All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 558
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SEC adopts T+2 settlement cycle for securities transactions
The SEC has approved reducing the settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions by one day. It will also evaluate the possibility of end-of-the-day settlement cycles.
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Going concern rules produce puzzling disclosure scenario
Companies and their auditors are following different going concern disclosure rules, leading to a puzzling disclosure from Sears that has left capital market players scratching their heads.
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Third-Party Risk Management Summit takes a deep dive
Get a recap of the Third-Party Risk Management and Oversight Summit, hosted by Financial Risk Associates and Compliance Week, which took an in-depth look at what companies are doing to manage third-party risks both on the sales and supply chain sides.
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Survey: Executives are rooting for repeal of ACA
A majority of business executives want to see the Affordable Care Act repealed, a survey by the American Institute of CPAs has found. They expect their company’s healthcare expenses to rise this year and next, no matter what happens in Washington.
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Critics seek to slay FATCA through tax reform
A coalition of business leaders is looking to repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act as part of any tax reform initiative in Congress.
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Dems demand end to pay-ratio rule delay
Senate Democrats are demanding that the SEC stop delaying implementation of a controversial rule requiring that CEO pay be disclosed as a comparative ratio to their median employee.
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Trump Administration deals another blow to transparency initiative
The Department of the Interior has halted its participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global anti-corruption effort for the oil, gas, and mining industries.
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PCAOB inspection findings rise at Grant Thornton
While audit inspection findings across the major firms generally improved in the most recently reported year, such was not the case at Grant Thornton.
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Newest internal audit poll calls for focus on disruption
If there’s a point to internal audit beyond fulfilling a compliance requirement, it seems as if corporate America is still trying to figure it out.
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Bank of England deputy governor resigns over conflicts of interest
Charlotte Hogg had all of two weeks to enjoy her new position as deputy governor at the BoE before she had to resign for failing to disclose that her brother also worked there.
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Glass-Steagall resurrection gains momentum
There has been a lot of talk about modernizing the Glass-Steagall Act. Now, there may be a blueprint for doing it.
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ArticleTop 5 ethics and compliance failures of 2016
A highlight of the biggest ethical failures of 2016, including the scandals that rocked Wells Fargo, Unaoil, and Teva, and what public companies should do to avoid a similar fate.
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The hard truths of the SQM enforcement action
The FCPA shows just how far its authority can extend when it comes to companies that blatantly disregard U.S. anti-corruption law.
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FinTech takes a great leap forward
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has outlined, in greater detail, what it will take for FinTech firms to be chartered as national banks.
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Mending ethics and compliance gaps in EMEA and APAC companies
While many companies place a high importance on creating an ethical culture, their ethics & compliance priorities for the coming year seem strangely out of step.
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Can inline XBRL save XBRL, or at least improve data quality?
Slow progress in shifting financial statement data to the digital realm may be getting a boost, but the clock is ticking for proponents to show the real benefits of XBRL.
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IKEA: Compliance and enforcement are two sides of the same coin
IKEA and other large retailers in Europe have been accused of ignoring EU commercial transportation rules, suggesting a widespread flouting of the rules and the support of numerous unsustainable business practices.
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Justice Dept. joins fight against ‘unconstitutional’ CFPB
Friend has turned foe as the Justice Department, under the Trump Administration, has reversed course and is now arguing that the CFPB is unconstitutional.
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Brazil’s new approach to compliance
Brazil is taking a page out of U.S. businesses’ books and moving from paper compliance programs to actually doing compliance.
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New foundation to protect sports whistleblowers
A venture capitalist, a former United States federal prosecutor, and an Olympic gold medalist have formed a non-profit foundation, Fair Sport, to help mitigate risk for whistleblowers in the wide, wide world of sports.