Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter December 12, 2021 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider (Offered in Conjunction With Protiviti’s The Bulletin, “Setting the 2022 Audit Committee Agenda”) As they self-assesses 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… Newsletter December 12, 2021 Setting the 2022 Audit Committee Agenda In prior years, there have been unique enterprise, process and technology risk issues and financial reporting issues for audit committees to consider in addition to the normal ongoing activities articulated within the committee’s charter. These exciting, unprecedented times continue to evolve the committee’s agenda. We discuss the agenda items for 2022 in this issue of The Bulletin and… Whitepaper April 21, 2020 PPP Lenders Face Myriad Risks Responding to Reeling Businesses Issued on April 21, 2020 On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, into law. Among the law’s more significant provisions was the establishment of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP), a forgivable lending scheme administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Treasury, with loans being… Blogs May 3, 2022 Temporary Permissions CASS Audit Preparation for Firms that are Newly Authorised or Waiting for their Permissions Introduced in July 2018, the temporary permissions regime (TPR) enabled relevant EEA firms that were passporting into the UK when the transition period ended to continue operating temporarily in the UK. In 2021, the FCA started accepting applications for the Part IV Permission so that the firms can become… Video January 17, 2022 COO Spotlight Series Welcome to the Protiviti COO spotlight series. In this video series will be talking to COO’s and finding out what’s keeping them awake at night. The series will focus on issues like operational resilience, operational excellence, future of work, vulnerable customers, cloud and much more. In the first video Zish Khan COO of Aldermore bank talks to us about obstacles he deals with in his… Newsletter September 28, 2022 Identifying and managing the critical risks of third-party providers “Outsourcing and other third-party relationships can bring multiple benefits to FIs, including: enhanced operational resilience; faster and more tailored financial products and services; cost reduction; greater innovation; and improved internal processes. However, outsourcing and third-party relationships can give rise to new or different risks to FIs and potentially to financial stability that… Podcast September 21, 2022 Podcast | Becoming a Quantum Coder— with ColdQuanta Are you interested in becoming a quantum coder? The job market looks as large as the machines are cold. We’re all struggling in the quantum computing industry to find talent. Do you have what it takes? You may even be able to get started with less experience than you think. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a chat about the path to this exciting career with Peter Noell from ColdQuanta.… Blogs November 2, 2022 Protiviti Roundtable explores Consumer Duty implementation concerns and challenges The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing the Consumer Duty to provide retail customers higher and clearer standards of protection. But how are firms preparing for implementation of the new rules? Protiviti recently held a roundtable with invited representatives from the FCA and risk professionals from the U.K. financial services industry to discuss implementation concerns and… Blogs December 21, 2022 In conversation with Jennifer McGuire… ‘I wanted to see the world’ Jennifer McGuire, global portfolio head for audit and change at HSBC, opens up to Jas Hullait from Protiviti’s iGROWW network about early career ambitions, faith in tough times – and learning to be comfortable with change. In Focus February 18, 2025 Does DeepSeek disrupt your AI strategy? It should. Late last month, DeepSeek, the China-based AI startup, sent shockwaves worldwide when it released its latest model, DeepSeek R1, which it says rivals ChatGPT’s capabilities. OpenAI’s o1 model was released on Sept. 12, 2024, roughly four months ahead of DeepSeek’s R1 model release in January. Load More
