Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog August 3, 2018 Knowledge Is Power: What Higher Education Institutions Must Know About GDPR Compliance Risk In the coming months, as U.S. colleges and universities prepare to welcome students to a new academic year, a priority topping their to-do lists should be identifying and understanding their risk exposure to the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They also should be making appropriate changes to meet the technological, administrative and legal requirements of this… Blog June 2, 2020 Process Analytics Provides Edge in Coping With Pandemic-Stricken Supply Chains If your company had its supply chain disrupted during the pandemic, welcome to the 94% Club. That is the percentage of Fortune 1000 companies that are experiencing disruption to their material resources as a result of COVID-19, according to a recent Fortune Magazine article. But being a member of that unfortunate club right now doesn’t have to spell doom for the future. In fact, there are… Blog June 3, 2020 Reentry Considerations for Finance as Companies Begin to Reopen As finance organizations contemplate the prospect of re-entering their offices for the first time in a long time, there are a number of logistical and practical matters to consider, and some theoretical ones as well. In addition to ensuring the continuation of proper internal controls over financial transactions and financial reporting, that means looking out for the well-being of team members… Blog June 4, 2020 Bank Culture Reform in Hong Kong On 19 December 2018, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular titled “Supervision for Bank Culture,” which supplements its original 2 March 2017 “Bank Culture Reform” guidance with further details. The new guidance introduced supervisory measures to Authorized Institutions (AIs), including self-assessments and site visits. The HKMA commenced a self-assessment exercise under… Blog June 5, 2020 Rise of the SPACs: Understanding the Risks and Rewards in This Vogue IPO Vehicle To many market observers, 2020 will go down as the year of COVID-19. But to investment managers, especially those involved with initial public offerings (IPOs), this year may well be remembered for the rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). While traditional IPOs by and large have hit the pause button, so far in 2020, SPACs are having a banner year. As of late May, SPACs… Blog June 8, 2020 Lessons Learned from COVID-19: A Discussion for Board Members The COVID-19 crisis threw companies for a loop as an economic downturn that to many may have looked like a manageable possibility in the beginning, unfortunately became a full-blown economic crisis and human tragedy. For many boards, this meant working closely with management to revisit the strategy to address new risks on top of existing ones. In the chaos, the companies that were most… Blog June 9, 2020 Transparency, Empathy, Consistency, Frequency – Keys to Crisis Communications On June 2, 2020, Protiviti Advisory Board member Susan Molinari and Protiviti Executive Vice President Patrick Scott joined Protiviti Managing Director and moderator Frank Kurre for a webinar discussion entitled “How Should You Communicate with Customers During a Crisis?”The webinar explored a number of questions around best practices for communicating with clients during this time of COVID-19… Blog June 10, 2020 SOX Compliance Under COVID-19: The Show Must Go On (Part 1) Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted one 45-day extension for public companies subject to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reporting requirements, the regulator still expects companies to appropriately protect investors and the public interest by maintaining the full rigor of internal control requirements. As a result, a number of challenges need to be addressed. I had the… Blog June 11, 2020 Assessing Risk in Dynamic Times: Challenge Brings Opportunity to Internal Audit COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into business operations around the world. Workplaces once teeming with workers sit empty as staffs have worked from home for the last several weeks. Considering the fact that major organizations have announced that remote working could become permanent for some of their employees, business won’t return to the “old normal” anytime soon, if ever. The disruption is… Blog June 12, 2020 For Financial Industry, Post-Pandemic Resilience Building Should Focus Equally on Operational Successes and Failures The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on lives, livelihoods, economic stability and business continuity (for small enterprises particularly) continues to be overwhelming. But, in contrast to the financial crisis of 2008, the pandemic is not a financial industry-driven event. This time around, the industry has been a critical part of the solution rather than part of the problem. At the onset of the… Load More
