Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 150
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EPA eases smog rules, is sued over methane emissions
The EPA is easing up demands placed upon states regarding ozone and smog pollution. Meanwhile, environmental groups are suing over an unrelated retreat from existing rules targeting methane emissions.
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AG’s memo puts halt to third-party settlements
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered Department of Justice staff to no longer indirectly include charities and activist groups as part of corporate settlements.
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Republicans cue up contempt charges against CFPB director
A likely effort to help President Donald Trump find a “for cause” reason to fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray, a report by the House Financial Services Committee makes the case for pursuing contempt charges.
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SEC suspends former PetroTiger general counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the former general counsel of oil and gas services provider PetroTiger from practicing before the Commission after he pleaded guilty to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Protiviti adds managing director in risk and compliance practice
Global consulting firm Protiviti has appointed Shelley Metz-Galloway as a managing director in its Risk and Compliance practice. She serves clients within the financial services industry focused primarily on matters concerning regulatory compliance and risk management.
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Actiance and Hootsuite partnership creates holistic solution for modern communication
Actiance announced a global partnership with Hootsuite. The companies will integrate their products to enable social marketing, archiving, and compliance solutions for financial services companies to assist in keeping all social communication compliant with mandates set by regulatory bodies.
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MiraMed names chief compliance officer
MiraMed Global Services, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management services and business process outsourcing solutions, has named Stephanie Griffin as chief compliance officer.
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Graña y Montero makes governance changes amid bribery probe
Peruvian engineering and construction company Graña y Montero has made several governance changes of late, including the appointment of a new chief risk and compliance officer, as the company faces a bribery investigation connected to Odebrecht.
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Tanium names new chief accounting officer
Tanium, a privately held endpoint security and systems management company, has appointed Steven Adams to the newly created role of chief accounting officer.
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Deloitte analysis shows slow move to new revenue rules
An analysis of Fortune 1000 disclosures provides more disturbing evidence that companies are making only sluggish progress in implementing new revenue recognition accounting.
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The latest strains in revenue rule adoption: technology
It’s starting to get tense in the trenches where finance and technology staff are preparing to implement new revenue recognition standards in 2018.
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PCAOB floats new rules for auditing estimates, specialists’ work
Audit regulators have proposed two new standards to beef up requirements for auditors as they scrutinize accounting estimates and the work of specialists.
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When corruption is endemic and structural
The recent scandals involving JBS, Odebrecht, and Petrobras seem to imply that once Brazilian politicians go on the take, they stay on the take. Time for Brazil to update its anti-corruption regulations.
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Should compliance training be humanities- or business-based?
The Man From FCPA explores the question of whether a compliance professional benefits more from a humanities-based education or a business school-based education.
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The Haider FinCEN enforcement action and CCO liability
Does the recent FinCEN enforcement action against Thomas Haider, Moneygram’s CCO, portend a shift in Justice Department enforcement strategies?
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CFTC launches LabCFTC, a major FinTech initiative
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced the creation of LabCFTC, a new hub for the agency’s engagement with emerging technology and FinTech innovators.
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SEC initiates comment period on fiduciary rule
Critics of the Department of Labor’s controversial “fiduciary rule” say it should instead be promulgated by the SEC. Now, for the first time in years, the Commission has launched a public comment process on the matter.
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Auditors get new disclosure requirements sure to expand audits
Auditors have just been handed extensive new disclosure requirements that are largely expected to make public company audits take more time and cost more money.
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JBS reaches $3.2B leniency deal; makes governance changes
J&F Investimentos, the holding company of meat-packing company JBS, has agreed to pay a record 10.3 billion reais (US$3.2bn; £2.4bn) fine for its role in a widespread corruption scandal, deepening Brazil's anti-corruption enforcement crackdown.
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Petrofac makes governance changes amid SFO probe
The board of directors of oilfield services provider, Petrofac, recently announced a number of significant governance changes, amid a bribery and corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.