Do Boards of Directors Have a Use-By Date?
The value of board directors to a company's value increases the longer they serve—at least for nine years, according to new research from QMA that examines the relationship between average board tenure...
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FINRA’s New Standards Reveal Greater Focus on Compliance
Post 2008, banks operate in an atmosphere of increased compliance and shifting regulation. Broker-dealers and big banks need to understand the risk they are undertaking by operating in this heavily...
Principles for Improving Board Risk Reporting
Global consulting firm Protiviti has published thought leadership on necessary principles for improving risk oversight. A fundamental underpinning of effective Board risk oversight is timely, reliable and insightful risk reporting. ...
PwC Report on Share Repurchases and Dividends
With record sums of cash on the balance sheets of U.S. companies, there are questions about the best way to use this liquidity. Activists often pressure companies to increase share...
The Ultimate Guide to IT Audit Readiness
As if the job of an IT manager or leader was not already challenging enough, today’s IT risk and regulatory environment is constantly increasing in complexity. Alongside this, there is...
PwC Publishes 2015 Annual Corporate Directors Survey
Board member views on strategy and risk oversight have shifted to a longer-term orientation with emphasis on evaluating macro-trends as part of their strategic review, according to PwC’s recent Annual...
Implications of the New Revenue Recognition Standard
As companies begin to implement the new standard, it’s critical to understand the accompanying business and technology implications that follow. PwC’s latest report offers top-of-mind considerations to prepare for the...
Managing Risk in the Cloud: Management’s Role, a PwC Report
Cloud services are gaining traction with C-suite execs looking to drive business innovation and competitive advantage, however cloud adoption can create gaps between cloud usage and risk management. To address...
PWC Report: A Guide to Cloud Audits
Today, Internal Audit is in a state of rapid transformation, thanks largely to cloud technologies. IT is rapidly modernizing our data centers from virtualization to software defined data centers so...
How CMOs Can Better Protect Customer Data
Customer data is one of your organization's most valuable assets. It yields insights into consumer preferences and purchase intentions. But even though the privacy issue surrounding such data is a...
SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Releases Annual Report
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Whistleblower has recently released its annual report for fiscal year 2014. Highlights of the report include: The SEC issued more whistleblower awards...
PWC: Metrics By Design
A Practical Approach to Measuring Internal Audit Performance At a glance Expectations of Internal Audit are rising. Regulatory pressure is increasing. Budgets are tightening. Internal audit scope is expanding. In...