Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 213
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Missing Links in Regulators’ View of Compliance Programs
We recently heard from Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell about what she and her staff considers what is—or is not—an effective compliance program. Most notably, she noted that many companies have what appear to be good structures on paper but fail in practice to devote adequate resources and management attention—with ...
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Level Global Case Continues to Rewind
Watching developments in the Level Global insider trading case -- which fell apart after the Second Circuit's landmark decision in Newman resulted in the conviction of its co-founder and another defendant being overturned -- feels like watching a movie rewind.
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What Does Good Compliance Look Like? Internal Audit Can Help
Board audit committees and compliance professionals should review new compliance guidance provided in a recent speech by assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell, chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. Along with the DoJ’s appointment of a “compliance counsel” this guidance presented so-called “metrics” to apply when evaluating programs ...
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Board of Directors and Line of Sight Into Compliance Trends
Image: A board of directors must set the appropriate tone at the top for any organization. Yet it must do more than simply set the tone, sit back, and do nothing. A board needs to take a hard look at the information it is being presented and tell management to ...
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FinCEN Takes Aim at Real Estate Industry
Compliance officers, beware: the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s increasingly aggressive push to combat money laundering has entered a new phase, and this time it has its sights on high-end real estate transactions. “We are seeking to understand the risk that corrupt foreign officials, or transnational criminals, may be using premium ...
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Hain Celestial Chief Accounting Officer Resigns
Food company Hain Celestial Group disclosed this month in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Ross Weiner, vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, has resigned to pursue another opportunity. His resignation is effective Feb. 9.
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Resilience Capital Partners Names General Counsel
Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Chad Hesse to its newly created general counsel role. For the past 11 years, Hesse has worked for Diebold, a publicly traded global manufacturer, sales and service provider of self-service technology, software and security solutions. During his time there, he held ...
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SBM Offshore Settles Bribery Case With Brazilian Authorities
Dutch engineering company SBM Offshore announced today that it has accepted an out-of-court settlement with Brazilian authorities to resolve allegations relating to the Petrobras bribery scandal, while emphasizing that the settlement does not involve an admission of guilt.
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Use of Compliance Data an Anti-Trust Violation in Europe?
How did the collection of Big Data somehow run afoul of European anti-trust regulations? The Man from FCPA takes a look at one of the more puzzling regulatory decisions to come out of the Eurozone recently, and at what it means for compliance officers everywhere.
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SEC Invests $18 Million to Further Modernize SEC.gov
The SEC's website, SEC.gov, is one of the federal government’s busiest websites, reportedly serving up more than 562 million page views every month. Earlier this month, Accenture Federal Services announced that the SEC has awarded it a $17.9 million contract to modernize and “create an improved user experience” for users ...
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Former Transocean Chief Compliancee Officer Joins Norton Rose
Mike Munro, former deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at offshore driller Transocean, has joined global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as head of compliance of its Houston office.
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Honduras Forms New International Anti-Corruption Body
The Honduran government recently announced the creation of the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity (MACCIH), an international body backed by the Organization of American States. Its mandate is to investigate and prosecute criminal activities in the country’s political, judicial and security systems, as well as to ...
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NICE Actimize Launches Notifications & Attestations Solution
NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems business and a provider of financial crime, risk and compliance software for the financial services industry, announced the launch of its new Actimize Notifications & Attestations compliance and policy management solution. The solution allows compliance professionals to monitor regulatory compliance, to gain better oversight of ...
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Economical Insurance Names Chief Risk Officer
Economical Insurance, a property and casualty insurer in Canada, has appointed Elaine Lajeunesse as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective Jan. 25. Lajeunesse has more than 25 years of experience as a risk management professional and actuary in the Canadian insurance industry.
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Tauber-Rosenberg Names Group Chief Risk Officer
Tauber Rosenberg, a family owned and operated, professional full-service commodities and futures trading brokerage firm, has appointed Wendy Huateng as group chief risk officer. She will report to Ken Cheung, group chief operating officer, and be based in Taipei.
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HomeUnion Names Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
HomeUnion, an online, real-estate investment management firm enabling value investing in single-family rental (SFR) properties, announced that it has hired Geri Brewster as chief compliance and risk officer. In this new position, Brewster oversees legal, risk and compliance functions for the company.
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CMS Energy Hires Chief Compliance Officer
CMS Energy has named Melissa Gleespen as chief compliance officer for the company and its chief subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She will also continue to serve in her current role as vice president and corporate secretary.
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Is Cobalt the Next Conflict Mineral?
Under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rule, public companies are required to track the source of tantalum, tin, gold, and tungsten in their supply chains. A push is on to require similar measures for cobalt, with a call for additional supply chain due diligence made in a new ...
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Internal Controls Trump New Rules in List of Worries, KPMG Finds
According to a recent KPMG poll, continued pressure on internal control over financial reporting is the most pressing concern for financial reporting executives. Nearly one-third of 400 respondents, or 31 percent, said internal controls are at the top of their worry list beyond their basic financial reporting responsibilities. One-fourth, or ...
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Chariots of Fire
Hoverboards were this holiday season’s must-have present, but ongoing product safety concerns, patent infringement lawsuits, and even a regulator raid at a prominent electronics industry tradeshow all point to a product category that has been rushed to market in more ways than one, constituting a compliance failure that is as ...