All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 446
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Article
IRS gives partial guidance on revenue recognition
It’s the tax department’s turn buzz over how to recognize revenue for tax purposes—and with good reason after getting some puzzling guidance from the IRS.
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Podcast
Tom Fox podcast: Setting the right tone at the top
In the first of a weekly series on the 10 hallmarks of an effective compliance program, Compliance Week columnist Tom Fox discusses the importance of senior leadership in setting the tone for the company.
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Podcast
Tom Fox podcast: Importance of code of conduct, policies and procedures, and internal controls
In the second of a series on the 10 hallmarks of an effective compliance program, Compliance Week columnist Tom Fox discusses the three components of written standards of a best-practices compliance program: the code of conduct, policies and procedures, and internal controls.
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Blog
SocGen to pay $860M in FCPA and LIBOR case
French banking group Société Générale and its wholly owned subsidiary, SGA Société Générale Acceptance, will pay a combined total penalty of more than $860 million to resolve charges with criminal authorities in the United States and France, the Department of Justice announced June 4.
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Blog
The Serious Fraud Office has a new director
Jeremy Wright, the Attorney General for England and Wales, on June 4 named Lisa Osofsky as the new director of the Serious Fraud Office.
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Blog
Owens & Minor names chief accounting officer
Global healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor has named Michael Lowry as chief accounting officer.
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Blog
OCC highlights key risks for the federal banking system
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released the latest edition of its Semiannual Risk Perspective. Key themes include: credit, operational, compliance, and interest rate risks for the federal banking system.
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ArticlePoll-apalooza: Let us help you benchmark your compliance program
We polled practitioners on 11 key topics in ethics and compliance at the recently concluded Compliance Week 2018 conference. Check out the results to help you benchmark your own programs.
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Resource
Blockchain Technology and Its Potential Impact on the Audit and Assurance Profession
Blockchain was first introduced as the core technology behind Bitcoin, the headline-grabbing decentralized digital currency ecosystem proposed in 2008. The appeal of blockchain technology lies in its use of peer-to-peer network technology combined with cryptography.
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Resource
Five Ways Your Conflict of Interest Process is Creating Risk
An outdated or inefficient process for tracking and dealing with conflicts of interest can be a major contributor to the risk of noncompliance. However, the contributors to risk are not always clear. Outlined in this white paper are “5 Ways Your COI Process Creates Risk.
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VideoCompliance Week Awards Ceremony: Top Minds 2018
Join Compliance Week and past recipients as we honor the Top Minds Class of 2018!
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Blog
1touch.io launches privacy management solution built for GDPR
Technology startup 1touch.io has launched the first data protection and privacy management and control solution born of the enormous growth of privacy regulation globally.
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Blog
Standard Bank: Africa’s Fintech culture transforming forex market
Inside, Standard Bank shares its perspective on how Africa’s fintech culture has transformed the continent's foreign exchange trading landscape, and how the bank is adjusting as well.
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Blog
SEC charges Goldman Sachs VP in insider trading scheme
The SEC on May 31 charged a Goldman Sachs vice president of investment banking with repeatedly using his access to highly confidential information to place illicit and profitable trades in advance of deals on which the bank was providing investment banking advisory services.
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Blog
David Lynn rejoins Morrison & Foerster
David Lynn, former Chief Counsel of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, has returned to global law firm Morrison & Foerster, rejoining the firm’s Corporate Department and Corporate Finance group.
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Blog
Amid brewing trade war, U.S. enters a battle over wine sales in Canada
The U.S. has added wine sales in Canada to its list of international trade battles. The Trump administration has requested that the World Trade Organization broker a settlement over "unfair regulations" in British Columbia.
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Blog
Trump’s tariffs inch U.S. closer to a multinational trade war
The White House on Thursday announced new steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Those countries are now threatening retaliation with targeted tariffs of their own.
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Article
Fed pitches a new effort to streamline Volcker rule
On the heels of new legislation targeting reach of the Volcker rule to small- and medium-sized financial institutions, the Fed has announced its own plan for streamlining the Dodd-Frank Act’s regulatory centerpiece.
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Blog
Legg Mason accrues $67M charge to earnings for FCPA matter
U.S. investment management firm Legg Mason disclosed in a securities filing on May 30 that it expects to soon complete negotiations with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.