All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 168
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Hiltrud Werner leaves legacy of integrity at Volkswagen
Hiltrud Werner, Volkswagen’s board member and head of integrity and legal affairs who steered the company through its U.S. compliance monitorship post-Dieselgate, discusses her indelible mark on the auto giant and her future aspirations.
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Mixed results for Marcum, RSM in 2020 PCAOB inspections
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board published 2020 inspection reports for a handful of large U.S. audit firms outside the Big Four. Marcum and RSM had the most audit deficiencies identified of the group.
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KPMG facing $1.8B lawsuit over Carillion audits
KPMG is facing a £1.3 billion (U.S. $1.8 billion) lawsuit for missing “red flags” during its audits at failed construction company Carillion, which creditors say was insolvent more than two years before it collapsed.
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Nike promotes CECO to general counsel
Athletic apparel company Nike announced the appointment of Ann Miller as executive vice president and general counsel. Miller has served as Nike’s vice president, corporate secretary and chief ethics and compliance officer for the past six years.
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TikTok adds head of legal compliance from Panasonic Avionics
Social media platform TikTok has hired former Panasonic Avionics Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Catherine Razzano to serve as its head of legal compliance.
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General Mills general counsel to retire
Food company General Mills announced the retirement of Richard Allendorf, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective August 2022.
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Stellar Health tabs chief compliance officer
Healthcare technology company Stellar Health has named Samantha Kelen chief compliance officer.
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International General Insurance appoints chief risk officer
International General Insurance Holdings has appointed Stav Tsielepis chief risk officer of the IGI group.
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RQD Clearing adds chief compliance officer
Correspondent clearing provider RQD Clearing has appointed Lisa Bridgeford chief compliance officer.
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Snapchat CCO to step down for ‘sabbatical’
Calling it a “sabbatical” and admitting he’s “ready for a time out,” longtime Snap Chief Compliance Officer Dominic Perella announced he’s planning to step down in the spring.
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Cummins names chief risk officer, head of ESG strategy
Power solutions company Cummins has named Mark Sifferlen as its first vice president - chief risk officer and leader of environmental, social, and governance strategy.
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Trustmark adds chief risk officer
Trustmark Corp. announced the hiring of Michael Carlson as executive vice president and chief risk officer of Trustmark National Bank.
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Westpac combines risk, compliance leadership; hires Ryan Zanin as chief risk officer
Australian bank Westpac announced it will combine the leadership of its risk and compliance divisions into one position under Ryan Zanin, who joins after most recently serving as executive vice president, chief risk officer at Fannie Mae.
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DOJ opinion offers take on whether ransom-like payment violates FCPA
A payment by a U.S.-based company to a third-party intermediary under circumstances that placed an employee’s life and well-being at “significant risk” would not trigger enforcement under the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA, the Department of Justice stated in an opinion procedure.
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AA study: Total audit fees decline in 2020 for first time in decade
Total and average audit fees in 2020 each declined for the first time since 2010, according to the latest Audit Analytics research.
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False Claims Act-related settlements top $5.6B in 2021
False Claims Act settlements totaled more than $5.6 billion in the past federal fiscal year, the second-largest amount ever collected by the government in FCA actions in one year, according to the Department of Justice.
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CUBE Data Report: Overview of global enforcement trends
In light of the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on the global financial industry, CUBE looks at this year’s regulatory data to analyze the global enforcement trends of 2021.
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CFTC delays compliance for new swap data reporting rule until December
A May 2022 deadline for compliance with amended swap data reporting requirements has been delayed six months by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to allow market participants more time to comply.
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FinCEN readying rule for banks to prove AML/CFT programs ‘reasonably designed’
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will likely require banks and other financial institutions to assess their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism programs to ensure they are “effective and reasonably designed.”
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LRN survey: Shared elements of ‘high-impact’ ethics and compliance programs
Board engagement, changes to meet the needs of employees working remotely, simplified and searchable policies and procedures, and more were key among the traits of high-impact ethics and compliance programs as defined by LRN’s annual effectiveness report.