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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Names New CCO
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, has named Ryan Brown as a vice president and chief compliance officer. Brown will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the company’s corporate compliance program to support the planned commercialization of a treatment for psychosis associated with Parkinson’s disease.
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SEC Adopts Divisive Pay Ratio Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s pay ratio rule is now final, approved by a 3-2 vote on Wednesday. The rule requires a comparison of CEO pay to the compensation of the median employee. Concessions to corporate concerns include the ability to exclude up to 5 percent of non-U.S. employees when ...
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SEC Confirms Expansive View on Whistleblower Protections
The SEC has published fresh guidance on who qualifies for whistleblower protections under the Dodd-Frank Act, essentially confirming the view that a person is not required to report misconduct to the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower to qualify for the expanded anti-retaliation protections under the law. Compliance officers should welcome ...
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Insider Threat Spotlight Report
Get comprehensive survey findings from more than 500 cyber-security professionals, all offering unique insights into the state of insider threats today, as well as the best solutions to keep your network protected. Find out how your peers can help you:Understand the five growing trends for insider threatsChoose the right security ...
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Report: U.K. Regulator’s Victory in the Libor Scandal
Image: Tom Hayes, once a “star trader” at UBS and Citigroup and the first to stand trial in the Libor scandal, has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy to manipulate Libor and will serve 14 years in prison. This case serves as a major turning point for the U.K. ...
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Outgoing SEC Commissioner Gallagher Takes One Last Shot at Dodd-Frank
In what was likely his last formal speech as an SEC commissioner, Commissioner Dan Gallagher invoked into his inner Stuart Smalley to take aim one last time at his favorite target, the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Nordea Bank Tackles AML Compliance Amid Hefty Fine
Nordea Bank AB, a major financial institution for the Nordic region, is re-establishing its anti-money laundering program to correct flaws in its processes that resulted in the company paying up to $5.9 million in fines. This is not the first time Nordea has been put in the spotlight for poor ...
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Behind China’s Regulatory Disarray
Image: More informed people than me can, and have, painted crisp pictures of the regulatory chaos currently unfolding in China. The latest is an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal today, “China’s Response to Stock Rout Exposes Disarray,” that is well worth your time if you do business there.
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Refresher Course on Discipline of Good Investigations
Image: The damage wrought by inept internal investigations can go well beyond wasted time and money; they can cause civil litigation, enforcement risk, and bad publicity. This week we have a refresher on principles for good internal investigations, something every compliance officer must know how to do well. “Ninety percent ...
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Small-Company Rules Inch Forward
Congress (and SEC commissioners) routinely complains that the SEC is so focused on churning out overdue rules for compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act, it has neglected to churn out overdue rules on capital formation required under the JOBS Act. In truth, the SEC is likely to move forward with what ...
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Squeezed: Banks Have No Easy Path on De-Risking
Image: Money service businesses, bitcoin startups, marijuana shops; the population of high-risk customers in the banking world is surging. Regulators have sent conflicting messages about wholesale de-risking of certain sectors, and that can force painful questions about how to build effective, and extensive, due diligence programs. “Regulators are talking from ...
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Auditing Anti-Corruption Efforts: Best Practices Take Shape
Image: More anti-corruption efforts by compliance departments means more auditing of those programs by internal audit, and a vanguard of businesses (many of them, admittedly, stung by misconduct violations in the past) are pioneering better auditing techniques on that point. Tom O’Reilly, director of internal audit at Analog Devices, says ...
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The Keys to Better Access Control Systems
Image: Gone are the days when “access control” meant locking your door or filing cabinet. Now compliance, IT, and audit teams must collaborate on controls to access networks rather than physical stores of information. Inside, we look at three best practices to design strong access control and at how to ...
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FDIC’s Hoenig Pitches Framework for Regulatory Relief
Thomas Hoenig, vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, wants to see the regulatory burden for “traditional” banks eased, regardless of their asset size. Speaking on this week about a Congressional demand to identify outdated and unduly burdensome regulations he recommended that a bank be eligible for regulatory relief ...
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ISS Posts Annual Policy Survey
Institutional Shareholder Services, a leading proxy advisory service, kicked off its annual global policy formulation process on Tuesday by releasing its 2016 proxy voting policy survey to institutional investors, corporate issuers, and corporate directors. The survey will be operational from Aug. 4 to 5 p.m. (ET) on Sept. 4.
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Scardino Named Global Controller, CAO at Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Kimberly Scardino as its new senior vice president, global controller, and chief accounting officer. Scardino joins the company from American Express Company, where she was senior vice president, business advisory controller.
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Follett Joins Weaver’s Quality and Risk Management Group
Tim Follett has joined Weaver, the largest independent accounting firm in the Southwest, as an assurance partner in the firm’s quality and risk management group. He will focus on developing tools, resources, guidance, policies and processes associated with firm compliance, risk management, administration and operations.
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McGladrey Names Bill Gorman Chief Operating Officer
McGladrey—a provider of assurance, tax and consulting services—has announced that Bill Gorman will succeed Mike Kirley as the firm’s chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1, 2015. In the role, Gorman will be responsible for overseeing business planning and strategy execution, as well as the firm’s five regions, accounting industry services ...
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What ‘Improving Communication’ to Investors Really Means
The SEC is working now to draw up new rules for audit committee and executive compensation disclosure. Why? To make corporations more transparent with investors about what they already know. The thing is, Compliance Week columnists Stephen Davis and Jon Lukomnik write, companies can start that better communication themselves. This ...
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Brad Weber Joins B2R Finance as Chief Accounting Officer
B2R Finance, a lender for single-family rental property investors, announced that Brad Weber has joined the company as chief accounting officer. In his role, Weber will lead the accounting, reporting and control functions, as well as human resources and regulatory compliance.