All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 655
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e-Book: Monitoring Employee Conduct
Employee surveillance is a pressing compliance need. Amid reports of scandals and other misconduct, the demand for smarter, tighter, and advanced surveillance is increasing. This e-Book, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with Schwab Compliance Solutions, offers the latest thinking on what employees, regulators, and compliance practitioners need to know ...
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Fed to China Construction Bank: Fix AML Controls
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services in an enforcement action this week ordered China Construction Bank and its New York branch to significantly improve its compliance operations. The bank and the branch have 60 days to jointly submit a written enhanced compliance program in ...
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Gallagher Blasts Labor Dept.’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule
Image: Dan Gallagher, a reliably conservative voice at the SEC, is slamming the Labor Department’s proposed fiduciary standard for broker-dealers. The rule means clients who are not high net worth “will be ‘fired’ by their brokers or jettisoned to robo-advisers,” he said. Gallagher also lauded a court decision striking down ...
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Brady Corporation Names New Chief Accounting Officer
Brady Corporation, a manufacturing company, has named Aaron Pearce as its new chief accounting officer, effective immediately.
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National Planning Corporation Names CCO
National Planning Corporation, an independent broker-dealers, has announced the appointment of Patricia McCallop as chief compliance officer. She will be responsible for leading NPC’s compliance team and overseeing the company’s adherence to state and federal regulations. Details inside.
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NN Names General Counsel
NN, a diversified industrial company, has appointed Matthew Heiter to the newly created role of general counsel, effective immediately. He will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Holder.
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HomeBancorp Names Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
HomeBancorp, a financial institution, recently promoted Jon James as chief risk and compliance officer. He formerly was BSA and retail compliance officer. Details inside.
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SEC Wraps Up 'Alcoholics Anonymous' Insider Trading Case
Last week, the SEC announced the final resolution of an insider trading case that flowed from the most unusual of betrayals: information allegedly misappropriated from a senior executive who was confiding in a someone through their relationship at Alcoholics Anonymous.
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FBI, SEC Pursue ‘Pump-and-Dump’ That May Tie to JPMorgan Hack
The FBI has arrested four men in a pump-and-dump stock scheme that authorities reportedly also believe may be related to the massive customer data hack that occurred last summer at JPMorgan. According to recent reports the four men were arrested “in connection with a series of fraudulent investment schemes involving ...
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IASB Follows Suit on Deferring Revenue Recognition One Year
Image: The International Accounting Standards Board has decided to delay the effective date of its revenue recognition standard by one year, just as FASB pushed out its required implementation date to 2018. IASB is delaying the standard because it is working on clarifications to help implementation and because it “keeps ...
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Banamex USA Fined $140M for AML Violations
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today imposed a civil penalty of $140 million against Banamex USA for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. The FDIC imposed the penalty on the same day that Citigroup, which purchased Mexico-based Banamex in 2001, said it would be ...
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e-Book: The Complexities of CCO Liability
Compliance failures can occur at any time, but what happens when the root of the issue lies in the hands of the chief compliance officer (CCO)? Who becomes liable? The company or the CCO? Walking this tightrope can keep many executives and compliance practitioners up at night.Produced by Compliance Week ...
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SFO in Talks With Barclays to End Long-Running Criminal Probe
The Serious Fraud Office has extended a deferred-prosecution agreement to Barclays to end an investigation into the bank’s alleged role in the £2 billion Qatari 2008 fundraising and other practices that helped the bank weather the financial crisis. British regulators recently gained the power to issue DPAs, and the SFO ...
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Podcast: The Increasing Demands on Healthcare Compliance
Image: The Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services continue to focus on healthcare fraud and compliance lapses. In response, healthcare associations, including the HHS Office of Inspector General, have collaborated on related guidance. In our latest podcast, we talk to Michael Peregrine, a partner with the ...
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Podcast: The Increasing Demands on Healthcare Compliance
The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services continue to signal a focus on healthcare fraud and compliance lapses. On a more helpful note, the American Health Lawyers Association, HHS' Office of Inspector General, and the Health Care Compliance Association recently collaborated on guidance for healthcare ...
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Czech Bankers Concerned About New EU Rules
Czech bankers are worried about new European rules that may pose systemic risks to countries across Europe. The legislation, which is currently being reviewed by the European Commission will cause big depositors and bondholders, instead of national regulators, to incur more losses. Bankers are worried that this could lead ...
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Restructuring the Bank of England: More Transparency
Image: In a recent consultation paper, Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne unveiled his plans to restructure the Bank of England’s regulatory system. Among his initiatives, the National Audit Office will provide more transparency to the central bank, while the Prudential Regulation Authority will no longer operate as a subsidiary and ...
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Trimble Navigation Selects MetricStream for SOX and Conflict Minerals Compliance
Trimble Navigation, a maker of GPS and survey equipment, has selected MetricStream SOX Compliance Management App to strengthen internal controls, as well as ensure compliance with all SOX compliance requirements. It also has selected its Conflict Minerals Management App to streamline their conflict minerals program and reporting requirements. Details inside.
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PwC Shows Small Improvement in Latest Inspection Report
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found fault with 29 percent of the 58 audits inspected at PwC in 2014, a slight improvement over the 32 percent reported in 2013. The PCAOB says out of 17 of the flagged audits, nine contained problems with both the financial statement audit and ...
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Rotation May Hinder Audit Quality, Study Says
A new study from the American Accounting Association suggests rotating auditors may not be such a good idea, especially as regulators are getting tough on auditors to show more skepticism. “Rotating auditors, aware that they will not be in a long-term relationship, will ... likely perceive themselves to be less ...