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Leader: banks take a beating There were claims from three separate directions this month, well sort of... read more

Risky Business: May 08 Risky Business: May 08 read more

Companies warned of dangers within UP TO 80 per cent of threats to a company’s information security co... read more

More reliance on compliance
There is an urgent need for comprehensive training on emerging compliance...

Opinion - Trade first, ask questions later

Armelle Guizot says the lack of regulation and poor risk management record of hedge funds has made a significant contribution to recent losses in equity values read more

Opinion - Taming the corporate animal

How can compliance and risk professionals ever hope to prevent their staff from doing the wrong thing if it is condoned explicitly or implicitly by management? Then again, can you blame management for not holding ethical practices above all else if they stand to lose market share if they do? read more

Risky business - Risky business: April 08

It seems the best way to get access to confidential data is to visit government auctions or get a job as a postie, preferably for the Royal Mail. Another institution has joined the proverbial leaky sieve club as hundreds of thousands of personal records now seem to be going missing on a weekly basis. read more

IT - New law to reclaim stolen identities

IDENTITY THEFT is squarely in the sights of the Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus, who wants to introduce tougher laws to help victims of the crime. read more

Opinion - Reporting duty to compliance staff may work, but not to ASIC: ACI

Statutory obligations for employees of financial intermediaries to report suspicious activity may work, says David Lawrence, but the compliance officer should not then have to report to regulators read more

Opinion - The evolutionary compliance career path

Martin Tolar charts the rise and challenges ahead for a profession now beginning to find its feet read more

IT - Vulnerabilities, impact of threats down

MOBILE APPLICATIONS and social networking were seen as the biggest security threats by small and medium sized businesses in a recent survey by Symantec, but both it and another survey from IBM appeared to register a plateau in software vulnerabilities and impact on users. read more

Opinion - Leader: Down to detail

The boost given to the role of internal audit that followed the introduction of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in the US is continuing as they are increasingly being seen as crucial to companies’ strategies to avoid further regulatory impositions and public ignominy. read more

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