All United States articles – Page 242
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SEC’s Clayton emphatically defends Reg. BI
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, speaking to an audience of financial professionals in Boston, vigorously defended Regulation Best Interest and came out swinging against critics.
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Warren, Dems seek mandatory climate disclosures
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, legislation that would require public companies to disclose their exposure to climate-related risks.
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Agencies exclude community banks from the Volcker Rule
Five federal financial regulatory agencies announced this week they have adopted a final rule to exclude community banks from the Volcker Rule.
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Florida man sentenced for role in collapse of Puerto Rico bank
The CEO of a now-bankrupt pharmaceutical company was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a $100 million plot that triggered Westernbank of Puerto Rico’s collapse.
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ArticleFASB seeks comment on how to sort out goodwill issues
FASB is looking for input on how to address ongoing problems in the reporting of certain intangible assets, especially goodwill.
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ArticleSEC shores up details on ‘short-termism’ roundtable
An upcoming SEC roundtable on July 18 will seek to identify potential market practices and regulatory changes that could encourage increased long-term strategies and investments.
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ArticleSEC's Clayton reignites debate about pairing of enforcement, waivers
In a potential boon for businesses, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton says qualifications for waiver issuances may no longer be delayed due to lingering accusations of misconduct.
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ArticleSEC approves new audit rules on estimates, specialists
The SEC has approved final standards issued by the PCAOB giving auditors new requirements for auditing estimates and relying on the work of specialists.
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ArticleFive ‘essential components’ of a sanctions compliance program
Chief compliance officers got some much-needed guidance on how to build a well-crafted sanctions compliance program thanks to the recent OFAC framework.
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ArticleCECL in summer: Get ready for models, data, auditors
It may be summertime, but the living is not so easy for corporate finance staff preparing for CECL—a major change to the reporting of credit losses.
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PodcastVanessa Rossi on operationalized compliance done right
Vanessa Rossi, senior compliance counsel at Baker Hughes, explains to columnist Tom Fox the benefits of operationalized compliance and how to ensure it is properly in place.
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ArticleCFTC issues joint $2M whistleblower award
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on July 1 an award of $2 million to two “model whistleblowers” who provided the agency with “significant information” that prompted the CFTC to open an investigation.
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ArticleBDO shows improvement in latest PCAOB inspection
The PCAOB says it found fault with 39 percent of the audits inspected at BDO USA in 2017 – the firm’s first time with a deficiency rate below 50 percent since 2011.
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ArticleFASB proposes small changes to CECL standard
FASB has issued a proposed revision to the CECL standard to address a handful of implementation questions as companies prepare for the new accounting.
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House moves to cut funding for SEC’s Regulation Best Interest
Joining the growing discontent with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest, Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed legislation that could starve the quasi-fiduciary standard for investment advice of funding.
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State Street to pay $88.8M for mutual fund overcharges
State Street will pay $88.8 million to resolve charges with the SEC that it overcharged mutual funds and other registered investment company clients for expenses related to the firm’s custody of client assets.
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Merrill Lynch to pay $25M to settle metals ‘spoofing’ claims
Merrill Lynch Commodities will pay a combined $25 million to resolve a government investigation into a multi-year scheme to mislead the market for precious metals futures contracts.
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Compliance lessons from Technip’s $301.3M global foreign bribery settlement
TechnipFMC and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Technip USA will pay a combined $301.3 million settlement to resolve foreign bribery charges with authorities in the United States and Brazil.
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FedEx sues Feds over export control burdens related to Huawei dispute
Shipping giant FedEx is suing the federal government in an effort to reverse what it says are impossible to achieve compliance burdens imposed by the Department of Commerce.
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ArticleCFTC issues reduced whistleblower award of $2.5M
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has awarded a whistleblower $2.5 million for assisting it in an investigation, but the award could have been larger if the report was made sooner, the CFTC said.