Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 112

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    Tax law gives companies reason to check pension funding

    2018-01-30T16:15:00Z

    The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act gives companies new incentives to fund up their defined benefit pension plans, which have been underfunded in recent years.

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    FIFA sends a letter

    2018-01-30T13:00:00Z

    Under the FCPA  there must be more than simple communication of instructions to not engage in bribery and corruption. Yet, FIFA only wagged its finger and said “do not engage.” Makes one wonder if the organization is actually ready to change.

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    EU legislators reach agreement on revised Anti-Money Laundering Directive

    2018-01-30T11:30:00Z

    The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached an agreement on amendments to a fifth revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, proposed by the European Commission last year. The revised Directive covers virtual currencies and anonymous pre-paid instruments and introduces enhanced safeguards for financial flows from ...

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    South Africa reminds the FCPA covers political parties

    2018-01-29T15:30:00Z

    For any company doing business in South Africa, all your contacts with the African National Congress have FCPA implications; This means all the investigations you might be performing for contracts with the South African government, anything associated with the Gupta family or state-owned enterprises, should be assessed for ANC contacts ...

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    HealthTrust Workforce Solutions names ethics and compliance officer

    2018-01-29T15:15:00Z

    HealthTrust Workforce Solutions appointed Valerie Brown as ethics and compliance officer.

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    Why board oversight matters, in investing and compliance

    2018-01-29T15:15:00Z

    The case of Outcome Health is a clear lesson for the anti-corruption compliance practitioner: Levels of oversight not only provide a backup to make sure that no mistake should slip through, but also the rigor of financial oversight.

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    FASB approves change to lease rule; more changes coming

    2018-01-29T13:15:00Z

    FASB has finalized a change to the pending new lease accounting standard meant to make it easier for companies to transition to the new requirements.

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    Starz names general counsel

    2018-01-29T11:00:00Z

    Starz, a global media and entertainment company, has appointed Audrey Lee as executive vice president and general counsel.

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    Toll Brothers chief accounting officer steps down

    2018-01-29T10:45:00Z

    Home construction company Toll Brothers announced that Joseph Sicree, senior vice president and chief accounting officer, stepped down from his position this month after 26 years with the company.

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    Office Depot chief accounting officer resigns

    2018-01-29T10:45:00Z

    Office Depot announced in a securities filing this month that Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer Michael Rabinovitch informed the company of his decision to resign, effective Feb. 28, 2018.

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    Vanguard Natural Resources names chief accounting officer

    2018-01-29T10:30:00Z

    Vanguard Natural Resources has announced changes to its leadership team, including the appointment of Patty Avila-Eady as chief accounting officer.

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    HSBC to pay $101.5M in front-running scheme case

    2018-01-29T10:00:00Z

    U.K.-based global financial services company HSBC Holdings will pay a total of $101.5 million to resolve charges that it engaged in a scheme to defraud two bank clients through a multi-million dollar scheme commonly referred to as “front-running.”

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    HomeStreet appoints new board member

    2018-01-29T09:45:00Z

    HomeStreet, the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, has appointed Mark Patterson to the board of directors of the company and the board of directors of the bank.

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    CFPB finalizes changes to prepaid accounts rule

    2018-01-29T09:45:00Z

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced finalized to its prepaid rule. Included in the changes is a year-long extension to the effective date.

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    Tech Data appoints chief accounting officer

    2018-01-29T09:45:00Z

    Tech Data has appointed Michael Rabinovitch as senior vice president, chief accounting officer, effective March 1. In this role, he will lead the company's financial reporting and technical accounting functions.

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    Modine hires general counsel and corporate secretary

    2018-01-29T09:30:00Z

    Modine Manufacturing, a thermal management technology and solutions company, has appointed Sylvia Stein as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

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    SEC invites companies to submit diversity assessments

    2018-01-29T09:30:00Z

    The Securities and Exchange Commission, through its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, has introduced a voluntary diversity self-assessment report. The Commission will also ask firms to submit diversity policies and practices.

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    SWIFT and CSDs join forces to advance blockchain for post-trade

    2018-01-29T08:45:00Z

    SWIFT and seven central securities depositories have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to demonstrate how distributed ledger technology could be implemented in post-trade scenarios.

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    Tone in the middle of an organization

    2018-01-28T18:30:00Z

    What should the tone in the middle be? This role is critical because the majority of company employees work most directly with middle, rather than top management and, consequently, they will take their cues from how middle management will respond to a situation.