All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 975
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AG’s memo puts halt to third-party settlements
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered Department of Justice staff to no longer indirectly include charities and activist groups as part of corporate settlements.
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EPA eases smog rules, is sued over methane emissions
The EPA is easing up demands placed upon states regarding ozone and smog pollution. Meanwhile, environmental groups are suing over an unrelated retreat from existing rules targeting methane emissions.
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President Trump announces new nominees for key posts
President Donald Trump has announced the nominations of several new agency officials, including a new Comptroller of the Currency and assistant attorney general for the Justice Department.
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Groups accuse FCC of First Amendment trespasses
Free speech activists are calling upon the Federal Communications Commission to address “crackdowns against First Amendment freedoms during recent meetings” regarding net neutrality.
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FASB nears release of final standard on hedge accounting
FASB plans to issue its final standard on hedge accounting in August, taking effect in 2018 among other major accounting changes over the next few years.
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5 Critical Stages of Policy Management
Download Mitratech's guide, The Five Critical Stages of Policy Management, to find out how PolicyHub can help you mitigate risk by ensuring that your policies are effectively deployed and managed.
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Financial Choice Act passes in House
The Financial CHOICE Act, a more than 600-page bill to repeal and repace much of the Dodd-Frank Act, has passed in the House of Representatives with a party-line vote of 233 to 186. It now moves into the far greater challenge of passage in the Senate.
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Labor Department sets repeal of ‘persuader rule’ in motion
The Department of Labor is moving forward with efforts to rescind a rule that would have required disclosure of agreements between employers and labor-management consultants.
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FTI Technology launches Contract Intelligence Services practice
The Technology segment of global business advisory firm, FTI Consulting, recently announced the launch of its Contract Intelligence Services practice, which delivers solutions for legal teams seeking transparency across enterprise contracts to help make key decisions, leverage negotiations and meet regulatory requirements.
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CCO Checkup helps financial firms test AML program effectiveness
QuantaVerse recently announced the launch of CCO Checkup, a free service financial institutions can use to test the effectiveness of their AML programs, empowered by QuantaVerse’s AI solution that analyzes transaction data to detect “false negatives” or anomalous behaviors that may have been missed by an institution’s existing transaction ...
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Puma appoints chief compliance officer
Sports company PUMA has appointed Raliza Koleva as chief compliance officer with immediate effect.
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Admiral Markets names compliance officer
Admiral Markets UK has appointed Simon Roberts as the its new general manager, and Stephen Ayme has been added to the management board team and will be leading the compliance department.
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Triad Advisors appoints chief compliance officer
Triad Advisors, an independent broker-dealer, has appointed Bernie Breton as chief compliance officer.
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SEC names co-directors for Enforcement Division
The SEC has announced that Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian and former federal prosecutor Steven Peikin have been named co-directors of the Enforcement Division.
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SEC charges brokerage firm with AML failures
The SEC has charged a Utah-based brokerage because it "routinely and systematically failed to file Suspicious Activity reports for stock transactions that it flagged as suspicious."
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LPL names chief legal and risk officer
Retail investment advisory firm and independent broker-dealer LPL Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings, has announced that Michelle Oroschakoff, current managing director and chief risk officer, will expand her responsibilities to include oversight of the firm’s legal and government relations functions as chief legal and risk officer, ...
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Grapevine: Who’s coming and going in compliance
Peruvian engineering and construction company Graña y Montero has appointed a new chief risk and compliance officer amid a bribery probe. Puma, Admiral Markets, and Triad Advisors also all have new compliance officers. Check out the CW Grapevine for the latest personnel moves.
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Compliance and risk management as a competitive advantage
The Man From FCPA explores Amazon’s recent foray into banking that effectively demonstrates how the risk management aspect of compliance can be used as a competitive advantage.
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Tip of the (compliance) hat to Hui Chen
A look at Hui Chen’s career at the Department of Justice, serving as the compliance counsel and, most importantly, putting the compliance function front and center in the fight against FCPA violations.
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British Airways learns a lesson on controls
The recent power failure at British Airways that stranded more than 75,000 holiday passengers is a reminder to companies of the importance of internal controls.