All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 450
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BlackRock’s updated outlook for the rest of 2018
Image: In the Q2 2018 Global Investment Outlook, BlackRock details the asset class preferences and highlights two key risks to the global expansion and risk assets: the potential for trade wars in the face of rising U.S. protectionism and a spike in real yields.
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Blog
Dem Senators grill CEOs over payments to Trump attorney
A team of Senate Democrats is demanding answers and information from two companies that paid President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen “substantial payments” through a shell company while both had business pending before the administration.
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Scoping out the future of lease accounting rules
For public companies, new lease accounting standards take will affect in 2019, meaning the time to prepare is quickly running out. Achieving compliance may require major changes to systems and processes. Now is the time to act.
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Blog
Aegion names general counsel and secretary
Aegion has appointed Mark Menghini as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary, effective May 10 .
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Top Minds 2018
Top Minds was devised by Publisher Donna Rice and Editor in Chief Dave LeFort as a way to spotlight the best and brightest in the ethics and compliance profession, while also highlighting an important new direction for Compliance Week itself—including in-depth interviews with the leaders of the compliance community.
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Podcast
Podcast: Improving customer due diligence
In our latest podcast we look at recently enacted customer due diligence demands from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, discuss the complexity of the rule, and how technology can automate processes and assist with compliance.
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Blog
Malaysia gets new PM; further probes of prior regime coming
The election of a new Prime Minster in Malaysia has heralded a potential investigation into the allegations of massive corruption carried out by the prior administration surrounding the country’s sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB.
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Blog
Uber promises to ‘move forward,’ but still doesn’t have CCO
Uber launched a new ad campaign in which it vows to “move forward” and “always do the right thing,” but the company still does not have a chief compliance officer (CCO) to make sure it delivers on that message.
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Blog
Checklist for CCO direct reports
Inside are some factors to consider when assessing chief compliance officer direct reports and what the Justice Department expects from the direct reporting process.
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Blog
The benefits of tailored compliance training
A thoughtful look at focusing compliance training on an employee-by-employee basis could mean the difference in keeping corporate compliance on the right track.
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Blog
RBS reaches $4.9B tentative settlement in mortgage-backed securities case
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group announced that it has reached a tentative settlement of US$4.9 billion (£3.6 billion) with the U.S. Department of Justice concerning the sale of toxic residential mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2007.
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Blog
Trump tweet hints at ZTE deal with China
Posting on Twitter, President Trump suggested that he might back down from a U.S. ban affecting ZTE, a Chinese-owned technology company that was caught selling American-made parts to Iran.
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Blog
IRS issues new guidance on changing revenue method
Now that companies are following new accounting methods to reflect revenue in financial statements, the Internal Revenue Service is offering new guidance on reflecting income in tax filings.
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Blog
FinCEN’s due diligence rule now in effect
FinCEN has issued a reminder to financial institutions and their customers that its new customer due diligence requirements took effect on May 11. The agency also clarified its exemptive relief for certain insurance arrangements.
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Blog
Best practices from SEC enforcement official on Wells meeting communication
Prudent defense counsel will want to heed the advice of SEC Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement Steven Peikin, who discussed in broad detail what best-practice techniques make for productive and effective communication with SEC staff during Wells meetings.
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Article
Barclays’ CEO fined, but retained, as bank faces more scrutiny
Barclays CEO Jes Staley has been hit with hefty fines and penalties from U.K. regulators, but the bank is standing behind its man—will it pay the price for that decision?
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Blog
New financial instrument rule draws Buffett rebuke
New accounting rules on how to reflect financial instruments in financial statements are beginning to produce predicted earnings volatility, as recently bemoaned by America’s celebrity investor, Warren Buffett.
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Blog
Date set for demise of net neutrality: June 11
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced on Thursday that the his Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order will take effect on June 11, officially ending "net nutrality."
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Blog
IOSCO promotes audit quality via audit committee oversight
Securities regulators globally are troubled enough by the state of audit quality that they are developing a white paper to promote better audit committee oversight.
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Article
Trump lawyer’s woes provide lesson for compliance officers
New accusations against one of President Trump’s lawyers should prompt savvy compliance and risk officers to pursue a reinvigorated strategy for Bank Secrecy Act procedures and anti-corruption efforts.