All United States articles – Page 142
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ArticleTwitter agrees to $150M settlement with DOJ, FTC over data privacy lapses
Twitter agreed to a $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission for violating a 2011 administrative order by “misrepresenting” how it used nonpublic user information.
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Compliance halts misconduct in SEC $5M RiverSource action
Minnesota-based broker-dealer RiverSource Distributors agreed to pay $5 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for improper switching of variable annuities carried out by certain of its employees.
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ArticleSEC rule proposal would order investment firms to back up ESG claims
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule that would require registered investment advisers, investment companies, and business development companies to submit enhanced disclosures about funds that claim ESG strategies drive their investment choices.
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ArticlePCAOB bars former BF Borgers director over repeated audit failures
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board barred Bo-Shiang Lien, a former audit director and nonequity partner at BF Borgers, for at least two years for violations of PCAOB rules and standards as part of four audits across three public companies.
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ArticleBest practices, common pitfalls in working in high-risk countries
A panel of compliance professionals discussed the increasingly relevant topic of working in high-risk countries, sharing their experiences and lessons learned at Compliance Week’s National Conference in Washington, D.C.
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ArticleGlencore fined $1B, placed under 3-year monitorship for FCPA violations
Glencore International AG, one of the world’s largest commodity traders, will be placed under a three-year compliance monitorship and pay more than $1 billion to resolve multiple investigations into alleged bribes paid in several countries over more than a decade.
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SEC names Best permanent exams division director
The Securities and Exchange Commission named Richard Best permanent director of the agency’s Division of Examinations, removing “acting” from the job title he has held since March.
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ArticleWhat to consider as FASB tackles digital assets
The Financial Accounting Standards Board unanimously decided to add a project to its technical agenda on the accounting and disclosure for certain digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. Experts weigh in on the current landscape and what form the project might take.
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ArticleLessons learned from Olympus compliance monitorship
Christine Gordon, chief compliance officer at Olympus Corporation of the Americas, spoke about her company’s experience working with a DOJ-selected independent monitor at Compliance Week’s National Conference.
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ArticleBNY Mellon fined $1.5M by SEC for misstatements on ESG mutual funds
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission for making “misstatements and omissions” on environmental, social, and governance mutual funds it managed over three years.
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ArticleWells Fargo unit fined $7M for AML transaction monitoring failures
For the second time in five years, a subsidiary of Wells Fargo has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with failing to file suspicious activity reports in a timely manner due to deficiencies in the system it used to flag transactions.
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Zimmer Biomet names chief accounting officer
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, a global medical technology company, announced the appointment of Paul Stellato as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer.
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Monogram Health appoints chief compliance officer
Monogram Health, an in-home healthcare provider, added Karen Abbott as chief administrative officer and chief compliance officer.
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Gunderson Dettmer recruits ex-Andreessen Horowitz CCO as partner
Law firm Gunderson Dettmer announced the appointment of former Andreessen Horowitz Chief Compliance Officer Benjamin Buckwalter as partner in its corporate and securities practice.
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Binance.US adds ex-Uber operations compliance head to lead legal
Binance.US announced the appointment of Krishna Juvvadi as vice president, head of legal. Previously, Juvvadi served as global head of operations compliance at Uber.
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ArticleCarnival CECO Peter Anderson resigns
Peter Anderson, Carnival’s first chief ethics and compliance officer and a central figure in leading the cruise line giant through its environmental compliance monitorship, has resigned. Richard Brilliant, Carnival’s chief audit officer, will replace Anderson in the new role of chief risk and compliance officer.
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ArticleAllianz unit pleads guilty in $6B fraud settlement
Allianz Global Investors U.S. and three former portfolio managers were charged with lying to investors about a complex options trading strategy, as well as forging documents to cover up the scheme, leading to multibillion dollar losses.
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ArticleDOJ’s Kenneth Polite to CCOs: Tell me your compliance success stories
Kenneth Polite Jr., head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and a former chief compliance officer, delivered a dynamic keynote address emphasizing the importance of empowering compliance to avoiding prosecution at Day 2 of Compliance Week’s National Conference.
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ArticleFrom ‘Institutional Self-Regulation’: Role of culture
Tamar Frankel, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Compliance at the 2022 Excellence in Compliance Awards, authorized CW to share excerpts from her book “Institutional Self-Regulation.” The following is a passage from the book’s chapter on investigations to prevent violations of the law.
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ArticleQ&A: Compliance Mentor of the Year Mary Shirley
Mary Shirley, head of culture of integrity and compliance education at Fresenius Medical Care, discusses with Compliance Week what mentorship means to her and who has helped her along the way.