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Roundtable Discussion Of The 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards Updates

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On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice president and senior audit...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

OIG guidance for Boards regarding compliance

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) white paper, “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight” (OIG Guidance), provides an excellent road map for thinking about how to structure a Compliance...more

Jones Day

APRA v. IOOF—Key Issues for Australian Directors and Management

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On 20 September 2019, the Federal Court of Australia delivered its much-anticipated judgment in the highly publicised proceedings brought by APRA against IOOF's Chairman, Managing Director, three senior executives and two...more

A&O Shearman

Banking Standards Board Publishes Good Practice Guidance on Regulatory References

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The Banking Standards Board has published a statement of good practice for firms when providing and requesting regulatory references in accordance with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. The SM&CR for banks and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Living in the Cloud: Practical Approaches to Cybersecurity Risks (Part III of III)

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Businesses are increasingly relying on the cloud to store confidential and sensitive information.  One-third of information technology budgets are used for cloud services.  Rapid growth in cloud storage is expected over the...more

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UK FICC Markets Standards Board Announces Consultation on Draft Statement of Good Practice

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The U.K. FICC Markets Standards Board has published a Transparency Draft of its new Statement of Good Practice on Conflicts of Interest. The Statement aims to provide guidance for participants in the fixed income, currencies...more

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Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on How It Evaluates Compliance Programs

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Last week, the DOJ Criminal Division published a guidance document entitled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" (ECCP). This document is meant to assist prosecutors in determining what credit should be given to a...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Implementation, Operationalization and Effectiveness (Part IV of V)

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While I hate to start out a posting with such “mumbo jumbo” terms, I had to come up with short hand descriptions of some otherwise fairly complex and robust topics under the new DOJ Guidance....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

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DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Risk Assessments and Policies and Procedures (Part II of IV)

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Part 1 of the Corporate Compliance Guidance addresses the following elements of a well-designed compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures, training and communications, confidential reporting structure and...more

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DOJ Issues New and More Robust Guidance on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Part I of IV)

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In a major development in ethics and compliance program expectations, the Justice Department has issued a new and important revised guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs....more

K2 Integrity

Preparing the Board for Activist Investors

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Regardless of a company’s success or confidence in its strategy, management, and board, there are few situations public companies face that are more daunting than an unsolicited approach by an activist investor. And with...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SFC (the “Commission”) Expresses Concern over Irregularities in Asset Management Activities

•The Commission has identified a number of regulatory concerns with respect to private funds and discretionary accounts, in particular, funds with concentrated, illiquid and interconnected investments. •The Commission has...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

New DOJ Evaluation – Valuable Document for the Compliance Practitioner: Part I

I guess Matt Kelly cannot leave his journalist roots for it was he who broke the story within the greater compliance community that the Department of Justice (DOJ) very quietly released a document, entitled “Evaluation of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance Week – Part I: Embracing Agile

This week I begin a five-part series on innovation in the compliance function. One of the most constant things that I have observed in my nearly 10 years of practice in the compliance space is its constant evolution....more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions

This month, the FCA and PRA announced a new regime for whistleblowing that will start to be phased in from March 2016. This is part of the broader desire on the part of the UK regulators to encourage individuals to raise...more

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