Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog July 7, 2021 For PE Buyers, Effective Due Diligence in a Post-Pandemic Landscape Requires a Deeper Dive Innovative and intensive due diligence have become more critical than ever for private equity (PE) buyers hunting for attractive new deals and those seeking to stabilize portfolio companies that were impacted by COVID-19 disruptions. Dealmakers are under significant pressure to source deals and identify the strengths and weaknesses of targeted assets with increased speed and efficiency and… Blog July 8, 2021 New Survey Finds SOX Compliance Efficiency Still Eludes Many Organizations — Although Digital Leaders Have an Edge The global health crisis has disrupted businesses in many ways — and the impacts are likely to be long-lasting. But one thing that’s remained constant for many organizations is the need to maintain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements. We’ve seen notable changes over the past year and a half in how organizations are approaching their SOX compliance activities, and in the time… Blog July 8, 2021 A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Transform the Energy Industry The American Jobs Plan (AJP) represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the energy industry in the United States — with potentially a great deal of financial support from the federal government. As the Biden administration explains, the AJP “will invest in America in a way we have not invested since we built the interstate highways and won the Space Race.” The AJP, as proposed,… Blog July 12, 2021 Extraterritorial: The AML Act of 2020 Drastically Expands the Give-and-Take of Global Information Sharing The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act of 2020, passed by the United States Congress on January 1, 2021, included two important provisions related to expectations for extraterritorial information sharing, which represent an expansion in policies around movement of AML records into and out of the United States. The first provision is the formal extension of subpoena authority for non-U.S. bank… Blog July 13, 2021 Data and Analytics Can Help Hospitality Firms Combat Expected Tick-Up in Fraud and Human Trafficking The hospitality, leisure and travel industry found an unusual, albeit temporal, respite from human trafficking and certain fraud incidences during the peak of the pandemic, but this limited reprieve is quickly fading as business activity returns to normal. For a while, as hotel occupancy rates declined, flights, major sports and social events were canceled, and borders closed in response to the… Blog July 14, 2021 Can Internal Audit Help Build Business Resilience? Protiviti Shares Stories of Persistence, Agility and Going Beyond Limits to Do That, in the Latest “Internal Auditing Around the World” What do Booking Holdings, Centene Corporation, DBS Bank, GlobalFoundries, Grupo Bepensa, Inchcape, Standard Chartered and TrueBlue have in common? All these companies have internal audit departments that have taken on a mission of helping their organizations overcome pandemic-caused challenges and become more resilient by embracing next-generation internal audit technologies, tools and… Blog July 16, 2021 The SEC’s Technology Modernization Is Accelerating — Are You Ready? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is catching up on the advanced technology front. For CFOs at public reporting companies as well as those with pre-public organizations and companies with close ties to public companies, these developments bear monitoring. Reflexively, seasoned CFOs may assert that the SEC is always playing catch-up when it comes to technology-related rules-making… Blog July 19, 2021 As the IPO Market Continues to Heat Up, Building Out the FP&A Function Takes on Renewed Urgency Today’s fast-paced IPO market requires financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams to deliver top-notch budgeting, forecasting and analytical expertise within a shorter period of time. While building out the FP&A function has always been a key aspect of the infrastructure development and preparation for portfolio companies going public, it is even more crucial to develop these… Blog July 20, 2021 Proposed U.S. Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Leveling the Playing Field for Third-Party Risk Management Requirements On July 13, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a joint request for comment to their Proposed Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management. The agencies have issued this proposed guidance in response to industry feedback requesting alignment among the agencies… Blog July 21, 2021 Success from Scarcity: 5 Lessons in Frugal Innovation In a culture of abundance, scarcity is often equated with adversity. But abundance can be a burden as well, leaving otherwise healthy companies unprepared to deal with extended periods of lack of resources. The global COVID-19 pandemic provided a wake-up call for many organizations in developed economies as they found themselves scrambling to adapt to resource constraints that are a way of life… Load More
