All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 846
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Hampton Roads Names Chief Risk Officer
Hampton Roads Bankshares has named John Marshall as chief risk officer. He succeeds Robert Bloxom, who retired from the company as of Sept. 30. Details inside.
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Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?
To get a better grasp on how U.S. boards are handling cyber security roles and responsibilities, NYSE Governance Services, Corporate Board Member and RSA, in association with EY, surveyed more than 200 audit committee members this spring on a variety of issues regarding their cyber risk oversight program. This paper ...
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e-Book: Employment Compliance & Payroll: Wrapping Up 2014
As 2015 fast approaches, getting a handle on new and existing employment tax compliance and payroll is as daunting a task as ever before. In this e-Book, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with ADP, you will learn what companies can do to navigate a regulatory and accounting minefield that ...
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Risk Intelligence: Harnessing Risk, Exploiting Opportunity
This RSA white paper explains how organizations can change discussion about risk from the “risk landscape” to the “opportunity landscape.” Organizations need to show how proactively managing risk becomes an enabler to explore opportunities, rather than simply avoiding landmines.
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Netwrix Auditor 6.5 Helps Detect Insider Threats
Netwrix, a provider of change and configuration auditing software, recently announced the release of Netwrix Auditor 6.5. This new offering provides comprehensive monitoring and auditing capabilities that help to streamline compliance, strengthen security, and simplify root cause analysis across the entire IT infrastructure, including file servers and shares. Details inside.
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RSD Unveils Free Information Governance Tool
RSD, a provider of information governance solutions, today announced a free version of RSD GLASS Policy Manager to help companies create new policies and better govern their confidential data and intellectual property. The free version of Policy Manager lets customers access its key features at no charge in a cloud-hosted ...
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ZL Technologies Partners With Hearsay Social
ZL Technologies, an enterprise-class information governance provider, has formed a strategic partnership with Hearsay Social that pairs the strengths of ZL’s Unified Archive with Hearsay Social’s social media platform. Details inside.
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Former SEC Chairman Roderick Hills Passes Away at Age 83
Yesterday the SEC announced that former SEC Chairman Roderick M. Hills passed away on October 29, 2014, at the age of 83. The SEC stated that Chairman Hillshad a brilliant legal career and was a man of great character. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Audit Staffing Concerns; Conflict Minerals Update; More
Coming in the Nov. 4 edition of Compliance Week: Internal audit staff shortages are causing a rise in audit fees and placing more demands on the IA function; also next week, CW’s Joe Mont provides a look at where companies stand in preparing for year two of conflict minerals compliance.
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Companies Need to Consider New Mortality Data in Pension Costs
Companies that sponsor retirement plans have some new, hard-to-ignore information to consider that promises to increase the cost of their plans. The Society of Actuaries has released updated mortality tables that show pension plan participants are living longer. The SOA estimates that could produce a 4- to 8-percent increase in ...
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Conifer Health Solutions Names Chief Compliance Officer
Conifer Health Solutions, a provider of technology-enabled healthcare performance improvement services, has hired Lisa Hodges as chief compliance officer. In this role, Hodges assumes responsibility for managing Conifer’s ethics and compliance program throughout all areas of the organization. Details inside.
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Kroll Ontrack Launches Legal Hold Offering
Kroll Ontrack, a provider of e-discovery and data recovery products and services, recently announced the launch of Relativity Legal Hold, complete with Kroll Ontrack consulting to help law firms and corporations automate the legal hold process while helping ensure accurate and defensible legal hold management. Details inside.
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OECD Completes FATCA-Like Regime With More Reporting Obligations
Image: Title: PlowgianThe Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development has finished the Common Reporting Standard to govern the exchange of tax information among more than 50 countries. While the United States is not a participant, says KPMG principal Michael Plowgian, subsidiaries or branches of U.S. entities will need to comply ...
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SEC Charges Two Friends With 'Audacious' Insider Trading Scheme
Late last week the SEC announced its latest insider trading case, which was filed against two friends and former business school classmates who allegedly used inside information to generate nearly $700,000 in illicit profits. The SEC alleged that Zachary Zwerko, a financial analyst at a major pharmaceutical company, learned about ...
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e-Book: Getting a Grip on Third-Party Entity Risk
Most global companies conduct business with thousands of suppliers, resellers, distributors, joint-venture partners, and other third-parties. These business partners create risks, and those risks keep expanding. In this e-Book, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with NAVEX Global, we look at how companies are assessing third-party risks and adopting strategies ...
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Brazil Gets Praise and a Push from OECD on Anti-Bribery Efforts
Oct. 30—Brazil is getting both a pat on the back and a push forward from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development regarding its anti-bribery efforts. OECD’s Working Group on Bribery said this week that Brazil “must build on the positive momentum” started with its new Corporate Liability Law and ...
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Companies Analyzed Pay-for-Performance, Didn’t Tell Shareholders
While nearly 60 percent of public companies have conducted an executive-pay-for-performance analysis, nearly two-thirds of them didn’t tell shareholders those results, according to new research from professional services firm Towers Watson. When asked why they did not discuss their pay-for-performance analysis, most said they are waiting for new SEC disclosure ...