The Council of the EU has recommended updates to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to combat greenwashing and make it easier for investors to compare products.
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Posted inPharmaceuticals
Former biopharm director heads to prison for insider trading ahead of Novartis purchase
A former director of biopharmaceutical company, Chinook Therapeutics, has been sentenced to prison for insider trading related to the company’s $3.2 billion sale to Novartis in 2023, a fraud detected through data analysis by the SEC.
Posted inWhistleblowers
Why do whistleblower programs fail? Experts give their views
Compliance professionals recognize the importance of whistleblowing and the positive impact it can have on corporate governance and maintaining ethical business practices. But they are also aware that in many organizations, speak-up mechanisms do not work effectively, are sidelined, or are simply distrusted.
Posted inCryptocurrency and Digital Assets
Bank of England changes stance on stablecoins after cumbersome compliance complaints
The Bank of England has revealed that it is reconsidering two of the more contentious aspects of its proposed stablecoin framework after pressure from many in the crypto asset sector. Crypto companies have complained that the proposed regulations would be too restrictive and would hold back the industry in the U.K. in comparison with other global financial markets.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
U.S. agencies take aim against Cambodian money laundering conglomerate
United States enforcement agencies have landed more blows against a sprawling, Cambodian-based money laundering, financial conglomerate, believed to operate hand-in-glove with cybercriminals who scam U.S. individuals out of their life savings.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Australian regulator calls $24.6 million HSBC Australia fine a world first for customer fraud protection
HSBC Australia has been fined nearly $25 million for failing to protect customers from financial scammers. The bank must also publish adverse publicity orders on its website, its app, and in letters to affected customers.
Posted inAML
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraq, added to international watchdog’s list for AML failings
Iraq and Bosnia and Herzegovina need to improve their anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism programs and have been added to the FATF’s grey list.
Posted inTop Stories
Bosch receives first declination under DOJ’s new policy for self-reporting misconduct
The Department of Justice (DOJ) won’t prosecute German-based Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) for export violations under the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). It is the first corporate declination under the CEP, which credits self-disclosure and self-remediation. The CEP, issued in March, credits corporations that self-disclose misconduct, cooperate with the DOJ investigation […]
Posted inSurveys & Benchmarking
How does your ethics and compliance program measure up? ECI’s HQP Assessment provides insights and benchmarks
When agribusiness Bunge Global completed a large merger, it was left with questions about how the two organizations’ previously separate compliance programs would be combined. Dave Mills, director, global investigations and security at Bunge Global, recognized that the compliance programs at Bunge and its acquisition, Viterra, had two different maturity levels. The key, though, was […]
Posted inWhistleblowers
Exclusive: Former Docusign executive sues company for whistleblower retaliation
A former Docusign executive alleged in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that the software company constructively discharged her after she blew the whistle on the company’s mishandling of sensitive data for customers, including Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
