All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 659
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SEC Invests $18 Million to Further Modernize SEC.gov
The SEC's website, SEC.gov, is one of the federal government’s busiest websites, reportedly serving up more than 562 million page views every month. Earlier this month, Accenture Federal Services announced that the SEC has awarded it a $17.9 million contract to modernize and “create an improved user experience” for users ...
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Former Transocean Chief Compliancee Officer Joins Norton Rose
Mike Munro, former deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at offshore driller Transocean, has joined global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as head of compliance of its Houston office.
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Honduras Forms New International Anti-Corruption Body
The Honduran government recently announced the creation of the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity (MACCIH), an international body backed by the Organization of American States. Its mandate is to investigate and prosecute criminal activities in the country’s political, judicial and security systems, as well as to ...
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NICE Actimize Launches Notifications & Attestations Solution
NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems business and a provider of financial crime, risk and compliance software for the financial services industry, announced the launch of its new Actimize Notifications & Attestations compliance and policy management solution. The solution allows compliance professionals to monitor regulatory compliance, to gain better oversight of ...
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Economical Insurance Names Chief Risk Officer
Economical Insurance, a property and casualty insurer in Canada, has appointed Elaine Lajeunesse as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective Jan. 25. Lajeunesse has more than 25 years of experience as a risk management professional and actuary in the Canadian insurance industry.
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Tauber-Rosenberg Names Group Chief Risk Officer
Tauber Rosenberg, a family owned and operated, professional full-service commodities and futures trading brokerage firm, has appointed Wendy Huateng as group chief risk officer. She will report to Ken Cheung, group chief operating officer, and be based in Taipei.
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HomeUnion Names Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
HomeUnion, an online, real-estate investment management firm enabling value investing in single-family rental (SFR) properties, announced that it has hired Geri Brewster as chief compliance and risk officer. In this new position, Brewster oversees legal, risk and compliance functions for the company.
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CMS Energy Hires Chief Compliance Officer
CMS Energy has named Melissa Gleespen as chief compliance officer for the company and its chief subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She will also continue to serve in her current role as vice president and corporate secretary.
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Is Cobalt the Next Conflict Mineral?
Under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rule, public companies are required to track the source of tantalum, tin, gold, and tungsten in their supply chains. A push is on to require similar measures for cobalt, with a call for additional supply chain due diligence made in a new ...
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Internal Controls Trump New Rules in List of Worries, KPMG Finds
According to a recent KPMG poll, continued pressure on internal control over financial reporting is the most pressing concern for financial reporting executives. Nearly one-third of 400 respondents, or 31 percent, said internal controls are at the top of their worry list beyond their basic financial reporting responsibilities. One-fourth, or ...
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Chariots of Fire
Hoverboards were this holiday season’s must-have present, but ongoing product safety concerns, patent infringement lawsuits, and even a regulator raid at a prominent electronics industry tradeshow all point to a product category that has been rushed to market in more ways than one, constituting a compliance failure that is as ...
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Deloitte Finds Shift to Full Retrospective Adoption of Revenue Recognition
Image: According to a recent questionnaire from Deloitte of more than 170 technology, media, and telecom firms, 38 percent said they were leaning toward or had firmly decided on adopting the new revenue standard following the full retrospective approach. That means companies would present three full years worth of financial ...
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2015 Interactive Timeline: A Year of Transparency
Whether it was the Swiss leaks scandal, the European Parliament’s formal adoption of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or a movement to require multinational corporations to publicly report financial information on a country-by-country basis, 2015 was a year in which transparency became a watchword across Europe. Take a look at ...
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Top Five Ethics and Compliance Failures of 2015
Same story, different year: pressure from senior leaders, a laissez-faire attitude toward bribery and corruption, and middle managers that neither practice nor value a robust culture of ethics and compliance all resulted in some of the biggest corporate faux pas of 2015. Inside is Compliance Week’s list of the top ...
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Liability Protections Included in New Cyber-Security Law
You may have not even noticed it, but discreetly tucked into the massive omnibus spending bill signed into law last month is a provision that effectively makes it safer for companies to share cyber-threat information with one another—but critics argue the bill doesn’t go far enough to ease privacy concerns.
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EBA Consults on Draft Guidelines on Implicit Support for Securitisation Transactions
The European Banking Authority has launched a public consultation on draft guidelines on implicit support for securitisation transactions. The objective of the guidelines is to provide clarity on what constitutes arm’s length conditions and when a transaction is not structured to provide support for securitisations. The consultation runs until 20 ...