All Risk Management articles – Page 124

  • Blog

    Five-step guide to human rights due diligence

    2016-05-31T13:15:00Z

    The U.K. Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued a five-step guide aimed at British boards and intended to help businesses “identify, mitigate, and report on the human rights impacts of their activities.” Paul Hodgson reports.

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    Trace International launches first global beneficial ownership registry

    2016-05-26T13:15:00Z

    TRACE International, a non-profit business association that pools resources to provide members with anti-bribery compliance support, today launched TRACEpublic, the first global registry of beneficial ownership, developed in direct response to the risks inherent in secret company ownership, highlighted by the Panama Papers.

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    Crowe Horwath buys BaxterBruce

    2016-05-17T09:00:00Z

    Global risk consulting firm Crowe Horwath, through its subsidiaries, reached an agreement to purchase consulting firm BaxterBruce, which has deep specialization in insurance industry risk consulting.

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    Axioma expands Asia footprint with Japan office

    2016-05-05T12:00:00Z

    Axioma, a provider of innovative risk management and portfolio construction solutions to financial institution, recently announced the launch of its Japan office and the appointment of Kiichi Takai as senior consultant for their multi-asset class risk division. Takai will be based in Tokyo.

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    Oxfam’s Big 10 food companies: progress, but more to be done

    2016-04-26T17:45:00Z

    An Oxfam report ranking the “Big 10” on seven core issues says firms need to ensure suppliers change their practices to align with commitments; adopt supply chain business models that guarantee power reaches those who produce ingredients; and more. Paul Hodgson has the score.

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    Accellion adds security features to further safeguard data

    2016-04-18T15:00:00Z

    Accellion, a provider of private cloud solutions for secure file sharing and collaboration that ensures data security and compliance, announced the addition of several key security features to its kiteworks secure content platform to further safeguard enterprise data from a costly data breach.

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    LockPath achieves ISO 27001 certification

    2016-04-11T13:15:00Z

    LockPath, a provider of governance, risk management and compliance solutions, has achieved the ISO 27001 certification, an internationally recognized information security standard. Published by the International Standardization Organization, the certification is awarded to companies that have continually demonstrated a high level of information security management and the ability to protect ...

  • Resource

    e-Book: Playing the game of third-party risk

    2016-04-04T15:45:00Z Provided by

    Third-party risk has always been a pain point for compliance officers, but external factors like globalization and escalating cyber-risks are continuously changing the way compliance officers have to think about how to manage third-party risk. In this e-Book, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with RSA, we try to cut ...

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    Oversight launches new Intelligent Case Assignment capability

    2016-03-29T09:30:00Z

    Oversight Systems, an operational expense analysis company, has launched its new Intelligent Case Assignment capability, which helps ensure that line-of-business managers responsible for expense control and transaction monitoring efficiently address risk and financial anomalies. This solution guarantees team members’ time is invested in the highest priority anomalies.

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    Vendor Risk Management Guide

    2016-03-16T09:15:00Z Provided by

    Managing vendor risk is an ongoing process. As your organization embarks on or continues with this process, you want to get the most benefit from the program and ensure that the information you learn is used organization-wide to make better decisions.Organizations implement vendor risk management programs as a formal way ...

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    NICE Actimize launches Cross-Asset Cloud Markets Surveillance solution

    2016-03-15T10:45:00Z

    NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems business and provider of financial crime, risk and compliance software for the financial services industry, recently announced the launch of its next-generation Actimize Cross-Asset Cloud Markets Surveillance solution, featuring Foreign Exchange (FX) and case Management capabilities. The solution targets foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, futures ...

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    ProcessUnity and Argos Risk partnership delivers real-time third-party risk mitigation

    2016-03-15T10:30:00Z

    Argos Risk and ProcessUnity today announced an alliance to integrate Argos Risk Online with ProcessUnity’s cloud-based Third-Party Risk Management solution. The integration allows organizations to automatically assess the overall financial health of third-party providers and key business partners as part of a comprehensive vendor due diligence process.

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    Axioma acquires ConceptONE regulatory and risk reporting units

    2016-03-14T10:00:00Z

    Axioma, a provider of risk management and portfolio construction solutions to financial institutions, has agreed to acquire the regulatory reporting and risk reporting units of ConceptONE, a global provider of back-office investment services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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    FINRA: establishing and implementing cultural values

    2016-03-01T11:45:00Z

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued new guidance on what firms will be expected to discuss regarding their firm’s cultural values. FINRA plans to meet with business, compliance, legal, and risk executives to discuss how to communicate and reinforce values. “We are particularly interested in how your firm measures compliance ...

  • Resource

    Follow the Money: New technologies aid in the fight against money laundering and improve bank compliance

    2016-02-29T14:30:00Z Provided by

    Money launderers are always looking for new ways to integrate the proceeds of their crimes into the legitimate financial stream.Criminals are also increasingly laundering money through smaller regional banks, believing that these institutions do not have the millions to invest in the processes and technology needed to effectively resolve entities.To ...

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    RiskVision introduces Active State Risk Intelligence solution

    2016-02-29T13:15:00Z

    RiskVision, an enterprise risk intelligence company formerly known as Agiliance,  recently announced the launch Release 8.0 of its RiskVision solution with Active State Risk Intelligence, which provides “always on" assessments, Big Data scale, proactive insights, and regulatory ready results, establishing new benchmarks for risk management effectiveness and efficiency.

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    STOPit launches risk mitigation tool to prevent workplace misconduct

    2016-02-29T13:00:00Z

    STOPit announces the launch of STOPit PRO, a compliance reporting platform that enables companies to mitigate risk and prevent financial liabilities by empowering employees to anonymously report fraud, unethical behaviors, and product related issues.

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    Mitigating third-party risks

    2016-02-23T09:30:00Z

    Most companies by now understand the escalating risks that third parties pose to their business and are ramping up their third-party risk management efforts accordingly. Even still, many struggle with how to achieve full transparency into the breadth and depth of their third parties, exposing themselves to significant legal and ...

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    NopSec Unified VRM 4.0 simplifies security threat remediation

    2016-02-12T12:45:00Z

    NopSec, a provider of vulnerability risk management and remediation workflow solutions, this week unveiled Unified VRM 4.0 to help organizations take a more proactive approach to vulnerability management and, more importantly, remediation. The latest enhancements further close the gap between detection and remediation by empowering security teams with faster, easier ...