All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 479
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President nominates first-ever regulatory watchdog for Fed
President Trump has nominated Randal Quarles, a former official at the Treasury Department, as a member of the Board of Governors, filling a long-vacant role as the Fed’s regulatory watchdog.
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House bill is latest effort to rewrite fiduciary rule
While the Department of Labor sputters along with efforts to rescind its fiduciary duty rule for brokers, House Republicans are taking matters into their own hands.
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Rao confirmed as Trump Administration’s ‘regulatory czar’
The Senate has confirmed Neomi Rao, a professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, to a top position at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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RBS reaches $5.5B settlement with FHFA
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, today reached a $5.5 billion settlement with Royal Bank of Scotland Group alleging violations of federal and state securities laws in connection with private-label residential mortgage-backed securities trusts purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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GOP turns to Congressional Review Act for killing arbitration rule
Within hours of the CFPB issuing a new rule banning the mandatory use of arbitration agreements, Republicans threatened to rescind it using the Congressional Review Act.
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Best practices for cartel enforcement compliance
As Makan Delrahim seeks confirmation as the Justice Department’s new antitrust chief, cartel enforcement will be a point of interest for compliance professionals everywhere.
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How do your risk oversight processes stack up?
A pair of recently published reports draw a straight line between strong enterprise-wide risk management and strategic execution.
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Add tax to the growing list of revenue recognition crises
Just as tax is the last thing to happen in a financial statement close, it seems to be the last thing happening in preparing for the new revenue rules as well.
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Hard Brexit, soft Brexit? U.K. can’t have its cake and eat it, too
The U.K. is trying different ways to see if it can have its cake and eat it too when it comes to asserting its independence while still enjoying perks of EU membership.
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Transforming information gatherers into information analyzers
The case for automating simpler data-driven aspects of compliance makes itself, but don’t forget how automation can further empower human CCOs, too.
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FCPA Pilot Program leads to two 2017 declinations
The FCPA Pilot Program declinations we have seen so far in 2017 both make substantial additions to the precedent for how to avoid prosecution under the FCPA.
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Shell companies in the U.S.—beginning of the end?
The Man From FCPA explores the issues surrounding shell companies and, in particular, money laundering enforcement.
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Of Barclays and DPAs
Is Barclays too big too jail? Tom Fox explores the banking giant’s involvement in the bailout scandal during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Don’t speak at anti-corruption event, then demand a bribe payment
Well, that’s awkward. A look at the ironic case of Colombia’s top anti-corruption prosecutor, who was arrested in Miami for attempted corruption through extortion of a criminal defendant.
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Brexit provides plenty of compliance opportunities
The 2019 Brexit deadline is creating a host of big opportunities for companies to boost their compliance programs, and for compliance professionals to show their worth.
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CFPB unleashes new arbitration rule
The CFPB’s efforts to ban mandatory arbitration clauses are now realized with a new rule, reopening a path to class-action lawsuits for aggrieved consumers of financial services.
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Correspondent banking fades; de-risking gets the blame
In an ironic twist, regulation designed to protect the global financial system is forcing whole regions outside the regulated financial system, creating more risk for everyone.
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New transparency rolls out in Form AP audit filings
Here’s a call to attention for audit committees. Audit regulators are rolling out a powerful new gift that will help you assess the quality of your external audit.
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Artifacts and artwork can collect trouble
Craft supply giant Hobby Lobby is in hot water for illegally importing historical artifacts. Other collections, including artwork, can also be a big problem for unsuspecting firms.
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International partners join forces to tackle grand corruption
A new multinational centre to coordinate law enforcement action against grand corruption was launched this month. The International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre (IACCC), hosted by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, brings together specialist law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions into a single location to tackle allegations of grand corruption.