Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 142

  • Blog

    Grapevine: Who’s coming and going in compliance

    2017-03-31T13:30:00Z

    Volkswagen and Hamilton Lane both have new compliance officers; Louis Berger has a new chief integrity officer; and the co-founder of LinkedIn has joined Microsoft’s board. Check out the CW Grapevine for the latest personnel moves.

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    Senators demand investigation into SEC rule reconsiderations

    2017-03-31T10:15:00Z

    A quartet of Senate Democrats are demanding that the SEC’s inspector general conduct an investigation into Acting Chairman Michal Piwowar’s “reconsideration” of the agency’s pay ratio and conflict minerals rules.

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    FASB shortens write-down period for some debt securities

    2017-03-31T09:00:00Z

    The Financial Accounting Standards Board has settled on a new way for companies to amortize, or write down the value, of certain debt securities.

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    SEC Historical Society names new executive director

    2017-03-30T14:15:00Z

    The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society’s Board of Trustees has named Washington D.C. policy veteran Jane Cobb as its new executive director. She replaces the departing Carla Rosati, the Society's founding executive director.

  • Blog

    Execs use audit insights to improve business, poll says

    2017-03-29T17:00:00Z

    A Deloitte poll says C-suite executives and audit committee members use audit insights to improve business performance and operational processes.

  • Blog

    Trump nominates M&A expert for Justice Department

    2017-03-29T11:30:00Z

    President Trump has found his M&A guru and announced his intention to nominate Makan Delrahim to the Department of Justice. If confirmed, he will serve as an assistant attorney general in the Anti-Trust Division.

  • Blog

    Burn, baby, burn: Executive Order torches Obama’s climate rules

    2017-03-29T11:00:00Z

    President Donald J. Trump, through an Executive Order, has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to dismantle the Obama Administration’s controversial, anti-coal Clean Power Plan.

  • Blog

    Latest CFPB defense focuses on military families, veterans

    2017-03-29T10:15:00Z

    The latest angle in the fight to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: safeguarding military families and veterans.

  • Blog

    A bipartisan plea for economic growth ideas

    2017-03-29T10:00:00Z

    Republican Mike Crapo and Democrat Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are working across party lines to solicit, from the public, legislative proposals for increasing economic growth.

  • Blog

    Hamilton Lane appoints chief compliance officer

    2017-03-29T09:15:00Z

    Hamilton Lane, an alternative investment management firm, has appointed Frederick Shaw as chief compliance officer, effective April 1. The company also named Lydia Gavalis as general counsel.

  • Blog

    Internal audit increases uptake in data analytics

    2017-03-28T21:00:00Z

    Internal auditors are developing at least a baseline capability in data analytics, with most departments using the high-tech tools or making plans to do so.

  • Blog

    Trump blacklists ‘blacklisting' rule for federal contractors

    2017-03-28T12:30:00Z

    With an Executive Order this week, President Trump has made good on a promise to repeal the Obama Administration’s so-called “blacklisting rule” for federal contractors.

  • Blog

    Louis Berger appoints chief integrity officer

    2017-03-28T12:15:00Z

    Louis Berger has named Adelle Elia as chief integrity officer, effective April 1. Elia’s predecessor, Tom Nicastro, is stepping down as Louis Berger’s chief compliance and ethics officer after 15 years of service with the company, seven years of which he spent leading the company’s compliance function to shape Louis ...

  • Blog

    IPC, Actiance collaborate to provide archival solution for financial services industry

    2017-03-28T10:00:00Z

    IPC Systems, a provider of global communications solutions and software for the financial services industry, announced an agreement with Actiance, a communications compliance and archiving provider to leverage Actiance’s Alcatraz solution by offering IPC’s financial services customers a holistic archival solution across various digital communications.

  • Blog

    Accume Partners acquires Aporia Solutions

    2017-03-28T10:00:00Z

    Accume Partners, a provider of audit, technology, compliance, enterprise risk, and cyber-security services principally to the banking and financial services industry, recently announced the acquisition of Aporia Solutions, a provider of technology and information system auditing and cyber-security services.

  • Blog

    Former OCC director of enforcement and compliance joins Buckley Sandler

    2017-03-28T09:45:00Z

    Ellen Warwick, former director for enforcement and compliance for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), has joined international law firm Buckley Sandler as a senior counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

  • Blog

    Dun & Bradstreet launches beneficial ownership solution

    2017-03-28T09:45:00Z

    Dun & Bradstreet recently announced the launch of D&B Beneficial Ownership, a solution that delivers quick and reliable data for actionable management of regulatory compliance.

  • Blog

    FBI: Cyber-criminals targeting protected health information

    2017-03-28T08:45:00Z

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning to medical and dental facilities: Cyber-criminals are actively targeting protected health information and personally identifiable information to intimidate, harass, and blackmail business owners.

  • Blog

    CFPB will reassess remittance rule

    2017-03-27T14:00:00Z

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reaching out to the public as it assesses the effectiveness of remittance rules made effective in 2013.

  • Blog

    ING faces corruption probe

    2017-03-27T13:30:00Z

    Global financial institution ING confirmed it is the subject of a criminal investigation by Dutch authorities for money laundering and corrupt practices in Uzbekistan. The Netherlands-based company has also received related information requests from U.S. authorities.