All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 458
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Assessing bribery risk country-by-country
The 2017 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix is out, designed to help compliance departments assess the likelihood of bribery in each country around the world and better tailor their due diligence practices.
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ArticleTreasury’s regulatory roadmap may affect agencies for years
The Treasury Department has released the second in a series of reports detailing efforts to pull the plug on regulations, and it may offer a more prudent plan that its politics suggests.
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Opening the lid on the hidden world of beneficial ownership
The world of beneficial ownership is seeing a push toward greater transparency that comes on the heels of high-profile corruption scandals at FIFA and Petrobras.
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Transparency International U.K. launches anti-bribery portal
Transparency International U.K. has launched a new online tool that provides up-to-date and in-depth guidance for businesses in understanding and tackling bribery.
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Shell executives charged in bribery scheme
The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged several senior Royal Dutch Shell executives in Italy for their role in a widespread bribery scheme to acquire oil exploration rights in Nigeria.
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Guilty plea in PDVSA FCPA case
A partial owner of several energy companies pleaded guilty this week to foreign bribery charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
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NCAA to form special commission
Following a federal investigation into fraud in college basketball, the NCAA announced that it is making ‘substantive changes’ to the way it operates, forming a Commission on College Basketball.
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Samsung executive resigns amid ‘unprecedented crisis’
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon will not seek re-election as a member and chairman of the board when his term ends in March 2018. Kwon will also resign as the chief executive officer of Samsung Display.
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‘Several countries’ probed in World Cup bribery scheme
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has opened a criminal proceeding against Jérôme Valcke, the former Secretary General of FIFA, and beIN Media Group Chief Executive Officer Nasser Al-Khelaifi for bribery allegations surrounding the award of World Cup media rights.
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Ideagen releases new version of Pentana Disclose
Ideagen—developers of quality, safety, audit, risk, and performance management software—has released the latest version of its financial disclosure checklist software, Pentana Disclose.
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IHS Markit and MSCI provide liquidity-risk management solution
IHS Markit, a critical information, analytics and solutions provider, recently formed an alliance with MSCI to help asset managers implement liquidity risk management programs and comply with SEC Rule 22e-4.
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MEGA solution assists with GDPR compliance
MEGA International, a global software firm, has introduced HOPEX GDPR, a practical toolbox developed in partnership with Gruppo Imperiali, to help companies meet the European General Data Protection Regulation requirements quickly and efficiently.
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SEC reshapes Regulation S-K disclosures, marches forward on LEIs
The SEC has proposed a plan, as mandated by the FAST Act, to simplify and modernize the Regulation S-K disclosure regime. New rule amendments would also accelerate the use of Legal Entity Identifiers by public companies.
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Audit leaders issue another year-end alert on key risks
Audit leaders have handed out yet another alert to auditors to dig into high-risk areas as they prepare for the upcoming year-end audit cycle.
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Harvey Weinstein, Obamacare, and Google
Title: Harvey Weinstein, Obamacare, aThis week, the scope of corruption surrounding Harvey Weinstein is growing bigger by the day, Google hands over evidence of Russia-linked ads on their sites, and President Trump makes moves to raise “repeal and replace Obamacare” back from the dead.
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SEC announces another big whistleblower award
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for providing the SEC with new information and substantial corroborating documentation of a securities law violation by a registered entity that impacted retail customers.
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Resource
Cyber Pulse Check aggregate report
Pulse Check is available in both off-the-shelf and custom diagnostics to help you quickly measure your employee’s grasp on topics ranging from Culture of Compliance to Anti-Corruption to Cybersecurity. Download a Pulse Check aggregate report to see the rich insight this diagnostic can provide.
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Surveys suggest uncertainty over compliance with CECL
Recent surveys suggest continued uncertainty in the financial services sector over how to project credit losses in compliance with a new accounting rule.
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Bipartisan bill would streamline employer reporting under Obamacare
Bipartisan legislation, the Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017, seeks to reduce and modernize employer reporting requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
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Report claims deregulation agenda could benefit Trump Organization
A new report alleges that President Trump’s deregulatory agenda could boost the bottom line of his businesses. It coincides with the introduction of the DRAIN the Swamp Act, intended to “bring transparency" to how government officials profit from deregulation.