All articles by Aaron Nicodemus – Page 52
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ArticleCoca-Cola replaces top legal counsel with CCO
The Coca-Cola Company has pushed out its top legal counsel after less than a year on the job and named its chief compliance officer to replace him.
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ArticleRegulatory leadership status check: FTC nominee key to relieving backlog
With President Joe Biden’s picks to lead the Justice Department, Treasury Department, and SEC confirmed and sworn in, we check in on where other key regulatory agencies stand.
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ArticleRegulators want answers from financial services on AI/ML tools
The financial services industry is at the cutting edge of the utilization of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools. Regulators have recently requested to understand how these technologies are being used—or misused.
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ArticleSenate extends Gary Gensler’s SEC term to 2026
The Senate voted Tuesday to extend Gary Gensler’s term as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission through 2026, cementing his control of the top regulator of U.S. financial markets.
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ArticleDanske Bank CEO, board member resign amid ABN AMRO probe
Danske Bank CEO Chris Vogelzang and board member Gerrit Zalm each resigned after being identified as suspects in ABN AMRO’s money laundering scandal. Chief Risk Officer Carsten Egeriis will take over as Danske’s CEO.
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ArticleCompliance involvement crucial to consistent ESG disclosures, SEC says
SEC examiners are focusing on whether registered firms’ ESG disclosures align with their investment practices.
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ArticleSEC awards $50M to two whistleblowers in second-largest payout
A pair of tipsters were awarded over $50 million by the SEC in the agency’s second-largest payout under its successful whistleblower program.
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Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff dead at 82
Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, whose decades-long fraud swindled thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, died in federal prison Wednesday.
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ArticleSenate confirms Gary Gensler as SEC chairman
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Gary Gensler to replace Jay Clayton as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Aaron Nicodemus explores what it means for ESG, cryptocurrency, and more.
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ArticleEx-PCAOB risk officer files lawsuit alleging harassment, discrimination
The former chief risk officer of the PCAOB says she was subjected to a campaign of harassment and discrimination before she was unlawfully fired last year.
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ArticleCompliance lessons, regulatory fallout from Archegos meltdown
There are plenty of unanswered questions following the recent meltdown of family office Archegos Capital Management—and plenty of compliance lessons to be learned, writes Aaron Nicodemus.
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ArticleNew York law provides LIBOR fallbacks as rate nears end
A new law in New York provides contracts that reference LIBOR with a fallback provision and safe harbor once the benchmark interest rate permanently ceases to be published at the end of the year.
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ArticleSEC whistleblower head Jane Norberg to depart
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, Jane Norberg, will leave her post later this month.
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ArticleCredit Suisse compliance chief steps down in Archegos collapse aftermath
Credit Suisse Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Lara Warner has stepped down from her role and left the company following the bank’s loss of an estimated $4.7 billion due to the meltdown of hedge fund Archegos Capital Management.
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ArticleOutgoing FinCEN head Kenneth Blanco to join Citi as financial crimes CCO
Kenneth Blanco has been tapped to lead a new financial crimes unit at Citi following his departure as director of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network later this week.
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ArticleEx-CFTC Chair Heath Tarbert joins Citadel as chief legal officer
Heath Tarbert, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been named chief legal officer at Citadel Securities.
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ArticleFinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco to step down
FinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco, who has served in the position since December 2017, will step down April 9, and Michael Mosier, formerly the deputy director of FinCEN, will return to the agency as acting director.
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ArticleFinCEN launches rulemaking on beneficial ownership
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has launched its rulemaking process that will require corporations report the individual or individuals who own and control them, part of an initiative to help U.S. law enforcement fight financial crime.
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ArticleMoody’s fined $4.4M for European conflict-of-interest violations
Five European subsidiaries of Moody’s Corp. have been fined a total of €3.7 million (U.S. $4.4 million) by the European Securities and Markets Authority for violating conflict-of-interest rules.
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ArticleChina, Russia to face more sanctions under Biden, experts say
Companies should prepare for more U.S. sanctions to be levied against China and Russia under the Biden administration, two former financial crime regulators predicted at Compliance Week’s Financial Crimes virtual event.