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As governments across the globe, including the EU, US, Canada, UK, Japan, Singapore and more, have imposed sanctions on Russia, with promises of additional action if Russia persists with its war on Ukraine, financial institutions and their customers are forced to review their trade and commodities transactions involving Russia to assess their legal and reputation risk. These reviews are…
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Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued proposed rules that would require reporting companies to enhance and standardise climate-related disclosures.
Specifically, the commission voted to approve moving forward with proposed changes related to information about climate-related risks contained in registration statements and periodic reports, such as a company’s…
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Innovation and Transformation Are Driving the Future of Internal Auditing
The past two years have seen unprecedented levels of innovation and transformation among organisations worldwide as they have pivoted and adapted in response to a historic global pandemic. Innovation and transformation are now mainstays in ensuring businesses stay relevant and competitive. This unquestionably is a mindset…
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Restrictive government policies, the talent shortage, third-party outsourcing arrangements, disruptive digital technologies, and, of course, the persisting pandemic are the dominant risk issues being discussed in boardrooms and executive suites across the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry group.These risk issues and more are cited in Protiviti’s latest annual …
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On February 23, Protiviti issued a Flash Report on Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two Ukrainian regions as “independent people’s republics,” deployment of “peacekeeping forces,” and demands that Ukraine disarm and negotiate the sovereignty of the two separatist regions. The Flash Report also summarised the sanctions that had been imposed by the West in response to Putin’s aggression.
Much has…
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Key takeaways
Organisational resiliency is the name of the game, reinforcing the importance of a risk-focused board.
A long-term risk perspective augments the board’s short-term risk awareness and governance.
The board owns oversight of risk through established, regularly reported metrics.
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First there were layaways. Conjured during the Great Depression when people were struggling to make ends meet, layaways allowed people to buy big-ticket items and pay in installments before walking away with their product. Layaways were especially popular around the holidays when many people reserved all their gifts in advance and started saving for them through a layaway programme. Then came the…
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Trailing their European counterparts on climate-related issues, U.S. banking regulators are playing catch-up, urged by the new administration to do so. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested in a July Senate Banking Hearing that climate stress testing could be on the table. On September 24, 2021, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB-NY) released a staff report detailing a climate-…
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Covid-19, the economy, racial equity and climate. These are what the Biden-Harris transition team initially identified as the priorities of its administration. Since President Biden took office, other pressing issues such as immigration, cyber defense, and the U.S.’s exit from Afghanistan have been added to the list. The financial services industry wasn’t expected to, and does not, make the…
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Rapid change, staffing shortages and intense regulations are top concerns for healthcare organisations in 2022 and 2031
Rapid change, staffing shortages and intense regulations are top-of-mind concerns for most healthcare organisations going into 2022 as they continue to grapple with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for challenges that will follow the crisis. These organisations…
