Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 192
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Is FIFA headed in the right direction?
Do FIFA's latest governance moves an indicator of a genuine effort to reform this embattled organization? Or is it just shuffling the deck chairs? The Man From FCPA Tom Fox reports.
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Siemens subsidiary names chief compliance officer
Siemens Government Technologies, a U.S. federal government subsidiary of Siemens has appointed Angeline Chen as general counsel and chief compliance officer, responsible for all legal, contracting and compliance issues. She will also serve as SGT’s corporate secretary.
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Sapient Global Markets introduces RegRecon
Sapient Global Markets, a global provider of business technology and consulting services for the financial and commodity markets, recently announced the launch of RegRecon, purpose built to solve industry issues surrounding low match rates and regulatory reporting accuracy.
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Crowe Horwath buys BaxterBruce
Global risk consulting firm Crowe Horwath, through its subsidiaries, reached an agreement to purchase consulting firm BaxterBruce, which has deep specialization in insurance industry risk consulting.
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LockPath Joins Cloud Security Alliance
LockPath, a provider of GRC solutions, has joined the Cloud Security Alliance, a non-profit group that promotes best practices for securing cloud computing.
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Incisive adds new capabilities to detect spreadsheet fraud
Incisive Software has added automated detection capabilities to its spreadsheet management technology, Xcellerator, that locate hidden and misrepresented data within spreadsheets, making it easier for companies to detect fraud.
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FCA must not drop the ball on banking culture reforms
The U.K. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has issued a report that is not only deeply critical of the FCA’s decision to suspend its culture review of banks but also warns of “serious risks” of future mis-selling scandals. Paul Hodgson examines the report’s impact on U.K. bank culture.
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Telenor offers lessons on joint ventures
A report published last month by Deloitte details how Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor handled its 33 percent ownership in VimpelCom. Although the report did not find any evidence that employees engaged in corrupt activity, it did uncover several internal weaknesses in Telenor. Jaclyn Jaeger looks at lessons learned.
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FASB proposes easier way to measure goodwill impairment
FASB is proposing a new, simpler way to measure any reduction in the value of goodwill that companies should recognize on the balance sheet. Under the proposal, companies would perform their annual or interim goodwill impairment testing as they do under current guidance. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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SEC's former AMU co-chief Marshall Sprung joins Blackstone Group
Marshall S. Sprung, former co-chief of the SEC Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit since 2013, is reportedly joining Blackstone Group LP as the firm's global head of compliance. As emphasized in a speech last week by SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney, the Enforcement Division has recently increased its scrutiny ...
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After rejection, SEC whistleblower's persistence leads to $3.5 million award
On Friday, the SEC announced its latest whistleblower award -- a sizable one that is noteworthy for at least three reasons.
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New OSHA rule expands injury reports, creates public database
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule intended to modernize injury data collection and create “the largest publicly available data set” on work injuries and illnesses. Joe Mont reports.
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OCC warns banks about new communication tech
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued guidance for the banks it oversees regarding their obligations related to the maintenance of records, records retention, and examiner access to those documents in light of new communications technologies. Joe Mont offers some details on the guidance.
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Hamilton Underwriting Limited names chief risk officer
Hamilton Underwriting Limited has appointed Alex Baker to the position of chief actuary and chief risk officer.
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Telenor reshuffles its board
Telenor this week appointed three new members to its board, following the resignation of three former directors. The restructuring of Telenor’s board follows a report issued by Deloitte on how Telenor handled its 33% ownership of Amsterdam-based telecommunication services provider VimpelCom, which in February agreed to pay $795 million in ...
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NiSource appoints chief risk officer
Utility company NiSource has named Shawn Anderson as treasurer and chief risk officer, effective June 1.
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Theranos further restructures its board, operations
Theranos yesterday made further changes to board of directors, as the ailing biotech start-up faces civil and criminal investigation into whether it defrauded investors. The company also announced the retirement of Sunny Balwani as president and chief operating officer.
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Carrie Cohen joins Morrison & Foerster as partner
Carrie Cohen, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has joined the law firm Morrison & Foerster as a partner in New York. Cohen joins the firm’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; and Trials Practice Groups.
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PCAOB tries again for rule to expand audit report
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a new proposal to expand the current pass-fail audit report in a way that would give investors more information about what auditors do and what they learn during the course of their work.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has announced that Bahrain, Lebanon, Nauru, Panama, and Vanuatu are now committed to sharing financial account information automatically with other countries. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.