Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 285
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TrialCard Names Chief Compliance Officer
TrialCard, a company that provides product access, medication adherence, and patient support services on behalf of pharmaceutical manufacturers, has hired Michele Atchison to its corporate legal team in the role of chief compliance officer. One of Atchison’s primary areas of focus in her new role will be overseeing TrialCard’s government ...
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Point72 Adds Former DOJ/SEC Prosecutor Kevin O’Connor as GC
Steve Cohen's Point72 announced that this week that it has hired former DOJ prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney Kevin O’Connor as its new general counsel.
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FinCEN Targets Money Laundering in Real Estate Deals
Image: Expect a greater focus on the use of real estate holdings as a vehicle for money laundering, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, director of FinCEN, said recently. The goal: “Make it more difficult for criminals to hide their purchases of luxury real estate through the use of shell companies.” Moreover, she ...
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European Watchdogs Calls for Banks to Revisit Business Models
European regulators are urging banks to revamp their business models to reduce risk and enhance a culture of compliance. A joint report issued by the European Union’s banking, insurance, and market regulators says, “Despite numerous actions already taken by regulators and supervisors, both from prudential and consumer protection perspectives, recent ...
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EU’s Apple, Amazon, Fiat and Starbucks Tax Inquiry Postponed
Image: The European Commission has placed Amazon, Starbucks, Fiat Finance and Trade, and Apple’s tax probe on hold amid concerns about obtaining information relating to these cases, said European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in a testimony before the European Parliament. While Vestager did not give a new deadline for the ...
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FASB Issues New Rules, Proposals on Narrow Areas of GAAP
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has been busy the past few weeks pushing out some narrowly focused changes to accounting standards that address earnings per share, fair value measurement, intangible assets, and compensation, not to mention additional proposals involving liabilities associated with gift cards, hedging for energy concerns, and benefit ...
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Despite LIBOR Manipulation, SEC Grants Deutsche Bank Waiver
Image: The SEC has decided not to let an admission of LIBOR manipulation result in the loss of Deutsche Bank’s well-known seasoned issuer status. “It is safe to assume that these waiver requests will continue to roll in, as issuers are now emboldened by an unofficial Commission policy to overlook ...
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Brace Yourselves, Politics Is Coming
The political season is ramping up in both the United Kingdom and the United States, which means one thing: lots of talk about the shortcomings of corporate governance, and how to fix it. This week, columnists Stephen Davis and Jon Lukomnik look at what governance reform might transpire after British ...
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Mattel Appoints Corporate Controller
Mattel has appointed Joseph Johnson as corporate controller, effective immediately. He succeeds Scott Topham, who has elected to retire from the toy and family products company. Details inside.
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SEC Revisits Cross-Border Swap Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to better define the requirements for security-based swap transactions that involve a foreign entity’s activity in the United States. A new proposed rule addresses what to do when only certain activities involving a security-based swap transaction occur within the United States. More inside.
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The Consequences of Baltimore and Body Cameras
Image: The protests and riots in Baltimore last week over police brutality make the question of body cameras for law enforcement ever more pressing. Are they effective controls against misconduct? Yes, Compliance Week editor Matt Kelly says. But when you consider what they say about the state of our ethical ...
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Ukraine Anti-Corruption Law Requires Compliance Officers
The Ukraine has enacted a new law that applies to almost all companies participating in public tenders and state-owned enterprises over a certain size, requiring them to have in place a compliance program. The law further requires companies to appoint a compliance officer with responsibility for implementing the compliance program. ...
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China Targets Medical Device Companies in Bribery Probe
Chinese regulators are investigating several foreign medical device companies over suspicions that they may have bribed hospitals in exchange for sales. Regulators launched a preliminary investigation last year into the Chinese healthcare units of U.S.-based General Electric, Amsterdam-based Royal Philips, and Germany-based Siemens AG. Details inside.
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Mittleman Investment Management Names New Compliance Chief
Mittleman Investment Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor wholly-owned by Mittleman Brothers, has hired Laura Kate Garner as chief compliance officer. She replaces Shannon Brown, who resigned from the company earlier this year to devote herself full-time to her family. Details inside.
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Accenture Names Chief Compliance Officer
Accenture has appointed Chad Jerdee as general counsel and chief compliance officer, and Joel Unruch as corporate secretary. These changes are effective June 1. Details inside.
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LSG Launches Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite
LSG, a software application and business process outsourcing provider, recently announced the launch of GERMS (Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite). LSG GERMS is a business model for global companies to achieve greater transparency and stability by mitigating and offsetting risk. Details inside.
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Russian Artist's 'Bribe Envelopes' Quickly Sell Out
A Siberian artist has taken a humorous poke at Russia's growing reputation for corruption in business and government through the creation of specialized "bribe envelopes."
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Owens Corning Names General Counsel
Owens Corning, a developer and maker of insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites, has appointed Ava Harter as general counsel and secretary, effective May 18. Harter will succeed John Christy and serve as the company’s chief legal advisor, overseeing all aspects of law, compliance, and securities compliance for Owens Corning. Details ...
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Tech Data Corporation Names New Corporate Controller
Tech Data Corporation, a wholesale distributor of technology products, services and solutions, has promoted Jeffrey Taylor to corporate controller. In this role, Taylor will serve as the company's chief accounting officer, responsible for all global accounting policy, controls and financial reporting. Details inside.
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FASB Plans Next Phase of Big Accounting Changes
Image: As FASB wraps up some major projects in coming months, it is starting to wonder: what’s next? The board plans to publish a discussion paper seeking input on what revisions should be added to the agenda, but it will likely focus on clarifications to revenue recognition, income taxes, business ...