Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper January 23, 2024 Ten Things Foreign Financial Institutions Should Know About Executive Order 14114 By Carol BeaumierOn December 22, 2023, when many of us had already started our holiday breaks, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14114, which among other things creates new secondary sanctions risk for foreign financial institutions. For anyone who missed this development or anyone who is simply trying to understand the significance of this EO, here are 10 things we think you should… Flash Report June 8, 2023 U.S. Banking Regulators Finalise (Finally) Revised Third-Party Risk Management Guidance On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) issued the “Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management.”[1] This marks the long-awaited finalisation of the proposed guidance that was initially issued on July 19,… Flash Report May 4, 2020 Treasury Department Continues to Issue Guidelines for Small Business Paycheck Protection Program The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers a lifeline to small businesses and sole proprietors (generally those with 500 or fewer employees) in the form of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This programme initially authorized $349 billion in… Whitepaper April 24, 2024 Sanctions Risk Assessment: A Key Risk Management Tool Faced with the growing complexity of the geopolitical landscape, governments have been using financial sanctions increasingly as foreign policy tools to respond to developments as wide ranging as regional conflicts and wars, terrorism, and human slavery. In today’s highly charged geopolitical environment, sanctions compliance is a focus not only for financial institutions and regulatory… Newsletter August 23, 2023 The Director’s Playbook for Generative AI The big picture: So much has been written about generative AI (GenAI), it seems like a constant buzz inspiring both wonder and fear. But the value proposition is alluring. After witnessing OpenAI’s ChatGPT in action, Bill Gates said, “I knew I had just seen the most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface.”Between the lines: The opportunities for using GenAI to enhance… Newsletter March 9, 2023 A Director’s Responsibility to the CEO Today’s unprecedented pace of disruptive innovation in the market and conflicting demands of multiple stakeholders are creating relentless pressure on the CEO. Is the board contributing to the CEO’s performance and ability to function? So, what should board members do to fulfill their responsibilities to shareholders as they assist the CEO in facing the business realities of today — and tomorrow… Video December 22, 2021 Executive Viewpoints: Protiviti on Climate Stress Testing for Banks Michael Brauneis, Financial Services Industry Lead and Managing Director, Protiviti, sits down with Joe Seidel, Chief Operating Officer of SIFMA, to explore climate stress testing for banks. Executive Viewpoints is a special series from SIFMA's 2021 Annual Meeting featuring insightful conversations about the trends and innovations shaping our capital markets. Watch them all at sifma.org/annual. Whitepaper May 30, 2023 Reshaping Loan Servicing Compliance Servicers in lending organisations are challenged with navigating economic headwinds that are pushing delinquency- and default-rate projections higher. This task has been complicated by increased global regulatory focus and dynamic customer expectations, which are further providing impetus for servicers to reassess existing strategies and processes from a compliance perspective while continuing… Newsletter November 29, 2023 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider As they self-assess their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda focus in view of the company’s industry, circumstances, risks, financial reporting issues and current… Newsletter December 9, 2022 Setting the 2023 Audit Committee Agenda As in prior years, our suggested 2023 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, process and technology issues and financial reporting and disclosure issues. In addition to discussing these agenda items, we have offered questions for audit committees to consider when self-assessing their own performance with respect to executing the normal ongoing activities articulated in the… Load More