Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 41
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Big Four: Please don’t break us up
An in-depth look at responses to the Competition and Markets Authority proposals to reform the U.K. audit market.
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BlogMolson Coors recalls bad batch of earnings figures
After discovering a bad batch of accounting, Molson Coors Brewing Co. has restated financials back to 2016 to unravel improperly reported earnings.
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Legislators question bank merger, Fed’s approval process
SunTrust Banks and BB&T Corp. recently announced merger plans. The deal is drawing the scrutiny of Congressional Democrats, less for the details of the merger than the regulatory atmosphere that encouraged it and the forthcoming approval process.
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White House jumps on AI bandwagon
Jumping into an arena the private sector has trailblazed, the federal government is redoubling its efforts regarding the development of artificial intelligence. On Feb. 11, President Trump announced a new initiative intended to help the U.S. gain dominance in deployments of the emerging technology.
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BlogReport: How to engage with investors on sustainability issues
A new report released by sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres provides a deeper look into investors’ evolving expectations on how companies should communicate and tackle the challenges and opportunities presented by global sustainability issues, including climate change, water scarcity, and human rights.
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K2 Intelligence adds new managing director
Cyber defense services firm K2 Intelligence announced the hiring of Michelle Goodsir as a managing director in its global regulatory compliance practice.
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SAI Global to acquire BWise from Nasdaq
Risk management and compliance learning provider SAI Global announced it has entered into an agreement with Nasdaq to acquire software provider BWise.
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SWIFT to open KYC platform to corporates
SWIFT announced the scheduled opening of its Know Your Customer platform, The KYC Registry, to corporates.
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Companies push back against proposed deposition rule
A proposed new change to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing depositions that would effectively create time-consuming and costly new discovery disputes has companies and their defense counsel up in arms.
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FASB preps CECL edit to allow more fair value
To make it easier for companies to adopt CECL for credit losses, FASB is considering a change that would permit more use of fair value.
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EY holds fast to U.S. audit model; PwC silent
EY may be taking steps to draw a broader line between audit and consulting services in the U.K., but the U.S. firm has no such plans. Meanwhile, PwC is silent.
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LeaseAccelerator app automates testing of leases
Software provider LeaseAccelerator has developed an application called the Lease Accounting Validator that automates the testing of leases under the new ASC 842 and IFRS 16 standards.
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Critics blast CFPB’s plan to weaken payday lender rules
Critics are taking their shots against the CFPB for attempting to scale back its rules covering payday lenders. Lawmakers are also questioning the Bureau’s retreat from negotiating enforcement settlements that fail to include monetary restitution for customers.
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Cavco Industries appoints chief compliance officer
Cavco Industries, a designer and builder of systems-built structures, has appointed Mickey Dragash as executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer, effective as of Feb. 6.
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Privacy violations surge despite Europe’s tougher regs
A steep uptick in potential privacy violations has hit Europe, eight months after it issued stringent data privacy regulations.
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Fed moves to make stress tests less stressful
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday finalized changes to its stress testing program for the nation’s largest and most complex banks. The intent is to make the resiliency assessments “more open, transparent, and effective.”
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BlogSFO: Former Petrofac executive pleads guilty in bribery case
A former executive of Petrofac pleaded guilty this week to bribery offenses in connection with an ongoing investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office into the oilfield services company and its subsidiaries.
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KEPRO appoints general counsel and chief compliance officer
KEPRO, a diversified healthcare information company, has appointed Melissa Leigh to the newly created role of general counsel and chief compliance officer. In this role, Leigh will lead KEPRO’s in-house legal, compliance, and risk management functions.
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New rules would make setting up a company in the EU easier
EU co-legislators agreed this week on new rules to facilitate establishing businesses electronically and promote online operations throughout a company’s lifecycle. The new rules aim to save companies time and money, while increasing safeguards against fraud and abusive behaviour through online identity checks.
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Court orders $1B judgment against operators of Woodbridge Ponzi scheme
A federal court in Florida has ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors.