All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 229
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Energy trader Vitol to pay $164M in FCPA case
The U.S. affiliate of global energy and commodity trading company Vitol will pay approximately $164 million to settle charges of bribery, corruption, and manipulative and deceptive conduct levied by multiple regulators, including historic involvement by the CFTC.
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Video: Praise for Nasdaq diversity push; Vodafone’s GDPR woes prove costly
In our inaugural video edition of Nailed It or Failed It, Dave Lefort praises Nasdaq’s efforts to get the SEC to require board diversity disclosures, while Kyle Brasseur critiques Vodafone’s numerous run-ins with the GDPR.
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Biden’s SEC set to require disclosure of ESG, climate change risk
The SEC under President-elect Joe Biden will push ESG and climate change-related risk alerts, guidance, and rulemaking that will likely require companies to disclose how these risks affect their bottom line.
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Ex-KPMG exec avoids prison in final cheating scandal sentencing
Former KPMG inspections leader Thomas Whittle was sentenced to two years of supervised release for his role in the Big Four firm’s cheating scandal that saw three of his colleagues and co-conspirators receive time behind bars.
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Congress passes bill forcing Chinese companies to comply with U.S. audit rules
In a bipartisan and unanimous vote, the House passed a bill Wednesday that could kick publicly traded Chinese-based companies off U.S. exchanges.
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Gartner report: How coronavirus has altered audit risks for 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically altered the risk landscape for chief audit executives and audit departments by exacerbating long-standing risks while giving rise to new ones, a new report by research and advisory firm Gartner finds.
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Report shows Big Four stranglehold in U.K. near unavoidable
A review by the U.K. Financial Reporting Council found large companies will instinctively hire a Big Four firm as auditor, despite efforts by the regulator to break their dominance and open up the country’s audit market to smaller competitors.
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Fight against corruption must go on, even if the point is undermined
The recent decision by the Department of Justice to release from custody a dangerous Mexican general must not discourage the greater efforts of the anti-corruption community, writes Martin Woods.
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U.K. corporate watchdog rips company reporting as ‘box-ticking exercise’
Not for the first time, the U.K.’s corporate governance regulator has said it is disappointed to see company reporting “does not demonstrate the high quality of governance” it expects.
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Nasdaq to SEC: Adopt listing rules requiring board diversity disclosures
Nasdaq has filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt new listing rules that would impose board diversity disclosure requirements.
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SBM Offshore FCPA case ends, Swiss investigation begins
SBM Offshore confirmed it has reached the end of its three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice for FCPA violations, but the oil and gas services company is now facing a fresh corruption investigation from Swiss enforcement authorities.
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Trio of U.K. fines expose third-party risks under GDPR
Recent GDPR fines against British Airways, Marriott, and Ticketmaster by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office each saw the regulator dismiss claims by the companies that third parties were primarily responsible for the data breaches in question.
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Compliance should consider a well-balanced information diet
In comparing information to food, the outcome might be considered to be the same when too much is consumed, writes Martin Woods.
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Lookers discloses $60.5M loss following accounting fraud probe
After delaying for eight months its 2019 audited financial statements, U.K. car dealership chain Lookers has disclosed a £45.5 million (U.S. $60.5 million) loss following discovery of accounting fraud by a former employee.
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Asia corruption report cites government issues, bribery prevalence
Transparency International’s latest look at corruption and bribery trends in Asia reveals issues at the highest ranks of government, particularly at the parliamentary and senate level.
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U.S. regs urge banks to transition from LIBOR ‘as soon as practicable’
U.S. banking regulators are encouraging financial institutions to stop entering into new contracts that use the U.S. dollar LIBOR as a reference rate ahead of its slated expiration at the end of 2021.
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Stratus appoints chief compliance officer
Stratus, a provider of in-home neurodiagnostic testing services, announced the appointment of David Hruda as chief compliance officer.
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Softline Group appoints global chief compliance officer
Softline Group, a global provider of IT solutions and services, has appointed Gareth Tipton as global chief compliance officer responsible for leading the ethics and compliance team across the company.
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Why OCC ‘Fair Access’ proposed rule is a win-lose
How can true cooperation be achieved when the solution being proposed is essentially to pit high-risk, controversial banking customers against the banks with which they want to do business, wonders Jaclyn Jaeger.
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JPMorgan Chase fined $250M for ‘unsound’ internal control practices
The OCC fined JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. $250 million for weaknesses in its internal controls and internal audit for its fiduciary activities.