All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 488
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Deloitte analysis shows slow move to new revenue rules
An analysis of Fortune 1000 disclosures provides more disturbing evidence that companies are making only sluggish progress in implementing new revenue recognition accounting.
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The latest strains in revenue rule adoption: technology
It’s starting to get tense in the trenches where finance and technology staff are preparing to implement new revenue recognition standards in 2018.
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Social Anxiety: Understanding FTC Compliance Risks in Sponsored Posts and Native Ads
Social media compliance is a big job, and it can be difficult to handle every detail yourself. Ensuring compliance requires knowledge, following procedures, and constant monitoring. Especially now that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is really cracking down on businesses staying compliant on social media.
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PCAOB floats new rules for auditing estimates, specialists’ work
Audit regulators have proposed two new standards to beef up requirements for auditors as they scrutinize accounting estimates and the work of specialists.
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When corruption is endemic and structural
The recent scandals involving JBS, Odebrecht, and Petrobras seem to imply that once Brazilian politicians go on the take, they stay on the take. Time for Brazil to update its anti-corruption regulations.
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Should compliance training be humanities- or business-based?
The Man From FCPA explores the question of whether a compliance professional benefits more from a humanities-based education or a business school-based education.
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The Haider FinCEN enforcement action and CCO liability
Does the recent FinCEN enforcement action against Thomas Haider, Moneygram’s CCO, portend a shift in Justice Department enforcement strategies?
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CFTC launches LabCFTC, a major FinTech initiative
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced the creation of LabCFTC, a new hub for the agency’s engagement with emerging technology and FinTech innovators.
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SEC initiates comment period on fiduciary rule
Critics of the Department of Labor’s controversial “fiduciary rule” say it should instead be promulgated by the SEC. Now, for the first time in years, the Commission has launched a public comment process on the matter.
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Auditors get new disclosure requirements sure to expand audits
Auditors have just been handed extensive new disclosure requirements that are largely expected to make public company audits take more time and cost more money.
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JBS reaches $3.2B leniency deal; makes governance changes
J&F Investimentos, the holding company of meat-packing company JBS, has agreed to pay a record 10.3 billion reais (US$3.2bn; £2.4bn) fine for its role in a widespread corruption scandal, deepening Brazil's anti-corruption enforcement crackdown.
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Petrofac makes governance changes amid SFO probe
The board of directors of oilfield services provider, Petrofac, recently announced a number of significant governance changes, amid a bribery and corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
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IBM Resilient Helps with GDPR preparedness
IBM recently released new incident response capabilities, from its IBM Resilient security portfolio, designed to help clients rehearse, prepare for, and manage the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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EPA retreats from Obama-era methane emission rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is putting a freeze on 2016 rules intended to reduce methane emissions and the release of other pollutants by the oil and gas industry.
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Group claims fake net neutrality comments filed with FCC
A conservative non-profit is alleging that thousands of pro-net neutrality comments submitted in recent weeks to the Federal Communications Commission Website are fake.
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Legislation seeks to outlaw ‘micro-unions’
The Representation Fairness Restoration Act seeks to prohibit unions from forming individual bargaining units within the same company that include as few as two or three workers.
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Fiduciary rule not dead yet, compliance begins June 9
Thought the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule would be dead in the water or substantially revised under the Trump Administration? You may need to wait a while longer, and a June compliance deadline remains as scheduled.
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GreySpark and OXIAL partnership offers continuous compliance service for global capital markets
Capital Markets firms can now benefit from a new continuous compliance service for algorithm risk management, thanks to a partnership from new-generation GRC solution provider OXIAL, and financial markets specialist GreySpark.
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Financial instrument rule plays second fiddle to bigger changes
As companies prepare for new revenue recognition and lease accounting standards, a new rule on how to classify and measure financial instruments is finding itself on the back burner.
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Reform on the horizon, as U.K. preps for next general election
As U.K. citizens are headed to the polls for the fourth time in four years, the country is headed toward significant corporate governance reforms.