Twenty percent of US CFOs reported in a new survey that it has become more challenging to manage their firms’ compliance-related initiatives in the past 12 months.
Asia no longer tops the list of places where US tech companies plan to create manufacturing jobs, research by BDO suggests. Find out where the tech industry is looking to offshore next.
The pace of regulatory change, implementing a globally consistent anti-money-laundering (AML) framework across the business and the rising costs of compliance are the key AML challenges facing the financial services sector, according to a survey by KPMG International.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to limit individual investors’ participation in securities-based crowdfunding and require loan-based operators to be more transparent, under new rules announced March 6th.
Amid a barrage of customer data breaches, companies have a chance to create a competitive advantage by building and keeping customer trust with strong data protection policies and controls.
A PwC survey reveals that consumers are willing to purchase fake clothing, accessories, alcohol and more. Are your company’s IP assets adequately protected?
Maintaining a healthy tension between entrepreneurial risk and protection of enterprise value is a challenging task for risk management and internal control. Organisations can use five lines of defence to achieve the appropriate tension.
Regulatory pressures are still keeping business leaders up at night, according to a new survey. Find out what else executives and board members are most concerned about in the months ahead.
Over the past two years, India ranked among the top five destinations worldwide for foreign direct investment despite the multiple challenges that multinational companies face doing business in the country.
Based on insight from more than 100 companies, the CGMA Return on Ideas report outlines good practice guidelines to help focus marketing spend on the concepts and activities that are most likely to generate value for your business.
Global supply chains tend to deliver more value when CFOs and supply-chain leaders work closely together, but such a business partnership existed at only about one-quarter of companies EY polled worldwide.
April is the forecasted date for a vote of the full European Parliament on EU audit market reforms, which took another step in the legislative process.
EY has identified six themes related to fraud and corruption in 2014. Among them: dealing with cyber threats and balancing the opportunity for growth in emerging markets with perceived corruption risk.
Many companies are poorly prepared to handle cross-border investigations and are neglecting to train staff in the culturally sensitive task, according to a new report. Here are six steps to follow to get an investigation off to a good start.
Purposefully pessimistic sessions called “pre-mortems” are helpful in uncovering and then developing strategies around unknown risks. Here’s a guide on how to conduct your own pre-mortem.
Asian companies are eager to embrace Big Data, but most are lagging in implementing their ambitious plans, according to a survey of more than 500 senior executives and frontline managers in Asia Pacific.
The new regulations and amendments approved include a requirement that audit firms rotate engagements with public-interest entities every ten years – with provisions for longer periods when engagements are put out for bid or joint audits are performed.
EU leaders have reached preliminary agreement on audit reforms that would include a requirement for audit firms of public-interest entities to rotate after an engagement of ten years – with provisions that could extend that period if the engagement is put out for bid or joint audits are performed.
