Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 107
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SEC releases update to cyber-security disclosure guidance
The SEC has released updated cyber-security disclosure guidance. Chairman Jay Clayton says the guidance “will promote clearer and more robust disclosure by companies about cyber-security risks and incidents, resulting in more complete information being available to investors.”
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World Bank debars Pak Elektron Limited
The World Bank has debarred three companies and a former general manager for engaging in collusive practices during bidding on contracts in Pakistan.
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KPMG poll: Much work remains to be ready for lease rules
Companies still have a long way to go to be ready for new lease accounting rules that take effect in 2019, according to a recent KPMG poll.
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Mitratech releases new version of PolicyHub
Clients of Mitratech can now save significant time creating and approving policies and procedures, thanks to recent updates to its comprehensive policy management solution, PolicyHub.
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Treasury reviews bank bankruptcy process
A new report, released Wednesday by the Treasury Department, details what officials see as serious flaws with the Dodd-Frank Act’s orderly liquidation authority.
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Supreme Court weighs in on SEC's whistleblower program
The Supreme Court this week placed limitations on the SEC's whistleblower program. "To sue under Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provision, a person must first 'provide information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission,'” wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Google prevails in firing of diversity critic
A Google employee who mocked the company’s diversity policies and female coders has lost an appeal to the National Labor Relations Board and will not be reinstated.
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Social media basics for the CCO
Building a robust Twitter feed is a must-have in every compliance toolbox. As such, compliance professionals need to brush up on social media.
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Mercury Systems names chief accounting officer
Mercury Systems, a commercial provider of secure sensor and safety-critical processing subsystems, has named Michelle McCarthy as vice president, chief accounting officer and controller.
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FASB queues up technical questions on hedging standard
After approving a new standard for how to account for hedges in financial statements, now FASB is hearing requests for clarifications and technical corrections.
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Department of Justice creates Cybersecurity Task Force
A new Cyber-Digital Task Force will assess how the Department of Justice is combatting the global cyber-threat and how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission in this evolving area.
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Former PdVSA officials face corruption-based civil lawsuit
A look at the first civil action filed in Houston for the massive PdVSA bribery and corruption that engulfed the company and those who tried to do business with it over the past few years.
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Dems want to end to federally-funded, private debt collection agencies
A team of Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would repeal authority from the Internal Revenue Service to contract with private collection agencies to collect unpaid taxes.
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CFTC and UK’s FCA agree to collaborate on FinTech innovations
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to collaborate on international FinTech efforts.
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Albemarle names new chief compliance officer
Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemical company, has appointed Andrew McBride as chief compliance officer.
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Social media companies lag on compliance with EU consumer rules
Social media companies—Facebook, Twitter, and Google+—need to do more to respond to requests made last March by the European Commission and member states' consumer authorities to comply with EU consumer protection rules.
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FCA seeks input on using technology to achieve smarter regulatory reporting
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is seeking comment on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of the information they provide.
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Swiss regulator publishes ICO guidelines
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, has published guidelines setting out how it intends to apply financial market legislation in handling enquiries from initial coin offering organisers. The guidelines also define the information FINMA requires to deal with such enquiries and the principles upon which it will base its ...
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U.K. and U.S. to collaborate on FinTech initiatives
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have signed a first-of-its-kind arrangement with one another to collaborate and support innovative firms through each other’s FinTech initiatives.
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Could Tesco have avoided its £4 billion (U.S.$5.6B) unequal pay case
Law firm Leigh Day is taking legal action against Tesco in “what is potentially the largest ever equal pay challenge in U.K. history,” according to the firm.