Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Flash Report October 9, 2020 PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations On October 8, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) published its Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations. In 2019, the PCAOB inspected approximately 175 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 710 public company audits in the United States and abroad. Through the inspections, the board identified potential areas of improvement for all firms and good… Newsletter April 17, 2020 COVID-19: Paradigm Shift in the Boardroom (An Expanded Discussion) The discussion below is a more complete coverage, including examples, of the topic addressed in Issue 127 of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight and on NACD/BoardTalk.The global COVID-19 pandemic is a different experience from other catastrophic events like the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. It is spawning new thinking in all quarters,… Video June 30, 2020 Video - The continuous need to address reporting and compliance requirements Accounting and finance organisations have been challenged recently with new accounting and financial reporting and compliance requirements from a new revenue recognition standard to a new lease accounting standards to more recently accounting for credit losses and agreeing with their audits on critical audit matters. Whitepaper May 11, 2020 Insurers Can Mitigate Operational Challenges, Losses as Pandemic Claims Mount Like all major employers, insurance companies are dealing with operational and workforce disruptions, as millions of their employees – adjusters, actuaries, underwriters, and risk and loss control managers, as well as analysts, as examples – adapt to a remote work environment. The industry’s policyholder surplus, invested funds set aside by insurers to pay claims, is under pressure as asset… Whitepaper March 16, 2022 Top Risks for 2021 and 2030 - Financial Services Industry Perspectives Pandemic-related policies and regulation, interest rate environment are top concerns in financial services industry The continuing global challenges and potential existential threat posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Political divisiveness and polarisation. Social and economic unrest. Gridlock. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and other rapidly developing digital technologies. Rapid… Survey October 5, 2022 2022 and 2031 Financial Services Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Financial institutions demonstrate resiliency in responding to COVID and start to look forward out to the horizonOur survey results for 2021 reflected a financial services industry that was still consumed with responding to the most significant global pandemic in the past 100 years. Many of the areas of focus highlighted in last year’s survey involved short-term operational challenges, including… Flash Report December 15, 2020 U.S. Addresses Long-Standing Gap in its AML Compliance Regime One of the biggest gaps in the U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) regime is about to be closed, moving the United States toward compliance with international AML and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) standards related to beneficial ownership. Attempts to conceal ownership of corporations, limited liability companies or similar entities to facilitate illicit activity, including money… Whitepaper December 2, 2021 Buy Now, Pay Later...and Gear Up for More Regulation First there were layaways. Conjured during the Great Depression when people were struggling to make ends meet, layaways allowed people to buy big-ticket items and pay in installments before walking away with their product. Layaways were especially popular around the holidays when many people reserved all their gifts in advance and started saving for them through a layaway program. Then came the… Survey December 12, 2023 2024 Top Risks in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry TMT executives were asked to identify the biggest threats they anticipate over the next 12 months and a decade ahead. Many of the risks cited correlate in many ways and can be categorised under two broad themes: foundational risks, which are essentially challenges that leaders must address to keep their business thriving, and risks that are essential for continued growth and expansion. Survey December 12, 2023 2024 Top Risks in the Consumer Products and Services Industry The Consumer Products and Services industry group faces a long list of headwinds heading into 2024. Inflationary pressure, workforce attrition with talent gaps and protecting customers’ data are top on the list of major concerns weighing on the minds of senior executives in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail industry group. Load More