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  • Flash Report
    March 26, 2020
    CECL Deferred for Banks Due to the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    As public filers are preparing to file their first quarter financial statements for the period ending March 31, the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic fallout have thrown mounting uncertainty as to what losses to report – and how to estimate them. Before the pandemic hit the market and caused stocks to lose 35% of their value, banks were well on their way preparing to estimate…
  • Newsletter
    March 23, 2020
    COVID-19’s Workplace Disruption: A Test of Board Resiliency (An Expanded Discussion)
    The discussion below is a more complete coverage, including examples, of the topic addressed in Issue 126 of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight and on NACD/BoardTalk. In a crisis, clear thinking is needed in the boardroom. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion one of the most abrupt disruptions in decades, leaving organisations reeling with…
  • Flash Report
    April 10, 2020
    COVID-19 Crisis Drives FASB to Propose Delays to Effective Dates of Revenue Recognition and Lease Accounting Standards for Certain Entities
    At its April 8 meeting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed delaying, for certain entities, the effective dates of its accounting standards for revenue recognition (Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)) and lease accounting (Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)). The board…
  • Newsletter
    April 17, 2020
    COVID-19: Paradigm Shift in the Boardroom (An Expanded Discussion)
    The discussion below is a more complete coverage, including examples, of the topic addressed in Issue 127 of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight and on NACD/BoardTalk. The global COVID-19 pandemic is a different experience from other catastrophic events like the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. It is spawning new thinking in all quarters,…
  • Whitepaper
    April 13, 2020
    Managing Conduct Risk: How Aggregating and Assessing Data Can Drive Culture-Changing Decisions
    . . .Second in a Series on Risk Quantification Nearly every financial institution expresses a commitment to fair and transparent treatment of customers, investors and partners, but many still struggle to articulate and communicate to employees what they deem to be appropriate conduct. Often, employees are left to presume whether their actions align with their organisation’s culture. This chasm…
  • Newsletter
    December 3, 2020
    Setting the 2021 Audit Committee Agenda
    With 2020 almost in the rearview mirror (thankfully!), the 2021 audit committee agenda is shaping up differently than in years past. The past 12 months presented an opportunity for audit committees to support the key players managing the financial reporting process. Going forward, that support could prove to be critically important as the business environment continues to present disruptive…
  • Flash Report
    October 30, 2020
    FBI Warns of Ransomware Assault on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
    On October 28, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory regarding credible information of imminent cyber attacks to infect systems in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector with Ryuk ransomware.
  • Flash Report
    November 3, 2020
    PCAOB Issues Interim Analysis Report on Initial Impact of CAM Requirements
    On October 29, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) released an interim analysis report,[1] along with two accompanying white papers, in which the board provides its analysis and perspectives on the initial impact of its critical audit matter (CAM) requirements and the insights learned from stakeholders.
  • Flash Report
    November 5, 2020
    Regulatory Drumbeat on Operational Resilience Grows Louder with Fed Paper on ‘Sound Practices’
    U.S. federal bank regulatory agencies have issued a much-anticipated paper on operational resilience, adding their voices to the chorus of global watchdogs calling on firms to enhance their resilience capabilities to wide-scale disruptive events before they significantly affect consumers, other businesses and the economy. The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the…
  • Whitepaper
    December 15, 2020
    Finance Priorities in Retail
    Digital Dominance and Flexible Labor Models Major crises expose the true nature of things. In the face of extreme pressure, organisations discover just how digital, agile and resilient they really are. CFOs and finance leaders in Retail are leveraging hard- earned lessons from the worldwide pandemic to strengthen organisational agility and resilience, according to the results of Protiviti’s…
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