All Compliance articles – Page 9
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Balancing Best Practices and Reality in Compliance
Everyone likes best practices in compliance, and everyone knows the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are the cornerstone of an effective compliance program. The truth is not quite so perfect: Best practices can be impractical, and not all guidance about the Guidelines is clear. This week, guest columnist Susan Divers, a former ...
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Audit Committees, Operational Risk, and Unease
Image: News flash: Audit committees are still overworked and unsure how to handle new risks confronting Corporate America. So says the 2015 edition of the KPMG Audit Committee Survey, which tells some good news on financial reporting risks, amid a more troubling morass of operational and cyber-security risks nobody seems ...
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Podcast: The Right Approach to Compliance Oversight
Establishing the right oversight structure is “one of the biggest issues currently facing the compliance profession,” says Kathleen Edmond, a partner at the law firm Robins Kaplan and former chief ethics officer at Best Buy. In our latest podcast we talk to Edmond about the debate over the best approach ...
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U.K. Regulator Places Corporate Culture at Heart of Compliance
Image: Title: BischoffWith the recent release of an annual report detailing compliance gains, the head of Britain’s Financial Reporting Council called on boards to tackle the complex issue of corporate culture to ensure ethical corporate behavior. FRC Chairman Sir Winfried Bischoff said his agency this year will delve into how ...
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CFTC Outlines Expectations for New Annual Reports from CCOs
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently shed more light on the new annual reports that compliance officers at swaps dealers must now provide. The CFTC guidance outlines expectations for assessing a firm’s written policies and procedures, including the code of ethics and conflict-of-interest policies. Shortcomings must be explained in detail, ...
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Petrobras Creates Special Committee Amid Corruption Probe
The board of Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras has created a special committee whose function will be to oversee an existing independent internal investigation amid widespread bribery allegations. "This committee will act independently and will have a direct reporting line with the board of directors," the company said. Details inside.
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Former MoneyGram CCO Fined $1 Million
Image: MoneyGram International’s former chief compliance officer, Thomas Haider, has been fined $1 million by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for failing to ensure that his company abided by the anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. Concurrently, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of ...
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New CCO at Northrop Grumman
Image: Northrop Grumman has named Carl Hahn as its new chief compliance officer. Effective Jan. 15, Hahn will succeed Judy Perry Martinez, who will be retiring. He joins the company from IBM, where he most recently served as associate general counsel and compliance officer.
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Study Delves Into the Extensive Costs of Non-Compliance
What’s the true cost of non-compliance? A study by Thomson Reuters makes the case that fines, while significant and growing, may be the least of what should worry companies that run afoul of regulations. Broader financial implications can include the end of a business line, an inability to sell specific ...
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Separation Conundrum: Should Compliance Be Independent of Legal?
Image: Title: RubinDespite the ongoing push for companies to separate the compliance and legal functions, giving chief compliance officers greater independence than they might otherwise enjoy while reporting to the general counsel, not everyone agrees it’s the only way to go. “I don’t think there is a right or wrong ...
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Getting In-Depth on Compliance
Image: In its full glory, corporate compliance is a complex subject. Compliance Week does its best to provide subscribers with timely, concise looks at news in this field to help you understand how you can build and manage a better compliance program, but let’s be honest—sometimes you need an even ...
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Litigation Risks Still High on Corporate Radar, Survey Shows
Oct. 22—A new survey of European and U.S. corporate counsel and compliance officers showed that risks of litigation remain a major concern, with 88 percent reporting that the amount of legal disputes faced by their company in the past year has either stayed the same or increased. The annual survey, ...
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Fed Official Warns Banks: Fix Culture Problem or be Downsized
Two Federal Reserve officials issued stern warnings regarding bank compliance efforts last week. William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said that if financial institutions don’t fix their culture problem, they risk being broken apart. Meanwhile, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo blasted banks that take a “check ...
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Have Great Anti-Bribery Measures in Place? Prove It
The list of companies facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to grow. Many of the more recent additions to that list, however, thought they had rock solid anti-bribery compliance programs in place.So why are ...
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PwC Appoints New Principal to Risk Assurance Practice
PwC US has named Seth Rosensweig as a principal in the firm's risk assurance practice to support its growing Advanced Risk & Compliance Analytics service line. Details inside.