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Directors Quarterly: January 2024

Taking stock, looking ahead - The start of a new year is an important opportunity for boards to take a step back and reassess their agendas to help ensure that they are appropriately focused on the most critical issues for...more

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FRC publishes revised UK Corporate Governance Code

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On 22 January 2024, the FRC published a revised edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). This follows on from the consultation on several important changes to the Code that it launched in May 2023 (see our...more

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New UK Corporate Governance Code: carefully choreographed

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Today saw the publication by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of its revised corporate governance code (the Code). Whilst the updated Code contains a limited set of targeted changes, as opposed to a broader wholesale...more

BakerHostetler

SEC Chief Accountant Warns About Need for Comprehensive Risk Assessments

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For years, regulators have emphasized that the starting point for maintaining an effective compliance program is understanding the particular risks the company faces. According to Munter, this same concept applies to...more

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Financial Reporting Council’s Annual Review of Corporate Governance Reporting: Continued Progress, but Room to Improve

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We are experiencing a period of financial turmoil not seen for decades. At the risk of stating the obvious, the intense damage inflicted on government coffers by responding to a pandemic, coupled with the fallout from the...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Updates for the Upcoming 2022 Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Form 20-F

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted amendments and updated disclosure requirements that are to be included in a reporting company’s annual report on Form 10-K or 20-F. The SEC has also proposed...more

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SEC Highlights Need to Remediate ICFR Material Weaknesses

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Disclosure alone is not sufficient; material weaknesses need to be actively remediated. While the SEC's Financial Reporting and Audit Group has been relatively quiet, it started 2019 with a bang, bringing four coordinated...more

The Volkov Law Group

What Happens When a CFO Fails to Listen to the CCO?

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Chief financial officers are powerful players in the corporate governance landscape. CFOs play a critical role in the management and oversight of the company’s internal accounting controls. Sarbanes-Oxley lifted the...more

Dechert LLP

Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2018: Hong Kong SFC Publishes Consultation Proposals on Public Fund...

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Following an initial “soft” consultation with industry participants and relevant stakeholders, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a three-month consultation on proposed amendments to the Code on Unit Trusts...more

The Volkov Law Group

COSO Framework: Fraud, Corruption and Compliance (Part I of II)

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Global companies need to actively work to prevent fraud and corruption. Fraud and corruption go hand-in-hand. To commit bribery, bad actors have to gain access to money for unauthorized (illegal) purposes. A failure to...more

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CCOs and CFOs: Bringing Everyone Together

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Chief compliance officers are politicians and have to possess great interpersonal skills. They have to “get along” and persuade key constituencies — most especially their business partners – to commit and devote time and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance-Episode 12

Show Notes for Episode 12, the Summer Haze Edition The dog days of summer are on the horizon and the Houston Astros lead the major leagues in winning percentage. Coincidence that the US pulls out of the Paris Climate Accords...more

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Issuer Reporting and Disclosure Remains Focus of SEC and Other Regulators

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In a recent speech, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney confirmed the SEC’s continued pursuit of investigations and enforcement actions relating to issuer reporting and disclosure, an area that remains a high priority...more

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