NEWS
Resources are always limited, however every business,
relatively large or small, is expected to comply and capture the information
needed to be responsive if/when the regulatory authorities or oversight
bodies knocks on your door.
Control issues are characterized by a person's need
to micromanage and orchestrate the actions and behaviors of others. Members
of the audit committee often fear being at the mercy of others. Control
issues can develop from events that created a feeling of helplessness and
chaos from certain issues from the past.
Audit
Committee Issues and Agenda for 2013
The Annual Audit Committee conference on the 17th
April 2013 will focus on the Common grounds that provide uncommon insight
and the Challenges and changes for the Audit Committee
Dissatisfaction on the organization's governance activities-risk
management, controls, compliance, crisis response, strategy and board oversight
on the company's reputation and brands are areas of concern.
Many of the prominent failures of corporate governance
in the last couple of decades have involved breakdowns and deficiencies
in communication, internal control processes and financial reporting. The
perception is that board of directors and audit committees failed to prevent
these failures and the external auditor failed to discover them.
The U.K.'s Competition Commission criticized audit
committee's lack of focus on shareholders' needs and lack of independence
What are the common reasons for the issues and challenges
related to strategy, risk management, dialog with stakeholders on IT governance
issues, related to cyber security?
During an economic upswing or boom, the adverse dispositions
of poor business decisions or other accounting concealments can be washed
or parked in many ways in the annual financial statements. However, during
a recession it is more difficult to cover up.
The focus of the Audit Committee has shifted from
the basic desire for companies to achieve appropriate governance controls,
and toward the larger framework of maximizing the business value by improving
operational decision making and strategic planning.
The main challenge for the Audit Committee is to stay
focused on the business in the pursuit of the company's economic performance.
Get your hands around the Governance, Risk Management
and Compliance (GRC) issues: The conference will highlight the different
roles of the board of directors and the CFO. GRC continues to be a growing
priority in resolving the complexities of business processes and operations.
The relationship between the audit committee and CFO is vital and success
is dependent on their shared responsibility.
In most cases the Audit Committees receives guidance
from the external auditors on almost all aspects, functions and responsibilities
of the Audit Committee. Therefore it may be worth while for the Audit Committees
to know the requirements on the other side of the table based on the Auditing
Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees.
The Copenhagen Compliance conference on Audit Committees
aims to re-evaluate the functions of audit committees. We will present cases
and details about international experiences with audit committees that identify
areas of potential improvements for the functioning of audit committees.
The 2008–2009 financial crisis revealed that management
at certain committee's with the knowledge and approval of their board stook
decisions and actions that led to terrible outcomes for employees, customers,
shareholders, and the wider economy. What should the Audit Committee’s
have done differently?
Governance,
Risk Management, Compliance and IT Security Issues
Creating your own Codex for an Effective Management and Audit-Committee
Oversight
Rarely does one size fit all – but obviously this
article will help those that read, understand and apply it. In addition
to providing leading best practices in key areas of oversight, based on
our experience this article offers 10 principles to help guide Board of
directors, senior management and audit committees in their oversight of
the financial-reporting process.
Contingency Planning is on the Top of the management Hot Spots for 2013
Volatility is becoming the new normal in the corporate
world, and the harmful effects of regulatory compliance provide a reminder
of the importance of being prepared for virtually anything.
A one liner analysis of the crisis is: The financial
meltdown mainly caused by excessive credit was defused by a explosion in
public spending that created the sovereign debt crisis that requiring strong
austerity measures. Now countries and corporations cannot expand their way
back to prosperity and profitability.
Regulatory
Compliance for the Financial Services Industry. EU Banking Union
The group of 11 European Union countries will proceed
to work on the introduction of a tax on financial transactions.The tax is
designed to help pay for the rescue of Europe's banks and discourage risky
trading. It would apply to anyone in the 11 countries who makes a bond or
share trade or bets on the market using complex financial products called
derivatives.
Copenhagen Compliance is heavily involved in European
Commission's action plan for a common corporate/company law and the related
governance, risk and compliance activities illustrates a clear determination
to avoid future systemic financial crises. We review some aspects that are
of considerable interest to all stakeholders in the financial sector.
