Articles | Compliance Week – Page 26
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New environmental, social issues made for ‘unprecedented’ 2022 proxy season
Companies across many industries were kept on their toes during the 2022 proxy season, with shareholders filing an extraordinary number of proposals pertaining to a broad array of environmental and social issues.
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How to deal with cultural arrogance
Arrogance is an unpleasant trait to deal with in our professional careers. It is, however, perennial. Learning how and when to face it will be a long-term useful skill.
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Freddie Mac names chief compliance officer
Freddie Mac announced the appointment of Dennis Hermonstyne Jr. as senior vice president and chief compliance officer, effective Sept. 19.
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Mastercard appoints chief sustainability officer
Mastercard announced the appointment of Ellen Jackowski as chief sustainability officer.
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Truist Financial names head of DEI
Truist Financial announced the appointment of Dominica Groom Williams as head of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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EDPB adopts criteria for GDPR cross-border cooperation cases
The European Data Protection Board adopted a set of criteria to assess whether a cross-border matter might qualify as a case of “strategic importance” for closer cooperation—and how to proceed if it does.
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Westpac NZ names chief risk officer
Westpac New Zealand announced the appointment of Dirk McLiesh to the role of chief risk officer, effective Aug. 15.
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Nike promotes vice president of DEI to chief DEI officer
Jarvis Sam, Nike’s vice president of global diversity, equity, and inclusion, announced his promotion to chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.
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Validus Capital appoints chief compliance officer
Investment advisory firm Validus Capital announced the appointment of Sean Chen as chief operating officer, chief compliance officer, and managing partner.
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Shearman & Sterling names chief diversity and inclusion officer
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling announced the appointment of Loretta Lisa Dowdy Pearce as chief diversity and inclusion officer, based in New York.
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Court: RBS whistleblower should not receive award
A federal appeals court has denied the whistleblower claims of a former Royal Bank of Scotland employee seeking compensation for a tip he said generated more than $10 billion worth of settlements.
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FRC finalizes $17.4M fine against KPMG for Carillion, Regenersis dishonesty
KPMG was fined £14.4 million (U.S. $17.4 million) and severely reprimanded for providing false and misleading information relating to its audits of construction company Carillion and software business Regenersis.
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Uber admits 2016 data breach cover-up in deal with DOJ
Ridesharing company Uber reached a nonprosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal investigation into its 2016 data breach and subsequent cover-up.
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SEC touts data analytics in launching 3 insider trading cases
The Securities and Exchange Commission utilized data analytics to detect suspicious trading activity and form the basis of three separate insider trading cases.
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T-Mobile to create $350M fund to settle 2021 data breach claims
T-Mobile agreed to create a $350 million fund and spend an additional $150 million on improving its data security to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 hack that exposed the personal information of more than 76 million customers.
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Former Coinbase manager charged in first crypto insider trading case
The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former product manager at Coinbase with insider trading for allegedly passing on tips to his brother and friend regarding when certain cryptocurrency assets would be made available on the platform.
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SFO accepts ‘sobering’ results of Unaoil, Serco case reviews
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office was criticized for its leadership, culture, and conduct in a report examining why the agency botched a key corruption case against Unaoil that has now seen three convictions overturned.
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MidFirst Bank avoids penalty in OFAC resolution
MidFirst Bank will not pay a civil penalty after self-reporting to the Office of Foreign Assets Control apparent violations of weapons of mass destruction proliferator sanctions at the bank.
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Chinese regulator fines Didi $1.2B for data security violations
The Cyberspace Administration of China levied fines of more than ¥8 billion (U.S. $1.2 billion) against ridesharing platform Didi Global and ¥1 million (U.S. $148,000) against two company executives for violating the country’s data security regulations.
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Deutsche Bank names chief sustainability officer
Deutsche Bank announced the appointment of Jörg Eigendorf as chief sustainability officer, effective Sept. 1.