Governance/Regulation & Compliance

In my 12 years of monitoring compliance programs for companies with operations in Latin America, I have seen multinationals struggle to implement their compliance programs.

While it is difficult to predict how U.S. sanctions will evolve, this article lists three areas on which to keep watch, as well as guidance on how best to promote sanctions compliance.

The SEC chair is laying out one of the most ambitious agendas in the SEC's 87-year history—some 49 proposals, many already drawing opposition.

The SEC identifies several material climate-related issues that public companies need to be better about disclosing in annual reports.

Companies now face pressing questions such as how to document compliance and how their performance will be tracked.

How unsiloing risk creates a nimble enterprise risk management program.

Federal agencies are drafting rules to identify threats to government programs, assets, and liabilities; reduce risks to the nation's financial stability; and bolster disclosures of climate risk.

Despite a Twitter-user outcry, and loss of value for some cryptocurrency-related assets, market observers point out that this matches IRS treatment of cash transactions.