Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 128

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    First annual report on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is out

    2017-10-24T11:30:00Z

    The European Commission this month published its first annual report on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

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    President Juncker: Toward a more united Europe

    2017-10-24T11:00:00Z

    The European Commission this week presented its plans for a stronger, more united Europe.

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    Iron Mountain appoints chief accounting officer

    2017-10-24T09:30:00Z

    Iron Mountain has appointed Daniel Borges to serve as vice president and chief accounting officer, effective Oct. 17. In such capacity, Borges will also serve as the company’s principal accounting officer.

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    Post-acquisition integration under the FCPA

    2017-10-24T09:15:00Z

    Companies should make sure they do three things in the M&A context, post-acquisition to ensure they don’t become entangled in an FCPA violation while attempting to expand.

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    Pre-acquisition due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

    2017-10-24T09:00:00Z

    This list of pre-aquisition due diligence tasks in the face of mergers will help companies thwart legal and business risks to reputation and profitability.

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    Pension cost rule may give new reason to de-risk plans

    2017-10-23T10:45:00Z

    A new accounting rule on pension cost presentation will hammer another nail in the coffin of defined benefit pension plans as a form of compensation.

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    Cordium expands data protection consulting services to U.K.

    2017-10-20T15:30:00Z

    Cordium has expanded its cyber-security and data protection consulting services to the U.K. to help investment firms prepare for and manage the requirements of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation.

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    Resolver acquires RiskVision

    2017-10-20T15:15:00Z

    Resolver, a risk and incident-management software provider, finalized the acquisition of RiskVision, increasing its position in IT risk and compliance markets. As a result of the acquisition, Resolver will employ a team of over 225 security, risk, and compliance professionals.

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    SAP simplifies regulatory tax reporting with SAP S/4HANA

    2017-10-20T15:15:00Z

    SAP SE, an enterprise application software services provider, has announced the launch of SAP S/4HANA for advanced compliance reporting, a new solution that helps corporate finance executives manage statutory reporting.

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    Fusion Risk Management expands presence in Europe

    2017-10-20T15:00:00Z

    Fusion Risk Management, a provider of business continuity risk management software and services, announced the expansion of its European presence to keep pace with rapidly growing market demand and to support engagement among its burgeoning community of enterprise customers in Europe.

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    F.H. Bertling employees sentenced in corruption case

    2017-10-20T14:45:00Z

    Three former senior employees of the F.H Bertling Group were today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced.

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    CFPB outlines principles for consumer financial data sharing

    2017-10-20T11:00:00Z

    The CFPB has outlined new “principles” for financial services firms when they aggregate consumer data and share it with third parties, even if those agreements facilitate services requested by customers.

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    Tasers, subsidy fraud, and Kobe Steel

    2017-10-20T09:30:00Z

    Title: IPOs, subsidy fraud, and Kobe In case you missed it this week, e-Commerce company Stitch Fix filed for an IPO, the Czech candidate for PM is slated to win despite fraud charges, and Japan’s corporate compliance takes another hit.

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    GM to pay $120M in ignition switch case

    2017-10-19T16:00:00Z

    General Motors today reached a $120 million settlement with the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia to resolve claims that the automaker concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch-related defects in several of its vehicles.

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    SEC tasks audit committees to set tone for accounting changes

    2017-10-19T10:00:00Z

    Audit committees take note: SEC is putting a lot of faith in you to set the tone for corporate adoption of major changes in accounting requirements.

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    What is your investigation protocol?

    2017-10-19T09:30:00Z

    When viewing compliance as a clear series of steps leading to an effective goal, CCOs should take into account Hallmark 8 in the Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program as supplemented by information from the Justice Department in its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.

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    Continuous improvement through ongoing monitoring

    2017-10-19T09:15:00Z

    Your compliance program should use ongoing monitoring to both evaluate and improve your regime going forward. And, writes Tom Fox, don't forget to: document, document, document.

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    What is high risk for your brand?

    2017-10-19T09:15:00Z

    The fraudulent certification scandal that rocked Japanese steel manufacturer Kobe Steel serves as a warning to other companies: Make sure your front-line employees feel like they can speak up in the face of fraudulent behavior.

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    Germans arrest VW executive

    2017-10-19T09:15:00Z

    Will the recent arrest of VW former Chief Engineer Wolfgang Harz mean more prosecutions of those involved in the worldwide cover-up of the emissions testing scandal? Tom Fox has more.

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    Is a country sweep coming to South Africa?

    2017-10-19T09:15:00Z

    The recent corruption scandal to focus on McKinsey & Co., SAP, and KMPG in South Africa has driven home a truism that many in the compliance space have known for some time: South Africa is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. For U.S. and U.K. companies doing business ...