Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Make ESG Part of the Public Company Readiness Checklist — Your Valuation Could Depend on It The public company readiness checklist for any business working toward an initial public offering (IPO) is long and complicated. And now, there are signs in the marketplace that for many companies aiming for an IPO, this checklist may need to include an analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and reporting. Demonstrating meaningful effort and progress with ESG issues… Blog Agile Internal Audit: How to Audit at the Speed of Risk There's never been a better time to be an internal auditor. The internal audit profession is being asked to respond to an ever-increasing set of issues that reside in technology, compliance, culture, risk and other emerging hot topics. The ability for internal audit functions to remain relevant and address the needs of their clients is incumbent upon using new tools and techniques, including the… Blog Further Measures From the Bank of England to Support LIBOR Transition In what has become a steady stream of advisories from regulators globally about the financial institution’s preparedness for LIBOR transition, the Bank of England (the Bank), on February 26, announced further measures designed to “turbo-charge sterling LIBOR transition” in a speech by Andrew Hauser, Executive Director of Markets at the Bank. The Bank recognises the progress made in 2019,… Blog The Future of Privacy Regulations: Coping With a Complex and Evolving Landscape Data privacy regulations are in flux, not only at the state and national level, but globally. Even as companies put the finishing touches on extensive preparations to comply with the European Union’s landmark GDPR law, new laws were introduced in the U.S. states of California, Vermont, Nevada, and Maine. While new laws are being passed, those in effect are already being amended. There is… Blog Pre-IPO Companies – Put Your Vendors’ SOC Reports on Your 2020 Reading List For public companies, collecting service organization control (SOC) reports is one of the important activities as of the end of their fiscal year. Companies that have not yet gone public but are considering it are advised to request these reports as part of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal control analysis, and review them for any exceptions or deficiencies, to avoid potential audit problems down… Blog COVID-19: Is Your Business Immunized Against Supply Chain Disruption? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which emerged in central China in late 2019, had spread to 144 countries by March 15, infecting over 124,800 people. More than 6,500 deaths have been linked to the virus. And there are concerns that the pandemic, which has also disrupted manufacturing operations and supply chains around the world — not to mention caused one of the steepest declines on record… Blog Financial Institutions Should Prepare for High Absenteeism, Operational Disruptions as Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens While the scale and duration of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not yet fully understood, financial institutions, lawmakers, government and regulatory officials are working urgently to implement measures that will arrest the disruption to employees and customers, financial markets and systems, the economy, and business operations. So far, several agencies have issued updated guidance… Blog CECL and the New AICPA Practice Aid (Part 3): Internal Controls and Governance A new current expected credit losses (CECL) standard changes the way financial institutions estimate loss reserves from an “incurred loss” to an “expected loss” model. The AICPA has published a Practice Aid to help managers, internal auditors and audit committees prepare for the transition. We are offering our perspective on some of the sections in the Practice Aid that we think warrant… Blog The People Side of COVID-19: The Ultimate Test of Resilience? By any measure, the COVID-19 crisis represents an extraordinary set of circumstances, a perfect storm that could pose the ultimate test of resiliency for business organizations: Can they pivot through this daunting environment in a way that keeps both their operations and their brands intact? Some have referred to this global pandemic as a black swan. But it really isn’t. The World Economic… Blog Leading Remote Teams in Times of Uncertainty As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business activity across the globe, organizations are reacting to unexpected challenges and adopting new business practices to align with social distancing, school closures and other public health measures. While the long-term impacts of these changes are unclear, the rapid shift to remote employee working arrangements has emerged as a major trend… Load More
