve under Fed Chairman Powell
If confirmed by the Senate, President Trump’s decision to promote Fed Governor Jerome Powell to chairman will further his deregulatory agenda, albeit in a kinder, gentler way.
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The evolution of XBRL
XBRL has been the way forward for standardizing the financial data used by companies, regulators, and investors alike. But to understand its future, you first must learn its history.
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Managing compliance in a small FinTech company
Managing compliance at a small company where life moves fast and risk is the stimulant of choice isn’t for everyone, but here is how you can make it work for you.
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Elements of a best-in-class TPRM program
Prudent ethics and compliance officers will want to check out a new third-party risk management benchmark report from NAVEX Global to gauge how their programs compare against their peers.
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Case study: How Aramark reduced its SOX compliance costs
Food-service giant Aramark shares in candid detail its growing pains toward SOX compliance maturity, lessons learned, and how it reduced its costs along the way.
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Bank of England: Banks not prepared for Brexit
European banks are under-prepared for Brexit and could lose access to the City of London if they do not move quickly to apply for a U.K. banking licence, a Bank of England committee has warned.
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New accounting rules mean new tools to achieve compliance
Massive new accounting requirements present a strong case for the deployment of new technologies to achieve compliance.
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ArticleSEC nominees make their pitch for long-empty seats
Questions about cyber-security, insider trading, materiality, and individual accountability greeted SEC nominees appearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
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Defense contractors must face third-party risk head-on with new cyber-security rules
New, potentially overlooked government-issued cyber-security demands for defense contractors extend into their network of suppliers as of Dec. 31.
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Is artificial intelligence ready for financial compliance?
“Artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” are red-hot compliance buzzwords, but what do they really mean? And how can you actually incorporate them into your compliance program?
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A look at corruption risk in Latin America
Two new corruption reports, assessed together, provide compliance officers and risk officers a comprehensive look at bribery risk in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
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ArticleCollaboration enhances risk management in financial services
The OCC recently endorsed collaboration between banks as a way to reduce costs on managing third-party risk, and compliance officers are more than ready for it.
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EC takes on Ireland and Luxembourg over tax avoidance
The long-simmering disputes over Ireland and Luxembourg’s tax treatment of Apple and Amazon are about to reach a boiling point with the European Commission.
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Where to place tax bets amid reform uncertainty?
As the tax reform debate sputters, companies have some big decisions to make about where to make and hedge their bets when it comes to tax planning.
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Could the SEC hop on the blockchain bandwagon?
There are plenty of anticipated benefits and pitfalls to blockchain technology. Can regulators also leverage distributed ledger technology to revolutionize market oversight and investor protection?
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Everybody lies: Corporate veracity in a post-truth world
The truth is out there. But does it really matter anymore? A look at the impact of truth versus and lies in the business world.
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New GDPR implementation guide offers helpful roadmap
Figuring out how to comply with the fast approaching GDPR isn’t easy, but this handy guide from the ISF will be a big help to compliance officers everywhere.
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Auditors tasked to study revenue readiness at year-end
Auditors are under clear orders from their regulators to show no mercy in their assessment of corporate transition to the new revenue recognition rules.