Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Fewer Oil Companies Are on the Edge of Bankruptcy — Is This Really Good News? In this Industry Perspective series, we offer the views of Protiviti leaders on developments and news in specific industries. The perspective below focuses on Energy & Utilities. A recent update from Debtwire states that 135 oil companies headed for bankruptcy is good news compared to the 180 companies that were on the Debtwire list in January. According to the article, oil prices have… Blog Four U.S. Regulatory Agencies Issue CECL FAQs – Here Is the Summary Four U.S. regulatory agencies – the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – have issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) in an effort to assist banks and other financial institutions with the implementation process… Blog 2016 Was an Eventful Year – This Is How We Covered It As 2016 comes to a close, I want to look back on the events that made this year unique in ways both rewarding and challenging – and summarize the topics Protiviti professionals discussed, and our readers engaged with, here on The Protiviti View. Perhaps the most seminal events of 2016 with the biggest implications were Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as president. The Brexit was brought… Blog Compliance Insights Latest: Regulator Warns on Sales Incentives, New York Fed on Ethics, and More Culture and ethics are important in financial services; this much has always been clear to anyone working in the industry. Consumers and businesses alike place a great deal of trust in the system, and continue to hold it in high regard even in light of recent scandals and events that have highlighted certain questionable practices, testing this trust. But culture and ethics are much more than… Blog 2017 Perceived as Riskier by Top Executives, Survey Results Say Political and economic instability, cyberattacks and disruptive change have global executives and board members on high alert for the year ahead, according to research from Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative. The report, Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2017, and an executive summary are available for download on the Protiviti website. Concerns about… Blog 2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 1) Our January 7 webinar, The 2016 Audit Committee Agenda, based on our latest issue of The Bulletin, drew more than 1,500 participants. The audience was diverse and included a large number of directors and executives, so it’s not surprising that a lot of interesting and relevant questions were asked. We promised we would get to as many questions as we could but, due to our time constraints, we… Blog 2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 2) We are continuing our Q&A series stemming from our January 7 webinar on the 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. We’ve been exploring audit committee priorities for 2016, based on the findings published in the latest issue of The Bulletin. This four-part Q&A blog series provides our responses to some of the many interesting questions from our 1,500 webinar participants that we were unable to… Blog 2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 3) We are picking up our previous discussion of audit committee priorities as we continue to answer your questions from our popular January 7 webinar, The 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This blog series answers questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we addressed questions regarding the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new… Blog 2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 4) We are wrapping up our series of blog posts based on our popular January 7 webinar on the 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This series answers some of the questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we touched on the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new rules on lease accounting and board-level engagement with cybersecurity… Blog Arriving at Internal Audit's Tipping Point Amid Business Transformation Protiviti just released its 2016 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, the 10th year we have conducted this insightful study on internal audit priorities and trends. We'll cover many aspects of this study and the results in future blog posts. For now, I invite you to view our video and infographic, and visit our website to learn more and read our report. [wpvideo… Load More
