All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 806
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All Eyes on Internal Controls as Year-End Close Approaches
Image: Title: DurbinAs companies begin preparing for the year-end close, audit experts are warning them to take these final months of the year to check documentation. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is pressuring audit firms to scrutinize internal controls and other areas, and that scrutiny is likely to trickle ...
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As Tech Firms Enter the Payments Space, Regulators Are Watching
Last month Apple plunged into the world of payment processing with its Apple Pay service that allows its mobile devices to make payments at retailers. Rivals Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have already dabbled in the market that includes Pay Pal and several others. These disruptive technologies may prompt regulators to ...
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Boards Show More Interest in Cyber-Security Threats
Boards are watching cyber-security risks more closely, with nearly 60 percent of board members in a recent BDO USA survey saying they are more involved in the discussion now than they were just last year. Still, many boards aren’t getting the information they want; just one-fourth say they get a ...
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FCPA Takeaways in Layne Christensen
Image: Layne Christensen Co. joined the FCPA enforcement hall of shame this week; it was fined $5.1 million for various bribery infractions in Africa in the 2000s. Its aggressive investigation efforts won praise from regulators, but the root of the company’s problem—weak internal control over financial reporting—is still the far ...
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Getting In-Depth on Compliance
Image: In its full glory, corporate compliance is a complex subject. Compliance Week does its best to provide subscribers with timely, concise looks at news in this field to help you understand how you can build and manage a better compliance program, but let’s be honest—sometimes you need an even ...
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Podcast: The Trends Revealed by Company Codes of Conduct
Earlier this month, the University of Houston released a searchable database of the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. In our latest podcast we talk to Ryan McConnell, who teaches international corporate compliance at the school, about what the database tells us about how companies approach such topics as social ...
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Podcast: The Trends Revealed by Company Codes of Conduct
Earlier this month, the University of Houston Law Center, building upon a program first launched in 2010, released a searchable database of the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. In our latest podcast, we talk to Houston attorney Ryan McConnell, an adjunct professor who teaches international corporate compliance, about what ...
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Aircastle Names General Counsel
Aircastle Limited, which acquires, leases, and sells commercial jet aircraft, has appointed Christopher Beers as general counsel. Details inside.
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Intralinks VIA 2.0 Enhances Usability and Security Capabilities
Intralinks, a global software-as-a-service provider of enterprise content collaboration solutions, has released its next-generation secure file sharing and collaboration solution, Intralinks VIA 2.0. Built on the Intralinks Collaboration Platform, Intralinks VIA 2.0 provides a new user interface and document security capabilities that enable enterprises to gain all the productivity benefits ...
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Year-End Preparation; SEC Enforcement in 2014; More
Title: Year-End Preparation; SEC EnfoComing in the Oct. 28 edition of Compliance Week: Hear from audit experts on what steps to take in planning for year-end close; also next week, a look back at the record number of enforcement actions brought by the SEC in 2014.
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Western Union Gets Its Fourth Compliance Monitor
For the fourth time in as many years, Western Union has received a new independent compliance monitor as part of an anti-money laundering settlement agreement reached with the state of Arizona in 2010. Earlier this month, the Superior Court of Arizona approved the replacement of Western Union’s former court-appointed compliance ...
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SEC Updates Financial Reporting Manual
The SEC has updated its Financial Reporting Manual, a guidebook intended to help SEC staff review compliance with reporting and disclosure rules. The update addresses transactions that cause a foreign private issuer to cease being a shell company, “backdoor” listings by foreign companies, the treatment of predecessor financial statements, and ...
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McGladrey Sees Improvement in 2013 Inspection Report
Oct. 24—While KPMG was dinged by the PCAOB, McGladrey saw some improvement. The PCAOB studied 13 audits at McGladrey and found fault with four of them during its 2013 inspections of the firm. That deficiency rate of 31 percent is a step up from failure rates of 44 percent in ...
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Is the Cloud Ready for You?
Cloud Computing is the latest, ‘next best thing’ in the IT industry. Organizations are under seemingly irresistible pressure, both internally and externally, to commit to this new model of computing. Whether you are enthusiastic about cloud computing or not, it is here to stay and has a compelling wave of ...
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Pandora Appoints General Counsel
Internet radio service provider Pandora has named Steve Bené as general counsel. Bené, who will serve on the company’s executive leadership team, will oversee all of Pandora’s legal operations and matters, including those related to corporate governance, securities, commercial transactions, litigation and intellectual property. Details inside.
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Heartland New Zealand Chief Risk Officer Resigns
Financial services firm Heartland New Zealand announced this week that its chief risk officer, Mark Mountcastle, has resigned after four years in the role. He will remain with Heartland until Nov. 30, 2014. Details inside.