All Finance articles – Page 59
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Prudential general counsel to retire
Prudential Financial announced Tim Harris, executive vice president and general counsel, has decided to retire. Ann Kappler, senior vice president, deputy general counsel and head of external affairs, will assume the vacant role.
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Harbour Trust names chief compliance officer
Harbour Trust & Investment Management Company has appointed Martha Wargo Oprea to the role of vice president and chief compliance officer.
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Aegis Capital hires two compliance officers
Aegis Capital, a wealth management, financial services, and investment banking firm, announced the hiring of two veteran compliance officers with over 40 years of combined experience in compliance.
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ArticleOch-Ziff investors reach $136M proposed settlement in FCPA case
Sculptor Capital Management (formerly Och-Ziff Capital Management) has “agreed in principle” to a $136 million settlement with former shareholders of Africo Resources and the DOJ for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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ArticleSARs overload slowing efforts to combat financial crime
For the global AML community, there is a need to recognize too much valuable time is spent filing too many low-value suspicious activity reports that will never become the subject of any law enforcement action, writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleHSBC US appoints chief compliance officer
HSBC has appointed Christine Lowthian as chief compliance officer US, effective as of July 20.
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ArticleGoldman Sachs reaches $4B 1MDB settlement with Malaysia
Goldman Sachs reached a nearly $4 billion agreement in principle with the Government of Malaysia to resolve all criminal and regulatory proceedings related to three 1MDB bond transactions.
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ArticleAccounting execs arrested as Wirecard probe continues
German prosecutors arrested three Wirecard executives, including the former CFO and head of accounting, as an investigation into the company’s inflated balance sheet and a missing $2 billion continues to expand.
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SEC fines UBS $10M over municipal bond offerings
UBS Financial Services has agreed to pay more than $10 million to resolve SEC charges that it circumvented the priority given to retail investors in certain municipal bond offerings.
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Millennium Trust names chief compliance officer
Millennium Trust Company, a provider of retirement and institutional services, announced Jason Lomax has joined the firm as its new chief compliance officer.
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BlockFi adds general counsel
Cryptocurrency trading platform BlockFi announced the appointment of Jonathan Mayers as general counsel.
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ArticleOCIE issues ransomware alert to financial services
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations is advising financial firms to beware of a rise in more sophisticated ransomware attacks.
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SEC proposes update to ease 13F reporting requirements
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed raising the threshold at which small institutional investment managers must file quarterly reports with the agency.
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Coinbase poaches Facebook deputy GC for legal chief role
Cryptocurrency marketplace Coinbase announced the addition of Facebook VP and Deputy General Counsel Paul Grewal as chief legal officer.
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ArticleWhat regulators want to know about KYC technology
So, your company has decided to embark on an update of its legacy Know Your Customer system. Hear from experts on how to begin the process of onboarding that tech to the regulators.
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ArticleFinCEN issues advisory on coronavirus-related financial scams
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued an advisory on the types of coronavirus-related scams and schemes that financial institutions should be on alert for—for example, “mule money schemes”—and how and where to report such activity.
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ArticleWirecard scandal will have cascading impact on Germany’s audit, regulatory landscape
Wirecard already is shaping up to be to Germany what Enron was to the United States: An accounting oversight failure so epic in its scope and scale that its aftermath is likely to forever alter the country’s auditing and accounting profession as it exists today.
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Options Clearing Corp. promotes chief compliance officer
Options Clearing Corp., the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced the promotion of Jennifer Baum to senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
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ArticleManaging emerging trade-based money laundering risks
Trade-based money laundering was already happening prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but now its nature has shifted. The ICA offers key considerations for managing emerging risks.
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ArticleOCC report highlights elevated compliance risks in banking
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published a new report describing key issues facing the federal banking system and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the banking industry.