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 March 7, 2018 Changing Minds, Business Models: Can the Consumer Products and Services Industry Sell Its Vision to the Workforce? Technology was, by far, the star of this year’s National Retail Federation “Big Show” conference in January – from smart shelves fitted with real-time inventory trackers to mobile checkout apps and robots that promise to drive costs and errors out of the supply chain. Retail automation is a trend we touched on in a blog post on mobile payments back in May of last year. Already, advances in… Blog March 8, 2018 The 2018 Audit Committee Agenda: You Asked, We Answer Topical webinars featuring Protiviti’s subject-matter experts rank among our most popular content — both live and on demand. One of the best features of the live versions are the questions from participants, which offer insight into what’s top of mind for them. Our recent webinar on the 2018 Audit Committee Agenda drew out some interesting questions, which we are happy to share as part of our… Blog March 9, 2018 Check Your Blind Spot: GDPR Poses Veiled Risks for M&D Companies Executives that participated in Protiviti’s latest annual top risks survey, conducted with North Carolina State University ERM Initiative, ranked regulatory changes and scrutiny as a top-five risk in 2018. That’s hardly a shocker, considering that respondents typically identify regulatory issues as a top concern each year. Companies unaware that regulatory changes could affect them are at even… Blog March 12, 2018 Analytics in Auditing Is a Game Changer – New Protiviti Survey Released Organizations worldwide are undertaking business and digital transformation initiatives, enabling changes that will have far-reaching effects on every enterprise function. Not surprisingly, the ability to utilize data analytics and big data to achieve competitive advantage and manage operations and strategic plans ranks among the top risk issues for board members and C-suite executives worldwide… Blog March 13, 2018 Disruptive Innovation Front and Center for Manufacturers and Distributors in 2018, According to Survey Digitalization has been called the fourth industrial revolution. New business models are emerging to keep up with the rapid pace of change, and not surprisingly, they are being met with some predictable internal resistance and cultural challenges. As these more agile and automated models rely to an ever-greater extent on technology and third-party suppliers, supply chain risk is an increasing… Blog March 14, 2018 Market Volatility: Is Your IPO Ready to Go? January 2018 set a record for initial public offerings (IPOs), with 17 companies raising almost $8 billion, surpassing the record of January 2014, when 12 IPOs raised $5.3 billion. That pace slowed considerably in February, however, amid substantial market volatility. It is easy to understand why companies – or their underwriters – grew shy of IPOs amidst the market swings. IPO activity… Blog August 31, 2016 Introducing Compliance Insights: Protiviti’s Monthly Roundup of News for Financial Services Firms With global banking regulation consistently ranking as a top concern for financial service industry executives and directors, Protiviti has launched Compliance Insights, a monthly advisory newsletter designed to provide financial services industry (FSI) executives with timely news on issues that are relevant now. Although primarily focused on banking compliance matters related to consumer… Blog September 2, 2016 Global CAEs Seeing Regulatory Convergence At The Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference in New York this July, I had the privilege of moderating a panel of CAEs on global audit issues, emerging risks and challenges in the financial services industry. We had a large international group, including hundreds of CAEs, who were eager to hear from our panelists representing some of the world’s largest financial institutions.… Blog September 9, 2016 PCI DSS 3.2 – What You Need to Know We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries from clients on the new payment card industry (PCI) compliance standard issued by the PCI Security Standards Council in April. The new data security standards (DSS) release, dubbed PCI DSS Version 3.2, contains some major changes from the previous version. The changes are explained pretty clearly in our May 9 Flash Report, but we recently had the… Blog September 21, 2016 CECL/IFRS 9 Update: New Credit Impairment Model Deadlines and Implementation Considerations As Protiviti reported back in May, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have been looking for lessons in the global banking crisis of 2007-08 and have come up with new forward-looking predictive models for financial institutions to use when estimating how much to reserve against potential loan losses. The FASB’s CECL model will… Load More
