All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 419
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Brexit deal passes a milestone, questions remain
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May managed to convince her cabinet to back a draft Brexit deal. What comes next?
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SFO joint head of fraud: ‘Engage now or hide behind smoke and mirrors at your peril’
Hannah von Dadelszen, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office’s joint head of fraud, in recent remarks offered some useful insight as to how a company should engage with the SFO if it chooses to self-report misconduct.
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JetBlue appoints general counsel and corporate secretary
JetBlue has appointed Brandon Nelson as general counsel and corporate secretary. Nelson will lead JetBlue’s legal, ethics and compliance, cyber-security, and environmental, social and governance efforts.
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SEC staff plans to scrutinize year-end revenue disclosures
As companies get closer to their first annual disclosures under new revenue recognition rules, staff members at the SEC are stocking up on red pens.
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ArticleTax rules, market changes may stretch goodwill testing
Big changes in market conditions and tax rules could drive some added rigor into the annual year-end test of goodwill sitting on corporate balance sheets.
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Lease accounting adoption still behind, PwC poll says
More than 15 percent of public companies surveyed in late October had not yet begun implementing the new lease accounting standard that takes effect Jan. 1.
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U.K. money laundering task force launched; watch out McMafia!
A new U.K. initiative aims to enhance processes for catching fraudsters and financial service abusers while educating industry and government agencies on how to identify and prevent economic crime.
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SEC wants more Brexit disclosure, Clayton says
As turmoil over the British exit from the European Union deepens, the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for public companies to start disclosing more about how they’ll be affected.
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Hotshot announces Technoport partnership
Mobile messaging security company Hotshot has partnered with the Government of Luxembourg for acceptance into the Technoport business incubation program.
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SEC, FASB members offer no hopes for CECL delay
Amid calls for a delay or changes to CECL, the SEC's chief accountant is defending the rulemaking process under FASB and its independence.
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Compliance.ai launches financial regulation workflow solution
RegTech company Compliance.ai announced the launch of a solution designed to help chief compliance officers manage the growing volume of financial regulatory changes.
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PodcastKristy Grant-Hart talks publishing, women in compliance
Compliance practitioner and author Kristy Grant-Hart chats with Tom Fox about her three books and offers her advice to women of all ages in the compliance field.
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ResourceIncreasing Efficiencies Within Centralized and Decentralized Third Party Compliance Programs
Different compliance models have their own strengths and weaknesses regarding control, consistency and understanding of local nuance.
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Despite calls to delay CECL, FASB plans amendments
FASB has decided to follow the advice of an advisory group and make some changes to CECL to address implementation issues.
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UBS faces civil complaint for fraud in the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities
The Department of Justice announced that a civil complaint has been filed against UBS and several of its U.S. affiliates, alleging that UBS defrauded investors throughout the United States and the world in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities from 2006 through 2007.
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Commissioner Peirce: the meaningless of enforcement numbers and penalty amounts
The SEC’s Enforcement Division issued its annual report this month, highlighting the Division’s activities in fiscal year 2018 from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective. Focusing on enforcement numbers and penalty amounts alone is meaningless, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said in recent remarks.
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Goldman Sachs offers details of 1MDB probe
Goldman Sachs disclosed has received subpoenas and requests for documents and information from various governmental and regulatory bodies and self-regulatory organizations as part of investigations and reviews relating to financing transactions and other matters involving 1MDB, Malaysian government’s sovereign wealth fund.
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MoneyGram to forfeit $125M for AML compliance lapses; DPA extended
MoneyGram on Nov. 8 entered into agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission concerning previously disclosed compliance failures that resulted in a widespread money-laundering fraud scheme.
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FASB finalizes rules on collaborative arrangements
The FASB continues to field and answer one-off questions on revenue recognition, with the most recent installments on collaborative arrangements and franchise fees.
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Exostar names new member to Board of Directors
Exostar has named Lockheed vice president Philip E. Goslin as a new member to its Board of Directors.