Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 92
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EU auditors to examine food safety policy
The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU food safety policy, the focus of which will be on the control system for chemical hazards, poisonous substances that occur naturally or are added during food production or handling.
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Deficiencies in ISO 37001
As the drumbeat of those supporting ISO 37001 continues, The Man From FCPA takes a look at the standard’s downside.
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Fed drops hammer on Wells Fargo, board for past misdeeds
On her last day as Federal Reserve Chairman, Janet Yellen escalated the regulatory attack on the embattled Wells Fargo, restricting the growth of the firm until it “sufficiently improves its governance and controls.”
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How suppliers facilitate fraud and corruption
Compliance officers should always remember there is a bribe receiver in a corruption case. That is why it is important to know not only your third party, but also with whom you are doing business.
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What is a conflict of interest?
A look at the case of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the now former head of the Center for Disease Control, who invested in tobacco stocks after she became director.
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Compliance tone at the bottom
Even with a great tone-at-the-top and in the middle, you cannot stop. One of the greatest challenges of a compliance practitioner is how to affect the “tone at the bottom.”
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Using investigative findings as the basis of remediation
There is nothing like an internal whistleblower report about an FCPA violation to trigger the board of directors and senior management attention to the compliance function and the compliance program.
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Arachnys and Fenergo sign strategic partnership agreement
Arachnys, a cloud-based investigation management technology provider, and Fenergo, a provider of Client Lifecycle Management solutions for investment, corporate, and private banks, have announced a joint partnership to leverage their complementary technologies.
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Superior Energy names chief accounting officer
Superior Energy Services, which serves national and independent oil and natural gas companies around the world, has named James Spexarth as chief accounting officer.
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Swiss regulator sanctions Gazprombank in wake of Panama Papers
Following revelations from the Panama Papers, Swiss regulators identified serious shortcomings in anti-money laundering processes regarding private clients at Gazprombank Switzerland and, thus, has banned it from accepting new private clients until further notice.
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FTI Consulting launches GDPR services
FTI Consulting has launched readiness services to help companies prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation, taking effect in May 2018.
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Former DOJ official joins EY's FIDS practice
Kathleen McGovern, former Senior Deputy Chief in the Criminal Division, Fraud Section, has joined Ernst & Young as a principal in its Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice.
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Did OSI Systems commit FCPA and securities trading violations?
OSI Systems said the SEC and Department of Justice have commenced investigations into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and also are investigating trading in the company’s securities.
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CFPB shuffles unit reporting lines, reviews administrative proceedings
The work of a CFPB unit dedicated to discrimination cases, the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity, has been undermined by a recently announced organizational change, critics say. Also under new scrutiny at the agency: its use of administrative proceedings.
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World Bank Group debars three companies in Argentina
The World Bank has debarred three companies in Argentina in connection with the companies’ fraudulent practice of knowingly misrepresenting work progress during a contract under the Second Provincial Agricultural Development Project in Argentina.
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Berkshire Group names deputy chief compliance officer
Berkshire Group, a real estate investment management company, has named Jeffrey Morandi as vice president, deputy chief compliance officer.
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COSO appoints new chair, may consider internal control guidance
As new leadership takes the helm at COSO, the board is considering whether it can help sort out ongoing tension over public company internal control reporting.
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COSO, IAASB form ties to sustainability reporting
Sustainability reporting is breaking new ground in attaching itself to traditional financial reporting after an advocate has formed some new relationships.
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Activists claim Pruitt purged climate information from EPA website
The Environmental Defense Fund says it can show EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s personal involvement in efforts to remove information about climate change from his agency’s Website. It also wants him to recuse himself from any further Clean Power Plan proceedings
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Hearing assesses link between human trafficking, U.S. financial markets
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing this week to solicit expert opinion on how human traffickers exploit U.S. financial markets and what more can be done to strike back.