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How can the financial system be a more positive contributor to social goals? According to John Taft, CEO, author and great-grandson of 27ᵗʰ U.S. President William Howard Taft, it starts with stewardship — putting the client's interest first. If you...

The Importance of Digital Vendor Management As the digital landscape grows and changes, businesses rely on an increasingly sprawling network of third, fourth, and fifth parties to render final, consumer-facing content. Chris Olson, CEO at The Media Trust, explains why...

The Risk to Investors Despite the proliferation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, financial regulators have been slow to introduce rules to govern them. Cordium’s Jesse Brown surveys the current state of regulation regarding investment in cryptocurrencies and ICOs and discusses...

A Compliance Challenge On April 6, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions on a number of Russian individuals and entities (specially designated nationals, or SDNs). Wendy Wysong, Nick Turner and Ali Burney offer insights into how these sanctions will impact U.S....

5 Actions to Take Now With the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) Part 504 regulation’s first annual compliance certification deadline approaching, financial institutions must ensure compliance as soon as possible. This piece discusses practical steps to benchmark...

Alexandra interviews Michela Wrong, a British journalist who has authored several books on events across the African continent, covering, among other topics, corruption and political intrigue. Michela discusses her excellent book about Kenyan whistleblower John Githongo, the corruption he uncovered...

Today, PwC released its annual Risk in Review, a study with insights from more than 1,500 senior risk executives. This year’s report focuses on how risk leaders address innovation risk. Risk management is often overlooked during periods of innovation, but having the right risk-reward balance in place is the key to success in...

Global consulting firm Protiviti and global business technology professional association ISACA have released their annual report, A Global Look at IT Audit Best Practices. Key findings from the survey of more than 1,300 IT audit and internal audit leaders and professionals include: Privacy/cybersecurity was...

How to Get to Win-Win Traditionally, HR compliance has involved ensuring that companies are operating in accordance with the alphabet soup of laws governing the employment relationship, including FLSA, OSHA, ERISA and the NLRA, among others. The most urgent issue, however, may be one...

Guidance for Information Governance Guardians Every business relies on information assets to assist with daily functions. Today's increased cybersecurity risks call for organizations to monitor their data closely in an effort to classify and protect it. While this is a...

Are You Prepared for the Top HR Challenges in 2018? Each new year brings changes in the workplace, government, society, culture, technology and the legal landscape that translate into challenges and obstacles for employers. XpertHR conducted a survey in October...

8 Principles to Guide the Risk Assessment Process Organizations don’t need to involve the board in every risk by any means, but critical enterprise risks are a special breed. Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach provides the formula for an appropriately designed risk...