All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 548

  • Blog

    HR360 helps companies comply with employment laws

    2016-08-30T10:00:00Z

    Companies have a new website at their fingertips to guide them through hiring, managing, and terminating employees while ensuring they remain in compliance with employment laws. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.

  • Blog

    New 'ACL Essentials' analysis apps monitor ERP process risk

    2016-08-30T09:45:00Z

    ACL, a software provider helping companies stamp out fraud, operational waste, and unethical business, announced the launch of ACL Essentials, its new suite of premium analysis apps that continuously assess critical business processes.

  • Blog

    Do the FCPA rules make sense?

    2016-08-29T15:30:00Z

    How many rules are too many? How complicated are the rules to follow? These are questions Tom Fox explores in the context of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Fortunately, the answer, he says, is quite simple—do not pay bribes.

  • Blog

    Government report details conflict minerals challenges

    2016-08-29T12:15:00Z

    Companies have already turned the corner on their third year of “conflict minerals” filings to the SEC, but a newly released review of last year’s efforts by the Government Accountability Office nevertheless offers a valuable assessment of compliance challenges. Joe Mont has more.

  • Blog

    Grapevine: Who’s coming and going in compliance

    2016-08-29T09:45:00Z

    Cleaning up from the FIFA scandal, the Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has appointed Guilherme Carvalho as chief legal and chief compliance officer; the University of New Mexico also has appointed a new interim chief compliance officer, filling the position vacated by Helen Gonzales who ...

  • Blog

    University of New Mexico chief compliance officer to retire

    2016-08-29T09:45:00Z

    Elizabeth Rodke Washburn has been appointed interim chief compliance officer by University of New Mexico President Robert Frank. She will fill the position vacated by Helen Gonzales who recently announced her retirement after a long career at UNM.

  • Blog

    SpartanNash appoints chief accounting officer

    2016-08-29T09:15:00Z

    SpartanNash, an American food distributor and grocery store retailer, has named Tammy Hurley, as chief accounting officer. The board of directors approved her appointment at its quarterly meeting.

  • Blog

    Hub International names chief compliance officer, West Region

    2016-08-29T09:00:00Z

    Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, risk advisory, and employee benefits firm, has appointed Liliana Salazar as chief compliance officer for the Hub West Region. She will be responsible for addressing the employee benefit compliance and regulatory needs of customers, employee benefit consultants, and sales executives.

  • Blog

    Companies get new rules to govern cash flow classification

    2016-08-29T08:00:00Z

    FASB has approved a new Accounting Standards Update meant to clear up inconsistencies in how companies classify cash payments and receipts on the cash flow statement. Tammy Whitehouse has more.

  • Blog

    Will new lease accounting lead to less leasing?

    2016-08-26T16:45:00Z

    Accounting experts are beginning to discuss whether companies might change their leasing strategies when they are required to add leases to balance sheets. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

  • Blog

    Theresa May: unexpected champion of employee board members

    2016-08-26T13:45:00Z

    British Prime Minister Theresa May surprised everyone when she pledged to push for the installation of workers to company boards. But how will she actually accomplish that goal, ask Stephen Davis and Jon Lukomnik. And will other nations follow the U.K.’s lead?

  • Blog

    Must-read: Fortune's 'Overturned--The Hedge Fund Trader Who Beat the Feds'

    2016-08-26T13:15:00Z

    The September 1, 2016 issue of Fortune has a terrific article detailing the legal saga of former hedge fund manager Todd Newman, the defendant in a hugely important insider trading decision that has had a major impact on how prosecutors and the SEC pursue such cases.

  • Blog

    Private companies next up for governance revolution

    2016-08-26T12:15:00Z

    Paul Hodgson explores the Institute of Directors reissuance of its governance guidance for private companies, with updated references to the OECD governance principles and the Bribery Act. Oliver Parry, IoD’s Head of Corporate Governance, warns: “You can ignore it, but we are telling most private businesses that they need to ...

  • Blog

    IFAC calls on G-20 to support international standards

    2016-08-26T08:30:00Z

    The International Federation of Accountants is pitching the G-20 to make a plug for international accounting and auditing standards when they meet in September. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

  • Blog

    FinCEN wants to extend AML programs to all banks

    2016-08-25T17:00:00Z

    Banks lacking a Federal functional regulator have been hit with proposed rules by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that would require them to implement anti-money laundering programs. Joe Mont has more.

  • Blog

    SEC expands disclosure demands for investment advisers

    2016-08-25T16:30:00Z

    With amendments to Form ADV, the SEC is requiring investment advisers to disclose additional information, so the Commission can get a better understanding of the risk profile of each adviser and the industry as a whole. Joe Mont reports.

  • Blog

    Liberty Global appoints chief accounting officer

    2016-08-25T16:00:00Z

    Liberty Global, a global telecommunications company, has appointed Jason Waldron as chief accounting officer. He will report to Charlie Bracken, who will assume the role of chief financial officer on Jan. 1, 2017.

  • Blog

    Callon Petroleum names chief accounting officer

    2016-08-25T15:45:00Z

    Callon Petroleum, an independent energy company, has appointed Mitzi Conn to the newly created position of vice president and chief accounting officer. She will report to President and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Gatto.

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    10 years later, fugitive CEO pleads guilty to options backdating

    2016-08-25T14:00:00Z

    Although the days of “options backdating” prosecutions are long past, the case against former Comverse Technology CEO Jacob Alexander, a fugitive in Namibia since 2006, ended just this week with his appearance before an unsympathetic federal judge. Bruce Carton has more.

  • Blog

    FSOC vs. MetLife legal battle resumes in October

    2016-08-25T12:45:00Z

    Round two of the fight between insurance giant MetLife and the government over its status as a systemically important financial institution heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Oct. 24 for oral arguments. Joe Mont reports.