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By Bernadine Reese and Jackie SanzRegulators and many other stakeholders are intently focused on how financial institutions address environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Within financial institutions, boards of directors, executive management and much of the C-suite are weighing in on the ESG strategy and approach. Chief compliance officers (CCOs), though, have been remarkedly…
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On 26 July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments1 to its rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by public companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The SEC’s view is that cybersecurity threats and incidents pose an ongoing risk to public companies, investors and market…
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d2i is a cloud-based healthcare analytics solutions firm that’s on the move. The company provides an unparalleled data analytics application that aggregates, harmonizes and enriches diverse data sources to some of the largest hospital emergency departments (ED) in the United States. The company currently extracts Electronic Health Record (EHR) data into their environment for over 240 hospitals.…
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Your monthly compliance news roundup
Agencies Update Guidance on BSA/AML Compliance Program Expectations
On August 13, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a joint statement that explains the enforcement of certain Bank Secrecy…
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Risk landscape is shifting for private equity firms and portfolio companiesWhile the top 2024 and 2034 risk concerns of executives and board members from private equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies track closely with the risk priorities identified by leaders globally in other industry sectors, the volatility that roiled the PE market in 2023 is evident in how leaders in the industry…
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For Marie Lodňanová, her fearlessness to step into the unknown and her openness to say ‘yes,’ rather than to look for an excuse to say ‘no,’ saw her travel from the Czech Republic, to Poland and Mexico – all in the name of work. Currently calling the UK home, Marie is Global Head of New Business Onboarding with Visa FinTech subsidiary, Currencycloud. She tells one of our senior consultants,…
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As 2024 begins, the economy and markets are showing some encouraging signs, with inflation stabilising and interest rates poised to remain where they are or even start to come down in the coming year. Private equity leaders are hopeful this leads to a more active IPO and M&A cycle this year.
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An increasingly important issue for board members to address today is sustainability – specifically, sustainable sourcing and operations. These challenges not only have global compliance implications, but also brand and reputation issues, which are especially important to the board.In this episode, we speak with Protiviti’s Radhi Subramanian and Debjani Mallick about strategic and sustainable…
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The ESG regulatory landscape is starting to form: In the public markets worldwide, companies are trying to determine how to respond to and incorporate stringent sustainability-related disclosure requirements from the EU. Meanwhile, the International Sustainability Standards Board has completed its work on a set of voluntary standards for public companies globally. In the U.S., the SEC is poised…
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In this episode of the Blind Spots in the Boardroom podcast, Protiviti Managing Director and host Constantine Boyadjiev welcomes Rich Kessler, a Director in Protiviti’s Technology Risk and Resilience, to discusses the growing impact of AI, especially generative models, on governance functions. They explore the balance between innovation and risk, emphasising responsible adoption through…
