Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 324
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Litigation Risks Still High on Corporate Radar, Survey Shows
Oct. 22—A new survey of European and U.S. corporate counsel and compliance officers showed that risks of litigation remain a major concern, with 88 percent reporting that the amount of legal disputes faced by their company in the past year has either stayed the same or increased. The annual survey, ...
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Regulators Jointly Approve New Risk Retention Rules
Image: Title: Regulators Jointly Approve NewOct. 23—The SEC has adopted final rules for the asset-backed securities market that will require securitizers to retain no less than five percent of the credit risk of the assets they securitize. The rule was adopted one day after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal ...
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U.K. Businesses in Spotlight in Massive Money Laundering Scheme
Image: Title: ClarkeOct. 22—An investigative report published last week by The Independent revealed that 19 businesses registered in the United Kingdom are under suspicion for involvement in a complex money laundering scheme that cleaned £12.5 billion in illicit money over four years. The report cited corporate secrecy laws that make ...
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Securities Docket Announces Inaugural Class of 'Enforcement Hall of Fame'
At the conclusion of Securities Enforcement Forum 2014 last week, Securities Docket announced the eight members of the inaugural class of its "Enforcement Hall of Fame." The Enforcement Hall of Fame honors the lawyers who have made the "most extraordinary contributions to, and impact upon, the field of securities ...
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Fed Official Warns Banks: Fix Culture Problem or be Downsized
Two Federal Reserve officials issued stern warnings regarding bank compliance efforts last week. William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said that if financial institutions don’t fix their culture problem, they risk being broken apart. Meanwhile, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo blasted banks that take a “check ...
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For FCPA Compliance, Don’t Forget the Internal Controls
They have been there all along, hiding in plain sight: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requirements for internal controls.The problem is that most compliance practitioners have not been reading them too carefully. What are internal controls in a FCPA compliance program? Aaron Murphy, a partner at Akin Gump and author ...
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Report: Fed Knew About, Failed to Stop JPMorgan's London Whale Trades
Oct. 21—The Federal Reserve failed to act on knowledge of high-risk trading activities at JPMorgan Chase’s London investment office and should shoulder blame for a $6 billion loss the bank suffered from its ill-fated “London Whale” derivatives trades in 2012. That criticism is leveled by the Fed’s Office of Inspector ...