All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 729
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Parsing the Data on Financial Restatements
Image: The data behind financial restatements tell a fairly positive tale for 2014, with improvements in financial reporting across many variables (unless you’re an accelerated filer, where restatements edged up from the prior year). Inside we have a close look at which companies restated for what reasons, and whether improvement ...
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Despite LIBOR Manipulation, SEC Grants Deutsche Bank Waiver
Image: The SEC has decided not to let an admission of LIBOR manipulation result in the loss of Deutsche Bank’s well-known seasoned issuer status. “It is safe to assume that these waiver requests will continue to roll in, as issuers are now emboldened by an unofficial Commission policy to overlook ...
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EU Companies Face CSR Reporting Mandate in 2016
Image: This week Compliance Week starts a series on corporate sustainability, asking the most basic question of all: Will sustainability reporting ever be required? Yes, at least in the European Union. Inside we look at the state of CSR in Europe, and what role compliance officers are likely to play. ...
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Engaging the Evolving Workforce in Compliance
The workforce is becoming more diverse by generations, geographies, and cultures. People are working from scattered locations. The options for how we consume information are more varied than ever and a preference for short, easy-to-research, and personally relevant content is on the rise. Compliance must evolve to keep up with ...
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Brace Yourselves, Politics Is Coming
The political season is ramping up in both the United Kingdom and the United States, which means one thing: lots of talk about the shortcomings of corporate governance, and how to fix it. This week, columnists Stephen Davis and Jon Lukomnik look at what governance reform might transpire after British ...
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Mattel Appoints Corporate Controller
Mattel has appointed Joseph Johnson as corporate controller, effective immediately. He succeeds Scott Topham, who has elected to retire from the toy and family products company. Details inside.
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SEC Revisits Cross-Border Swap Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to better define the requirements for security-based swap transactions that involve a foreign entity’s activity in the United States. A new proposed rule addresses what to do when only certain activities involving a security-based swap transaction occur within the United States. More inside.
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The Consequences of Baltimore and Body Cameras
Image: The protests and riots in Baltimore last week over police brutality make the question of body cameras for law enforcement ever more pressing. Are they effective controls against misconduct? Yes, Compliance Week editor Matt Kelly says. But when you consider what they say about the state of our ethical ...
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Ukraine Anti-Corruption Law Requires Compliance Officers
The Ukraine has enacted a new law that applies to almost all companies participating in public tenders and state-owned enterprises over a certain size, requiring them to have in place a compliance program. The law further requires companies to appoint a compliance officer with responsibility for implementing the compliance program. ...
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China Targets Medical Device Companies in Bribery Probe
Chinese regulators are investigating several foreign medical device companies over suspicions that they may have bribed hospitals in exchange for sales. Regulators launched a preliminary investigation last year into the Chinese healthcare units of U.S.-based General Electric, Amsterdam-based Royal Philips, and Germany-based Siemens AG. Details inside.
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Mittleman Investment Management Names New Compliance Chief
Mittleman Investment Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor wholly-owned by Mittleman Brothers, has hired Laura Kate Garner as chief compliance officer. She replaces Shannon Brown, who resigned from the company earlier this year to devote herself full-time to her family. Details inside.
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Accenture Names Chief Compliance Officer
Accenture has appointed Chad Jerdee as general counsel and chief compliance officer, and Joel Unruch as corporate secretary. These changes are effective June 1. Details inside.
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LSG Launches Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite
LSG, a software application and business process outsourcing provider, recently announced the launch of GERMS (Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite). LSG GERMS is a business model for global companies to achieve greater transparency and stability by mitigating and offsetting risk. Details inside.
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Russian Artist's 'Bribe Envelopes' Quickly Sell Out
A Siberian artist has taken a humorous poke at Russia's growing reputation for corruption in business and government through the creation of specialized "bribe envelopes."
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Owens Corning Names General Counsel
Owens Corning, a developer and maker of insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites, has appointed Ava Harter as general counsel and secretary, effective May 18. Harter will succeed John Christy and serve as the company’s chief legal advisor, overseeing all aspects of law, compliance, and securities compliance for Owens Corning. Details ...
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Tech Data Corporation Names New Corporate Controller
Tech Data Corporation, a wholesale distributor of technology products, services and solutions, has promoted Jeffrey Taylor to corporate controller. In this role, Taylor will serve as the company's chief accounting officer, responsible for all global accounting policy, controls and financial reporting. Details inside.
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FASB Plans Next Phase of Big Accounting Changes
Image: As FASB wraps up some major projects in coming months, it is starting to wonder: what’s next? The board plans to publish a discussion paper seeking input on what revisions should be added to the agenda, but it will likely focus on clarifications to revenue recognition, income taxes, business ...
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UK Insider Trader Returned to Prison For Failure to Repay Illegal Profits
In the UK, insider trading prosecutions are pretty rare. Indeed, there had never even been a criminal insider trading case in the UK until 2009, and to date there have only been a total of about two dozen criminal convictions for insider trading in the UK. Pardip Saini is one ...
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e-Book: Cyber-Security: Rising to the Challenge
The risk of critical information falling into the hands of hackers is now higher than ever, and governing information remains a struggle. Worse, the technical nuance associated with cyber-security can be somewhat intimidating for internal auditors and compliance officers. While many organizations are trying to avoid falling victim to a ...