All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 669
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E*TRADE Names Acting Chief Risk Officer
E*TRADE Financial has named Paul Brandow as acting chief risk officer. Brandow will assume the chief risk officer role from Michael Pizzi, who will become chief financial officer, effective June 16, after current CFO Matthew Audette advised the company of his decision to leave to pursue a new opportunity. Details ...
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The Inland Real Estate Group Names Chief Accounting Officer
The Inland Real Estate Group, part of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, has named Prashant Bodhanwala as chief accounting officer. In this role, he will oversee accounting, financial strategic planning and financial analyses for Inland. Details inside.
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Paragon Offshore Names Chief Accounting Officer
Paragon Offshore has named Alejandra Veltmann as chief accounting officer. She reports to Chief Financial Officer Steven Manz. Details inside.
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How Dodd-Frank Is Working—and How It Isn’t
Image: Congress is back in session, which means another round of political bickering over reform of the Dodd-Frank Act. Alas, Compliance Week Editor Matt Kelly says, the law is already working as one would expect—that is, a little bit effectively, and a little bit stupidly. Compliance officers should not hold ...
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AK Steel CCO Named Corporate Secretary
AK Steel has named Joseph Alter as corporate secretary, in addition to his current roles as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Details inside.
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Ex-Wells Fargo CEO Slams ‘Absurd’ Compliance Spending
Image: Is the compliance ramp-up at big banks to blame for layoffs, including the 5,000 of them announced last month by JPMorgan? Richard Kovacevich, former CEO of Wells Fargo, seems to think so. “It is absurd that [banks] are investing that kind of money on compliance” he said of growing ...
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PCAOB Considers Standard on Using Specialists’ Work
Image: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a staff consultation paper looking for input on whether and how to revise standards around the auditor’s use of the work of specialists. PCAOB Chairman James Doty said, “We want our standards to keep pace with the realities in the marketplace, ...
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Five Major Banks Agree to Parent-Level Guilty Pleas
Five major banks—Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and UBS—last week agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to manipulate the price of U.S. dollars and euros exchanged in the foreign currency exchange (FX) spot market. The banks also agreed to pay criminal fines totaling more than $2.5 ...
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Big Lots Names General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Big Lots has appointed Ronald Robins as general counsel and corporate secretary. He will be a member of the executive leadership team and report directly to President and CEO David Campisi. Robins previously served as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and secretary of apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch.
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J&J Chief Accounting Officer to Retire
Stephen Cosgrove, controller and chief accounting officer of Johnson & Johnson, will retire in October, the company announced in a Form 8-K. Upon Cosgrove’s retirement, these roles will be filled by Ronald Kapusta, who is currently vice president of finance of J&J's supply chain. Details inside.
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Marsh and FireEye Partner to Offer Cyber-Security Readiness Service
Marsh, an insurance broker and risk management firm, and FireEye, a cyber-security firm, has announced a collaboration to offer clients a new service: Marsh Cyber OASIS. This service is designed to assists clients by providing an objective evaluation of their organization’s ability to detect and respond to cyber-attacks and the ...
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Tips on Building a Better, User-Friendly EDGAR
A slew of business groups, from the Center for Audit Quality to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, have voiced their collective opinion on how the SEC can improve the EDGAR filing process. Their top recommendations were search improvements and the ability to download data in multiple formats. See ...
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Novaworks Introduces Legato 1.0 for SEC Filers
EDGAR conversion and filing software provider Novaworks this month launched Legato 1.0, the first scripting language that allows SEC filers to integrate existing financial reporting software with existing database and document production systems. Details inside.
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New Hearsay Social Solution Simplifies Social Media Compliance
Hearsay Social, provider of the Predictive Social Suite for financial advisors and insurance agents, this week announced the launch of the new Universal Supervision experience for social media and website content, designed to make it easier and faster for financial services companies to enforce compliance policies. Details inside.
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Compliance Director Charged With Defrauding Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced fraud charges against a former director of compliance of a registered broker-dealer who was accused of defrauding investors and stealing money from the brokerage firm where he worked. “We allege a classic situation of the fox guarding the henhouse as William Quigley subverted ...
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Senator Presses SEC on Fake EDGAR Filings
Image: In a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) demanded more information about fake filings, including a fictitious Avon takeover bid, that somehow make their way onto the agency’s EDGAR system. “This pattern of fraudulent conduct is troubling, especially in light of the relative ease ...
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FIFA Drops the Ball: Corruption and FCPA Charges
Last week, a 47-count indictment was unsealed in a federal court in Brooklyn, charging 14 defendants—all associated with the governing body of international soccer, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association—in connection with their participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer. In a special ...
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Premiering Tonight -- '(Dis)honesty: The Truth About Lies'
A documentary premiering tonight on CNBC includes an in-depth look at the audacious insider trading scheme carried out by trader Garrett Bauer and attorney Matthew Kluger. The film examines how people rationalize and justify behavior, and considers what can be done "to stem an epidemic of cheating."