Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 302
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AICPA Offers Advice for Conflict Minerals Audits
The AICPA has published new guidance for conducting independent audits of companies asserting that their products are conflict-minerals free. Published in Q&A form, the guidance addresses the representation letters auditors should obtain from management as they review conflict- minerals reports.
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Compliance Risk Concepts Adds Two New Executives
Compliance Risk Concepts, a compliance consulting firm, has added two new senior executives to its team: Elin Cherry as principal and head of capital markets, and Roland Reyes as director of professional services. Details inside.
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Deloitte Names New CEO
Cathy Engelbert has been elected to chief executive officer of Deloitte, becoming the first female CEO of a major audit and consulting firm in the United States. Additionally, Mike Fucci has been elected to the position of chairman of Deloitte's board. Engelbert and Fucci will both begin their new roles ...
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Survey: Cyber-Risk Is Big, but Regulatory Risk Trumps Again
Image: In a recent poll by Protiviti and North Carolina State University of 277 board members and top executives, 67 percent identified regulatory risk as the top concern for the third time since the survey began. Protiviti managing director Jim DeLoach says, “The fact that this is so top of ...
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Minded Security Launches Tool to Counter Hidden Banking Malware
Software security company Minded Security is launching in the United Kingdom to combat hidden banking threats and protect banks against malware-based fraud with the Agentless Anti-malware Technology (AMT) Banking Malware Detector. Details inside.
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Prudential Financial Adopts New Clawback Policy
Prudential Financial this week adopted a new clawback policy covering all incentive-based compensation made to its executive officers in the form of stock options and other equity awards. "The policy, which marks an expansion of Prudential’s previous clawback policy, was adopted by the Board as part of its annual review ...
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MetricStream Launches New Cyber-Security Hub
Unified Compliance, developer of the Unified Compliance Framework, and MetricStream, a provider of GRC apps, plan to launch through a joint initiative a new cyber-security hub via MetricStream’s portal ComplianceOnline.com, a GRC advisory network and online community. The cyber-security hub will consolidate and connect all major cyber-security requirements in a ...
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Harvey Goldschmid Passes Away
Image: Columbia Law School Professor Harvey Goldschmid, a renowned corporate governance expert who served as a commissioner and the top attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, died this week from complications from pneumonia. “He was a true public servant, whose commitment to this agency lived long past the days ...
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Client Win: UKS Chooses Good Technology for Mobile Security
Good Technology, a security mobility solutions provider, announced that law firm Updike, Kelly & Spellacy has chosen Good Enterprise Suite to securely mobilize confidential client data throughout the organization. Details inside.
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AstraZeneca to Pay $7.9 Million for False Claims Act Violations
Drug maker AstraZeneca this week agreed to pay $7.9 million to the government to resolve allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act. “We will continue to pursue pharmaceutical companies that pay kickbacks to pharmacy benefit managers,” said acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce ...
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OMG it is #TBT at the SEC!
It is Thursday, so that means it is "Throwback Thursday" on Twitter and other social media sites such as Instagram. Throwback Thursday (referred to on Twitter and elsewhere by the hashtag #TBT) is the day of the week when many Twitter users reminisce by posting an old photo.This morning, for ...
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News Corp. Names Chief Compliance Officer
News Corp. has named David Pitofsky as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Pitofsky, succeeds Gerson Zweifach, has been deputy general counsel and deputy chief compliance officer of News Corp since 2013. Details inside.
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TeamHealth Names Chief Compliance Officer
TeamHealth Holdings, a provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, has appointed Matthew Tormey as chief compliance officer, effective Feb. 11, 2015. In his most recent position, Tormey served as vice president of compliance and security at Health Management Associates. Details inside.
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Shake-up in T&E Providers Leads Companies to New Solutions
Image: Big changes for expense management system providers, such as the acquisition of Concur Technologies by SAP and the earlier IBM move of cutting its Global Expense Reporting Solutions as a standalone product, has led to more business for up-and-comers like Chrome River. Chrome cofounder Alan Rich says, “The companies ...
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TEVA Expands Scope of FCPA Probe
An internal investigation that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries began three years ago into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to expand in scope, and further appears to have found evidence of wrongdoing, the company stated in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Details inside.
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SEC Commissioners Irate Over Comment Letter Glitch
SEC Commissioners Daniel Gallagher and Michael Piwowar fired off a testy complaint Wednesday about “a significant failure” of the SEC’s rulemaking process, complaining that SEC staff missed “an extensive comment letter” opposing a recently adopted rule on swaps trading. The oversight should force a reopening of the comment period, they ...
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Belgium Eyeing Arrest Warrants for HSBC Managers
It hasn’t been an easy week for London-based HSBC. Rocked last weekend by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Swiss Leaks probe, detailing massive tax evasion by HSBC’s private Swiss bank, HSBC is now faced with the prospect of Belgian authorities issuing arrest warrants for former and current managers ...
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EU Firms Face New AML Rules, Beneficial Ownership Registry
Image: Title: SargentiniThe European Union is pressing forward with its overhaul of anti-money laundering rules to clamp down on tax evasion and the financing of terrorism. The Council of the European Union signed off on the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, tightening due diligence and reporting requirements, creating registers of beneficial ...
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Digital Turbine Names Chief Accounting Officer; Controller
Digital Turbine, an end-to-end mobile solutions provider, named James Alejandro as chief accounting officer and controller, effective Feb. 27. Alejandro, who joins the company from Dell, will assume the principal accounting and controls duties, among other responsibilities, and report directly to Chief Financial Officer Andrew Schleimer. Details inside.
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U.S. Announces New Intelligence Division to Battle Cyber Threats
The U.S. is establishing a new division called the Cyber-Threat Intelligence Integration Center that will produce coordinated cyber-threat assessments, share that information with existing cyber-centers, and support policy makers with timely intelligence about the latest cyber-threats. More inside.