All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 529
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Triad Advisors appoints chief compliance officer
Triad Advisors, an independent broker-dealer, has appointed Bernie Breton as chief compliance officer.
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Admiral Markets names compliance officer
Admiral Markets UK has appointed Simon Roberts as the its new general manager, and Stephen Ayme has been added to the management board team and will be leading the compliance department.
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Puma appoints chief compliance officer
Sports company PUMA has appointed Raliza Koleva as chief compliance officer with immediate effect.
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CCO Checkup helps financial firms test AML program effectiveness
QuantaVerse recently announced the launch of CCO Checkup, a free service financial institutions can use to test the effectiveness of their AML programs, empowered by QuantaVerse’s AI solution that analyzes transaction data to detect “false negatives” or anomalous behaviors that may have been missed by an institution’s existing transaction ...
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FTI Technology launches Contract Intelligence Services practice
The Technology segment of global business advisory firm, FTI Consulting, recently announced the launch of its Contract Intelligence Services practice, which delivers solutions for legal teams seeking transparency across enterprise contracts to help make key decisions, leverage negotiations and meet regulatory requirements.
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Labor Department sets repeal of ‘persuader rule’ in motion
The Department of Labor is moving forward with efforts to rescind a rule that would have required disclosure of agreements between employers and labor-management consultants.
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Financial Choice Act passes in House
The Financial CHOICE Act, a more than 600-page bill to repeal and repace much of the Dodd-Frank Act, has passed in the House of Representatives with a party-line vote of 233 to 186. It now moves into the far greater challenge of passage in the Senate.
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5 Critical Stages of Policy Management
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FASB nears release of final standard on hedge accounting
FASB plans to issue its final standard on hedge accounting in August, taking effect in 2018 among other major accounting changes over the next few years.
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Groups accuse FCC of First Amendment trespasses
Free speech activists are calling upon the Federal Communications Commission to address “crackdowns against First Amendment freedoms during recent meetings” regarding net neutrality.
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President Trump announces new nominees for key posts
President Donald Trump has announced the nominations of several new agency officials, including a new Comptroller of the Currency and assistant attorney general for the Justice Department.
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EPA eases smog rules, is sued over methane emissions
The EPA is easing up demands placed upon states regarding ozone and smog pollution. Meanwhile, environmental groups are suing over an unrelated retreat from existing rules targeting methane emissions.
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AG’s memo puts halt to third-party settlements
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered Department of Justice staff to no longer indirectly include charities and activist groups as part of corporate settlements.
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Republicans cue up contempt charges against CFPB director
A likely effort to help President Donald Trump find a “for cause” reason to fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray, a report by the House Financial Services Committee makes the case for pursuing contempt charges.
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SEC suspends former PetroTiger general counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the former general counsel of oil and gas services provider PetroTiger from practicing before the Commission after he pleaded guilty to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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ArticleValuation specialists rise to financial reporting challenge
Companies can expect some shift in how valuation specialists produce and document valuations underpinning financial statement assertions.
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Protiviti adds managing director in risk and compliance practice
Global consulting firm Protiviti has appointed Shelley Metz-Galloway as a managing director in its Risk and Compliance practice. She serves clients within the financial services industry focused primarily on matters concerning regulatory compliance and risk management.
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Actiance and Hootsuite partnership creates holistic solution for modern communication
Actiance announced a global partnership with Hootsuite. The companies will integrate their products to enable social marketing, archiving, and compliance solutions for financial services companies to assist in keeping all social communication compliant with mandates set by regulatory bodies.
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Ireland’s historic banking trial ends in epic failure
Ireland’s long-running criminal trial against ex-Anglo Irish Bank Chief Sean FitzPatrick ends in acquittal due to prosecutorial incompetence.
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MiraMed names chief compliance officer
MiraMed Global Services, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management services and business process outsourcing solutions, has named Stephanie Griffin as chief compliance officer.