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NewsRisk management imperative extends beyond financial services
The financial crisis has obviously led more executives in the financial services industry to focus on operational and IT risk management. But the impact of the crisis was sufficiently broad so that... Read more...
SEC faces challenges with new reform law
In the financial services industry, a lot of managers are busy pondering the impact of Dodd-Frank. Clearly, the compliance function just got more interesting--a lot more. But as you ponder your... Read more...
Where are they now? The whistleblowers edition
Whistleblowers have become a hot button issue, especially with recent developments in the JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) lawsuit filed by the firm's former vice president. Ex-VP Jennifer Sharkey claimed... Read more...
More small- to mid-size banks embrace cloud computing
Lately, there has been considerable buzz around cloud computing. In August, IT research firm Gartner, placed it at the top of their emerging technology hype-cycle, along with the claim that "the... Read more...
How to secure the cloud?
We've noted that the financial services industry has awakened to the massive potential of cloud computing. By one estimate, IT cloud services will form 25 percent of all incremental global IT... Read more...
Another 404(b) reprieve for small companies?
For a long time, I have been telling small companies that they might as well accept the reality of Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance, even as the SEC continues to grant more deadline extensions. The... Read more...
Technology and regulatory oversight
Given all the news in the financial services industry--not all of it rosy--it was easy to overlook the recent hearing by the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on... Read more...
Are you reporting enough ERM data?
Risk management is one of those buzzwords that seems to have achieved critical mass. A lot of people think that GRC perhaps ought to be reordered--RCG. But is this more rhetoric than reality? A new... Read more...
Boards suffering due to Sarbanes-Oxley?
Many people are calling for reform of corporate boards, especially in the financial services industry. They are certainly easy targets. Some directors may have a point when they complain that there... Read more...
Gartner: More Sarbox-like regulation coming
Speaking of the possible new regulation to stem from the pyrotechnics on Wall Street, "the shadow will be longer than Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or any other regulation of modern times," said John... Read more...
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