All articles by Neil Hodge – Page 28
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U.K. corporate governance reforms
Neil Hodge explores the government’s corporate governance reform proposals relating to executive pay; strengthening the employee, customer, and supplier voice; and large, privately held businesses.
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FRC consults on strategic report
The FRC has proposed amendments to strategic reporting guidance in the hopes that companies will expand their range of non-financial reporting to give stakeholders a better understand of companies’ decision making and corporate strategies.
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Is it impossible to operate cleanly in some countries?
Corruption may be seen as being “endemic” in some regions, but that cuts no ice with prosecutors in the United Kingdom. To them, a bribe is still a bribe.
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U.K. considering proposals to enforce better cyber-security
As the U.K. tries to get businesses to protect themselves better against cyber-risk, recently proposed rules all have significant compliance implications.
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SFO announces Rio Tinto corruption investigation
Rio Tinto faces large fines if it is found to have engaged in corrupt activity over its massive Simandou iron-mining project in Guinea. Heads have already rolled over it.
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Keys to a better whistleblower program
Organisations with robust speak-up programs can address compliance problems pre-emptively, but building such programs can be tricky. Here are 12 tips how.
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Brexit relies on Great Repeal Bill to work, but outcome is still uncertain
The British government is in a race against time to stave off legislative chaos once Brexit becomes official, but so far, the stopgap measures seem less than perfect.
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Learning from the BHS pensions debacle
If a regulator wants to deflect blame from itself, it had better come up with a set of credible changes and even better—a proper apology.
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ArticleBNP Paribas faces fresh accusations over involvement with Rwandan genocide
Lingering accusations that BNP Paribas processed transactions that helped finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide continue to dog one of France’s largest banks.
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Brexit provides plenty of compliance opportunities
The 2019 Brexit deadline is creating a host of big opportunities for companies to boost their compliance programs, and for compliance professionals to show their worth.
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How Barclays gave itself a case of Cadmium poisoning
Barclays is in hot water with the SFO over a conspiracy (code-named Cadmium) to engage in illegal lending with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis.
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Ireland takes baby steps toward protecting whistleblowers
No country has a perfect record when it comes to protecting whistleblowers, but Ireland is trying to take steps in the right direction, even if progress remains uneven.
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Cruel Britannia? U.K. grapples with modern slavery in its own backyard
There is far more modern slavery in the United Kingdom than one might think, but regulatory efforts have led to a sharp rise in referrals, awareness, and detection of forced labour.
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Grenfell Tower offers grim reminder of third-party risk
Companies may need to audit how their products are used if they want to avoid being tainted by association with future disasters.
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The U.K. Criminal Finances Act seeks to stamp out corporate tax evasion
The forthcoming Criminal Finances Bill would pose potentially limitless liability for any company in the United Kingdom that is connected to a host of tax evasion-related offenses. But will this legislation actually accomplish much of anything?
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The U.K. election: Another fine mess
Theresa May was supposed to thrash Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn in the recent election and strengthen her mandate for the Brexit negotiations. She failed on both counts, making Brexit more complicated than before.
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Ireland’s historic banking trial ends in epic failure
Ireland’s long-running criminal trial against ex-Anglo Irish Bank Chief Sean FitzPatrick ends in acquittal due to prosecutorial incompetence.
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Reform on the horizon, as U.K. preps for next general election
As U.K. citizens are headed to the polls for the fourth time in four years, the country is headed toward significant corporate governance reforms.
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SocGen and Libya bribery settlement
A look at the recent billion-dollar, out-of-court settlement between French banking group Socie´te´ Ge´ne´rale and Libya’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Artificial intelligence and the financial services sector
Across financial services, the allure of greater compliance efficiency at markedly lower cost makes investing in regulatory technology an easy sell.