All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 406
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PCAOB releases KPMG's 2016 report, 3 others
The PCAOB has published its report on KPMG’s scandal-ridden 2016 inspection, along with three other reports, describing high levels of audit deficiencies and mismanagement of quality.
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Former PCAOB Director of Enforcement joins Akin Gump
Claudius Modesti, former Director of Enforcement at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), has joined Akin Gump as a partner in its white-collar defense and government investigations practice in Washington, D.C.
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Muddled DPA outcome for Tesco accounting fraud scandal
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has released details of the deferred prosecution agreement it struck with Tesco—on the same day the supermarket chain’s former finance director accused of the accounting fraud was acquitted.
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CV Sciences appoints new chief accounting officer
CV Sciences, a supplier and manufacturer of hemp CBD products, has appointed Joerg Grasser to the role of chief accounting officer.
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TransAtlantic Petroleum names new chief accounting officer
TransAtlantic Petroleum, an international oil and natural gas company engage, announced that it has made several changes to its executive management team, including the appointment of a new chief accounting officer, as well as a new general counsel and corporate secretary.
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McHenry pushes for financial services hearings, Deutsche Bank records
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, has announced a series of hearings he wants before the Committee. He is also escalating document demands from scandal-plagued Deutsche Bank.
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Pier 1 names chief legal and compliance officer
Pier 1 Imports, an omnichannel retailer, has appointed Robert Bostrom as executive vice president, chief legal and compliance officer and corporate secretary, effective immediately.
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EY forms independent audit quality committee
EY has joined the rest of the Big Four in seeking independent consult on audit quality, forming a committee of outside experts to advise firm leaders.
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The Red Flag Group opens office in Paris
The Red Flag Group, a business intelligence and technology firm, announced the opening of an office in Paris in an effort to help French companies with their anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance efforts.
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ArticleQ&A: A view of bank risk from the battlefield
Compliance Week talked with Stuart Brock, director of Seal Software, about the risks faced by banks—not the least of which is third-party due diligence.
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Grant Thornton launches lease analytics app
Grant Thornton announced the launch of web-based application LeaseCom Analytics (LCA), designed to help companies adjust to FASB’s new lease accounting standard.
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ArticleDistilling compliance lessons from healthcare fraud cases
False Claims Act recoveries related to healthcare fraud in fiscal year 2018 offer key insight into the best practices the government expects to ensure compliance with federal healthcare laws.
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Dun & Bradstreet unveils new TPRM solution
Commercial data firm Dun & Bradstreet announced the availability of D&B Compass, its new third-party risk management solution.
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When earnings precede audit, auditors cave, study finds
Absent a strong audit committee, management can get an upper hand over auditors when it releases unaudited earnings results to the market, a new study says.
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ArticleShutdown starts to pose new risks for businesses
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is increasingly a catalyst for new risks and tough choices for corporations.
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Conduent names chief compliance officer
Conduent, a business services technology company, has appointed Brian Clayton as chief compliance officer.
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ResourceHow to Stop Delivering Boring Compliance Training: A Holistic Approach to Employee Engagement
Many employees see compliance training as fundamentally uninteresting, irrelevant — or just plain boring.
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ResourcePreparing for new credit loss rules
Banks and other financial institutions have a lot of work ahead of them as they prepare to adopt the new standard on reflecting credit losses in financial instruments (the so-called CECL standard).
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Apple, CEO Tim Cook double down on privacy demands
In an op-ed for Time Magazine, Apple CEO Tim Cook is once again calling on the U.S. government to address data privacy in 2019.
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EU fines Mastercard $648M for anticompetitive behavior
The European Commission on 22 January 2019 fined Mastercard 570.6 million euros (U.S. $648 million) for anticompetitive behavior, in breach of EU antitrust rules.