All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 808
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Article
Here We Go Again: Regulators Looking Anew at Audit Firm Consulting
Image: Title: TurnerRegulators are taking a fresh look at whether the quality of public company audits is threatened when audit firms also focus on selling consulting services. Revenue from audit services has remained flat, while revenue from consulting services is rising again. “They’re driven by the fact that management is ...
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Blog
For FCPA Compliance, Don’t Forget the Internal Controls
They have been there all along, hiding in plain sight: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requirements for internal controls.The problem is that most compliance practitioners have not been reading them too carefully. What are internal controls in a FCPA compliance program? Aaron Murphy, a partner at Akin Gump and author ...
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Blog
Report: Fed Knew About, Failed to Stop JPMorgan's London Whale Trades
Oct. 21—The Federal Reserve failed to act on knowledge of high-risk trading activities at JPMorgan Chase’s London investment office and should shoulder blame for a $6 billion loss the bank suffered from its ill-fated “London Whale” derivatives trades in 2012. That criticism is leveled by the Fed’s Office of Inspector ...