Chief among Norm Ashkenas’ priorities is positioning compliance as a strategic adviser, supporting those leading this global expansion in a complex financial services world. He stresses that compliance puts a huge effort into ensuring that it is not seen as a back-office function.
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Posted inTechnology
The hidden compliance costs behind failed AI deployments
Companies look set to increase their spend on AI technologies during 2026, but not every investment is likely to pay off. In fact, most appear to offer little return quickly.
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
Five questions business leaders should be asking in 2026 to manage transformation risk
Working with clients in various sectors over the past year, one thing is clear: Transformation is bigger, faster, and more interconnected. Tech, talent, regulation, and operations—it’s hitting at once.
Posted inTechnology
When AI Is Forced on Compliance: the ECCP as your Guide
When a company rapidly adopts AI, compliance officers can be blindsided, tasked with governance almost immediately. Luckily, there is a guide from the U.S. Department of Justice to help.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Ethics as strategic value: When compliance becomes a board-level decision tool
For many Boards of Directors, compliance reporting feels familiar and reassuring. Dashboards are green. Policies are updated. Training is complete. Incidents are investigated and closed. On paper, the system works.
Posted inRisk Management
The illusion of control: How shrinking teams and AI are redefining cyber risk
Over recent years, cybersecurity executives have been tasked with an almost impossible Challenge: reduce headcount, accelerate transformation, integrate artificial intelligence, meet regulatory obligations, and still maintain resilience.
Posted inInternal Investigations
Best practices for responding to government investigations
In the current business environment, companies must have a documented plan for responding to government investigations. Shifts in tariffs, dynamic export controls, and a potentially less strict enforcement environment around international bribery all increase the risk that an employee or representative could violate the law – inadvertently or intentionally.
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Interpretation precedes execution: Why “just do the work” fails in regulated organizations
Most organizational failures are not failures of effort, discipline, or follow-through. They are interpretation failures misdiagnosed as execution problems.
Posted inBest Practices, Opinion, Whistleblowers
Creating effective compliance messages for specific employee groups
As 2026 arrives, have you considered the efficacy of your compliance messaging efforts? We have all seen these compliance taglines “Speak Up!,” “See Something, Say Something,” “Ethics Matter!”
Posted inRisk Management
Risk literacy as a compliance accelerator: Teaching the business to speak risk
Compliance professionals understand the value of risk assessments. We conduct them annually, map risks to controls, and present heat maps to the board. But there is a strategic opportunity that many compliance programs overlook: Teaching the business itself to think in the language of risk.
