Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 63
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Waters builds new agenda for Financial Services Committee
With new leadership, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the House Financial Services Committee is setting its agenda for the new session of Congress.
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French data regulator fines Google under GDPR
France’s data protection regulator recently slapped Google with a substantial €50 million (U.S. $57 million) fine for failing to provide users with clear, accurate, and informative details on its data use policies.
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Restatements declined with adjustments, analysis shows
As restatements numbers have fallen in recent years, so too have out-of-period adjustments, according to a recent analysis by Audit Analytics.
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BlogEY elects new global chairman and CEO
EY has elected Carmine Di Sibio as its new global chairman and CEO to succeed Mark Weinberger when he departs July 1, 2019.
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Immuta adds Richard Geering as VP of GRC
Enterprise data management solutions provider Immuta announced the hiring of Richard Geering as the company’s vice president of governance, risk, and compliance.
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Dean Foods names chief accounting officer
Dean Foods Company has named Jeff Dawson as its senior vice president, chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 28. Dawson replaces Scott Vopni , who left the company to pursue other opportunities.
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AICPA develops new benefit plan auditing standards
With new professional standards soon to be finalized, auditors are working on a plan to improve the quality of employee benefit plan audits.
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Treasury, IRS issue proposed regulations on BEAT
The U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed regulations on the base erosion and anti-abuse tax established under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Danske Bank provides update on AML probe in France
Danske Bank said it might again become subject to a formal investigation in France, instead of being an assisted witness, in connection with an ongoing investigation into organised money laundering of tax evasion proceeds.
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Abeona Therapeutics names chief accounting officer
Abeona Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has named Edward Carr as chief accounting officer.
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Alliant names new general counsel and corporate secretary
Alliant Insurance Services, an independent insurance brokerage firm, has named long-time in-house counsel Jennifer Baumann as general counsel and corporate secretary.
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New U.K. government taskforce to tackle economic crime
The Home Secretary and Chancellor will jointly chair a new government taskforce, the Economic Crime Strategic Board, to work with senior figures from the U.K. financial sector to tackle economic crime, the U.K. government announced on 14 January.
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Fiat Chrysler to pay $305M civil penalty in emissions-cheating case
Fiat Chrysler will pay a civil penalty of $305 million to settle claims of cheating emission tests and failing to disclose unlawful defeat devices, the Department of Justice announced on Jan. 10.
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May’s Brexit plan suffers historic defeat
With one of the most devastating losses in the history of British politics, Prime Minister Theresa May was handed a rebuke of her proposed Brexit framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Silver Regulatory Associates opens to clients
Silver Regulatory Associates, a firm specializing in compliance for the investment industry, announced its official opening to new clients.
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RSM joins Sheltered Harbor
RSM, a provider of audit, tax, and consulting services, has joined the Sheltered Harbor alliance partner community in both an assurance and advisory capacity.
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SEC brings charges in EDGAR hacking case
The SEC has brought charges against nine defendants for participating in a previously disclosed scheme to hack into the SEC’s EDGAR system and extract non-public information to use for illegal trading.
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NICE Actimize launches financial crime advisory practice
Autonomous financial crime management provider NICE Actimize announced the launch of its Financial Crime Enterprise Consulting & Advisory Practice (eCAP) and introduced its Financial Crime Target Operating Model.
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Brexit vote unlikely to produce clarity, so government prepping businesses for the worst
While the current Brexit deal (set to be voted on Tuesday evening) remains the U.K. government’s top priority, it understands preparation for all scenarios is necessary.
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Supreme Court will not hear CFPB constitutional challenge
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a years-long lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.