All Finance articles – Page 20
-
News BriefOEP Capital Advisors fined $4M over policy failures
OEP Capital Advisors agreed to pay a $4 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged deficiencies regarding the prevention of misuse of material nonpublic information.
-
PremiumQ&A: Wolters Kluwer EVP on using AI to ease data analysis
Sandeep Sacheti, executive vice president for customer information management and operational excellence at Wolters Kluwer, shares with Compliance Week how the company’s financial and corporate compliance division uses artificial intelligence to manage and analyze data.
-
Blog
KSL promotes general counsel to partner
KSL Capital Partners, an investor in travel and leisure businesses, announced the promotion of General Counsel Kevin Rohnstock to partner.
-
Blog
Truist appoints chief legal officer
Truist Financial Corp. announced Scott Stengel will join the company as senior executive vice president and chief legal officer.
-
Blog
Venerable Investment Advisers tabs general counsel
Venerable Holdings announced the addition of Kristina Magolis, who will serve as general counsel of Venerable Investment Advisers, its new wholly owned subsidiary.
-
Blog
Flutterwave announces head of compliance, first risk chief
Payments technology company Flutterwave announced the appointment of Amaresh Mohan as its first chief risk officer and Amanda Ortega as head of compliance, United States.
-
PremiumMoney, size, industry: Multiple factors at play in setting compliance reporting lines
Compliance teams most often report to their firm’s legal department, our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found. However, heavily regulated companies and those with fewer employees saw different trends emerge.
-
News BriefFreepoint Commodities to pay $99M in Brazil bribery FCPA case
Freepoint Commodities agreed to pay nearly $99 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice that it paid bribes to Brazilian government officials in return for business from state-owned oil company Petrobras.
-
News BriefSEC adopts rule to ease clearing of Treasury transactions
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule change aimed at reducing the threat of systemic risk to U.S. Treasury securities by facilitating additional central clearing in the market.
-
News BriefNew European AML agency nearing adoption
A new agency to supervise high-risk financial institutions across the European Union regarding their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism activities gained provisional approval.
-
PremiumTop ethics and compliance failures of 2023
A virtual currency exchange that sought to mislead regulators, banks failing after ignoring obvious risks, and a manufacturer that sold millions of its products in violation of U.S. export controls are among those that make up CW’s list of the biggest ethics and compliance fails of 2023.
-
News BriefCredit Suisse units to pay $10M in SEC mutual fund services case
Three entities of Swiss bank Credit Suisse agreed to pay more than $10 million combined as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly providing prohibited underwriting and advising services to mutual funds.
-
Blog
Marqeta announces new chief compliance officer
Card issuing platform Marqeta announced the appointment of Alan Carlisle as chief compliance officer.
-
PremiumFive compliance triumphs from 2023
A financial services giant’s compliance mea culpa that could serve to benefit the rest of the profession, a chemical company’s praised FCPA settlement, and an example of the value of whistleblowers highlight CW’s annual list of laudable ethics and compliance moments.
-
News BriefOFAC: Nasdaq to pay $4M over ex-subsidiary’s Iran sanctions lapses
Nasdaq agreed to pay more than $4 million as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control addressing apparent Iran sanctions violations at the stock exchange operator’s former Armenian subsidiary.
-
Blog
Cardano appoints U.K. head of sustainability
Investment management and advisory business Cardano announced the appointment of Keith Guthrie as head of sustainability for the United Kingdom and NOW: Pensions.
-
Blog
American Association for Debt Resolution appoints compliance head
The American Association for Debt Resolution announced the appointment of Stacey Silva as head of compliance.
-
News BriefTrafigura to reserve $127M for DOJ settlement over Brazil bribes
Singapore-based commodity trading company Trafigura said it will disclose a $127 million provision related to the resolution of a Department of Justice investigation into alleged improper payments made in Brazil by former employees.
-
News BriefSEC fall regulatory agenda: Climate disclosure rule targeted for 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest regulatory agenda remains packed with proposals in the final rule stage, most notably the agency’s climate-related disclosure package.
-
PremiumGraphics: 2023 CCO/CECO salary trends
Year 5 of our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey saw the average salary of responding chief compliance officers and chief ethics and compliance officers decline slightly, while other statistical trends repeated from previous iterations.