Sep 11, 2023 Common PCAOB Inspection Findings and Actions Firms Can Take to Improve Audit Quality and Reduce the Risk of Regulatory Enforcement Actions By Paul Naberezny In July 2023, the PCAOB published the spotlight, “Staff Update and Preview of 2022 Inspection Observations.” The article summarized the...
Jul 25, 2023 Cross Border Investigations: Key Challenges in Tackling Complex Matters and How To Address Them By Lorynn Demetriades At last month’s C5 International Anti-Corruption Conference, Lorynn Demetriades, Senior Managing Director at Ankura, and Dylan Moses,...
Jun 29, 2023 Compass Publication July 2023 By Ankura Consulting Our Anti-Financial Crime Team delivers powerful solutions to complex regulatory, licensing, and compliance challenges experienced by...
Jun 23, 2023 "High" Risk, It's Inevitable By Robert Reed As the cannabis industry continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important for financial institutions to prepare for federal...
Jun 07, 2023 The Dirty Side of Going Green: Corruption and Human Rights Risks Within the Clean Energy Supply Chain By Bobby Sabouri Lorynn Demetriades Sasi-Kanth Mallela The current global energy crisis has created unprecedented momentum behind renewable energy, with the International Energy Agency...
Jun 02, 2023 Failure to Prevent Fraud: Reasonable Procedures and Preparing Your Organization for the New Offense By Kurun Bhandari Lorynn Demetriades Sasi-Kanth Mallela Introduction An amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill) has brought in the offense of failure to...
May 25, 2023 Saving Football From Dubious Owners Is Not an Easy Task By Jonathan Brown Ezra Cohen Football is an industry built on passion and commitment, with clubs steeped in tradition and soaked in the hopes and dreams of supporters...
May 09, 2023 Is the CDD Pillar of BSA/AML Important – How Can My Institution Truly Benefit? By Robert Reed Danielle Tobb FinCEN’s 2016 introduction of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) as the fifth internationally known pillar of Anti-Money Laundering (AML)...
Apr 20, 2023 Financial Crime Compliance - Skilled Person Reviews By Andrew Pimlott James Tebbs UAE now requires banks to appoint an independent “skilled person” to check financial crime compliance. The Central Bank of the UAE is to...
Apr 17, 2023 Compass Publication April 2023 By Ankura Consulting Our Anti- Financial Crime Team delivers powerful solutions to complex regulatory, licensing, and compliance challenges experienced by...
Apr 04, 2023 The Business Behind Sport: Lloyd Thomas - General Counsel at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club By Felix Vetter Our guest on this episode of The Business Behind Sport podcast is Lloyd Thomas, General Counsel at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club....
Mar 29, 2023 Understanding the Impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on Companies’ Risk Exposure By Sasi-Kanth Mallela Reecha Patel There has been a lot written about the potential impact of this bill when it becomes law. It could create new corporate offenses,...