News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Let’s start with recent events that might have escaped notice because of Covid-19 distractions. Two years ago, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaders representing about a thousand global companies kicked shareholder capitalism aside and replaced it with stakeholder capitalism.… Continue Reading
In times of global crises and economic hardship, such as the current one, the art market provides a safe haven. Investors tend to distrust financial products and turn to assets that are less affected by market volatility, including in the luxury and art industries.… Continue Reading
For compliance professionals and the programs they run, politically exposed persons are a big deal. PEPs trigger money laundering and corruption concerns and therefore attract enhanced due diligence. So, I always assumed PEPs are easy to identify.… Continue Reading
It takes some imagination, but our virtual work environment — our new normal — can allow “valuable interpersonal networks to survive and even thrive,” according to two professors at the Rutgers Business School, Daniel Levin and Terri Kurtzberg.… Continue Reading
The first defendant to go on trial in the UK as part of the Serious Fraud Office’s criminal investigation into the manipulation of Libor was convicted and sentenced Monday at Southwark Crown Court.… Continue Reading
In a securities filing this month, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said it received a subpoena from the SEC asking about job offers to government officials and internships awarded to their family members.… Continue Reading
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said the SEC has recommended an enforcement action for possible FCPA violations related to the bank’s dealings with sovereign wealth funds.
In an SEC filing Friday, BNY said it received a so-called Wells Notice in the fourth quarter of 2014, and some current and former employees had received the same notice in the third quarter.… Continue Reading
Royal Bank of Scotland received immunity from a €110 million ($146 million) fine after telling the European Commission’s competition watchdog it had tried to fix Swiss franc interest rates with JP Morgan.… Continue Reading
Song Lin, the chairman of state-controlled China Resources, was fired Sunday for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law violations.”
China’s Xinhua news agency said Song, 51, was dismissed from his post as chairman and party boss of China Resources Holdings, the parent group of five Hong Kong-listed companies.… Continue Reading
The B20 Task Force on Improving Transparency and Anti-Corruption’s latest report is out, and the former director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office told me that there has been some notable changes of detail in it.… Continue Reading
Family members of China’s current and prior political leaders are using secret, offshore companies to help hide their wealth in tax havens, a new report says. And some well-known banks and accounting firms have played a significant role in helping them do it.… Continue Reading
Look closely at traders who are performing significantly above their peers or the market. They have been trading outside of the risk criteria of their employers for a while, most likely.… Continue Reading