All United States articles – Page 165
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ArticleSEC’s Gary Gensler stumps for SOFR, shares concerns with Bloomberg rate
SEC Chair Gary Gensler expressed his support for the Fed-backed Secured Overnight Financing Rate over the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index, which he believes has similarities to LIBOR that could be manipulated.
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ArticleHow global compliance works at the local level
For compliance officers working for global companies, it is important to understand the way different regions view compliance and how it may differ from your home country’s views.
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ArticleJBS USA confirms $11M ransom payment to hackers
Meatpacker JBS USA announced it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom in response to a May cyber-attack that impacted its operations in North America and Australia.
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ArticleSEC probing GameStop, others over ‘meme stocks’ craze
Video game retailer GameStop, whose market volatility earlier this year led the so-called “meme stocks” craze, disclosed it is cooperating with an investigation launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A decade later, Dodd-Frank remains unfinished. Will Gary Gensler’s SEC close it out?
When the Dodd-Frank Act passed in 2010, an urgency existed to enact its many provisions. A decade later, 11 of its rules remain unfinished. Will a change in leadership at the SEC get the law across the finish line?
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ArticleStudy: Financial crime compliance costs climb 18 percent in 2020
Projected costs for financial crime compliance among financial services companies worldwide reached nearly $214 billion last year, according to the latest survey from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
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ArticleHardball politics at play in leadership changes at PCAOB, CFPB
No federal agency is truly immune from politics—even the ones that are supposed to be independent. That is what’s playing out at the PCAOB and CFPB as Democrats utilize similar tactics coined by their Republican counterparts.
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ArticleTech giants support G7 global minimum corporate tax agreement
Finance ministers from the G7 reached an historic international tax agreement that will impose a new global minimum corporate tax. Among those expected to be most affected are technology giants, but they say they support the move.
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ArticleWhat might an overhauled PCAOB look to accomplish?
With no requirements for the PCAOB to feature a certain number of members from each political party, the SEC has the chance to staff the organization with a decidedly Democratic majority. What might such a Board set out to change?
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ArticleSurvey: In-house counsel salary increases down amid pandemic
In-house counsel salaries across every industry took a hit in 2020 as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, according to the latest compensation survey by executive search firm BarkerGilmore.
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ArticleCCO settles SEC charges of causing firm to breach fiduciary duties
The SEC announced settled charges with the chief compliance officer of investment adviser VII Peaks Capital for her alleged role in causing the firm to breach fiduciary duties.
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ArticleSEC ousts PCAOB head William Duhnke; larger overhaul planned
SEC Chair Gary Gensler removed William Duhnke III as head of the PCAOB while also announcing plans to replace the entire board of the audit regulator.
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ArticleBiden memo establishes fighting corruption as national security priority
A new directive released by President Biden instructs U.S. federal agencies to make combating corruption a national security interest. Compliance practitioners in the financial services industry, particularly, may feel the ripple effect
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Article‘FinCEN Files’ source sentenced to 6 months in prison for disclosing SARs
Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a former senior advisor at FinCEN who provided 2,100 SARs to BuzzFeed News that would form the basis of 2020’s “FinCEN Files” investigation, was sentenced to six months in prison.
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ArticleSEC pauses proxy voting rule enforcement amid review
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler announced he is directing staff to consider whether to recommend further regulatory action regarding proxy voting advice, leading the agency to pause related enforcement activity.
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ArticleNYC Bar framework seeks clarity on when CCOs face SEC charges
The New York City Bar Association has proposed a framework for regulators like the SEC to use when considering charging chief compliance officers for misconduct that occurs on their watch.
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ArticleOFAC bills Bulgarian sanctions as ‘single largest action targeting corruption’
Calling it the “single largest action targeting corruption to date,” the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned three prominent Bulgarian individuals along with their network of 64 companies for their “extensive roles” in corruption in Bulgaria.
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ArticleEU probes of Microsoft, Amazon reignite calls for new Privacy Shield
European investigations into whether Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud-based services infringe EU privacy rules have once again shone a spotlight on how—and when—the United States and the European Union intend to come up with a new Privacy Shield.
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ArticleAssessing yet another ransomware attack on critical supplier (JBS)
Meatpacker JBS USA has become the latest critical infrastructure company to be targeted by a ransomware attack, which temporarily halted its global operations. The attack brings with it implications for the food and agriculture industries.
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ArticleSenate steps in to save CFTC’s whistleblower program
In an attempt to save the whistleblower program at the CFTC, the Senate approved a bill to create a separate fund to pay whistleblowers rather than having the office draw on penalties levied against wrongdoers.