All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 531
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Petrofac makes governance changes amid SFO probe
The board of directors of oilfield services provider, Petrofac, recently announced a number of significant governance changes, amid a bribery and corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
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IBM Resilient Helps with GDPR preparedness
IBM recently released new incident response capabilities, from its IBM Resilient security portfolio, designed to help clients rehearse, prepare for, and manage the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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EPA retreats from Obama-era methane emission rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is putting a freeze on 2016 rules intended to reduce methane emissions and the release of other pollutants by the oil and gas industry.
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Group claims fake net neutrality comments filed with FCC
A conservative non-profit is alleging that thousands of pro-net neutrality comments submitted in recent weeks to the Federal Communications Commission Website are fake.
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Legislation seeks to outlaw ‘micro-unions’
The Representation Fairness Restoration Act seeks to prohibit unions from forming individual bargaining units within the same company that include as few as two or three workers.
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Fiduciary rule not dead yet, compliance begins June 9
Thought the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule would be dead in the water or substantially revised under the Trump Administration? You may need to wait a while longer, and a June compliance deadline remains as scheduled.
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GreySpark and OXIAL partnership offers continuous compliance service for global capital markets
Capital Markets firms can now benefit from a new continuous compliance service for algorithm risk management, thanks to a partnership from new-generation GRC solution provider OXIAL, and financial markets specialist GreySpark.
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Financial instrument rule plays second fiddle to bigger changes
As companies prepare for new revenue recognition and lease accounting standards, a new rule on how to classify and measure financial instruments is finding itself on the back burner.
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Reform on the horizon, as U.K. preps for next general election
As U.K. citizens are headed to the polls for the fourth time in four years, the country is headed toward significant corporate governance reforms.
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NICE Actimize launches AI tool to improve investigation efficiency
NICE Actimize has launched NICE Actimize Robotic Process Automation, a sophisticated technology that frees up investigators from low value, high volume manual tasks so that they may better focus on more important and strategic tasks.
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Change to CHOICE Act is a victory for merchants over banks
When the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act, heads to a House floor vote on June 5, a controversial repeal of limits on debit card transaction fees will not be included.
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Seclore launches agentless data-centric security solution
Seclore, a browser-based data-centric security solution, announced this month the launch of a complete agent-less Enterprise Digital Rights Management solution, giving companies the ability to leverage the full power of data-centric security without requiring downloads or agent installs.
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ArticleNancy Jardini: The legal mind
Nancy Jardini’s experience in public interest roles has uniquely prepared her for her most challenging—and rewarding role—leading compliance and ethics for mortgage financing giant Fannie Mae.
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CCH Tagetik launches IFRS solution portfolio
CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer, announced this month the availability of its IFRS solution portfolio, created to help finance teams meet the significant new and evolving reporting standards.
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The quest to build business value from risk mitigation
Compliance and risk mitigation, in traditional terms, are situated within the organization to plant a stop sign ahead of bad behavior. Is there a better approach?
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Facebook and the EU: a compliance failure or skirting around the truth?
Facebook’s record of complying with EU data and merger regulations is not looking good, as the company has racked up violations and fines from the European Commission and regulators in Italy and France.
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Debate over whistleblowers and their protections takes center stage
The SEC has taken great pains to encourage, reward, and protect whistleblowers. Have they done so to the detriment of public companies?
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ArticleHow two companies successfully merged their compliance functions
When Johnson Controls and Tyco merged in 2016 to form Johnson Controls International, the merged entity created a single compliance function that was greater than the sum of its parts.
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Understanding the inner workings of FCPA enforcement
At Compliance Week 2017, former SEC FCPA Chief Kara Brockmeyer spoke candidly about the future of FCPA enforcement, cooperation credit, third-party risk mitigation, and more.
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FASB warns Codification to undergo reconstruction
The FASB is advising accountants to sit tight through some reconstructive work in the coming months in the online Accounting Standards Codification.