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- The three primary characteristics of nonprofits being incorporated under state law, tax-exempt status, and governance by volunteers.
- How the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has impacted nonprofits by promoting governance reforms and policies around conflicts of interest, document retention, and whistleblowing.
- The fiduciary duties of officers and directors to act in the best interests of the organization, including duties of care, loyalty, and obedience.
- Attributes of good directors including listening skills, preparedness, and putting the organization's interests first.
- Conflicts of interest policies and the importance of
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Bovill briefing: FCA Senior Persons Regime - December 2014 & March 2015Bovill
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Further information on the event is below:
On the hook and nowhere to hide
The regulators’ focus on senior individuals is greater than ever before and the personal cost of failing in your duties can be massive.
The new Senior Managers Regime will soon replace the Significant Influence Function (SIF) component of the Approved Persons regime for UK deposit takers and systemically important investment firms. The regime aims to increase accountability – and personal liability – for individuals who are Senior Managers in these organisations, and also sets the tone for those in other types of firms.
In this briefing, we:
• Give a brief refresher on upcoming changes to the SIF and Approved Persons world
• Look at the proposed Senior Managers Regime
• Reflect on the regulators’ increased scrutiny of individuals
• Offer some practical tips on how to keep out of the regulators’ ‘firing line’
Wayne DeMeester has over 25 years of experience in financial services. He earned an MBA from Brigham Young University and a CIMA designation from Wharton. He currently serves as managing director for Definitive Advisors, a fee-only investment advisor in Washington. Fee-only advisors charge flat rates for their services unlike brokers who earn commissions, removing conflicts of interest when recommending financial products.
This document discusses the duties and responsibilities of officers and directors of nonprofit organizations. It covers topics such as:
- The three primary characteristics of nonprofits being incorporated under state law, tax-exempt status, and governance by volunteers.
- How the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has impacted nonprofits by promoting governance reforms and policies around conflicts of interest, document retention, and whistleblowing.
- The fiduciary duties of officers and directors to act in the best interests of the organization, including duties of care, loyalty, and obedience.
- Attributes of good directors including listening skills, preparedness, and putting the organization's interests first.
- Conflicts of interest policies and the importance of
Holding management to account: where is it all heading?Bovill
The document provides an overview and history of regulatory changes aimed at holding individuals in the financial sector more accountable. It summarizes the key elements of the new Senior Managers and Certification Regime including prescribed responsibilities, a responsibility map, conduct rules, and a reverse burden of proof. It notes challenges with the new regime and predictions that some elements may prove unworkable. It advises firms and senior managers on steps they should take to prepare for and adapt to the new accountability standards.
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This document provides an overview of a finance for managers course being taught in the fall of 2010. It introduces the key responsibilities of a finance manager, which include forecasting and planning, making major investment and financing decisions, coordinating and controlling finances, dealing with financial markets, and managing risk. It also outlines different forms of businesses including sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations, noting their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, it defines and discusses the concepts of moral hazard and agency problems that can occur between principals and agents in a business context.
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Bovill briefing: FCA Senior Persons Regime - December 2014 & March 2015Bovill
Bovill - the UK financial services regulatory consultancy - runs regular briefings. These are the slides from the December 2014 London and March 2015 Leeds briefing on the new Senior Persons Regime. For more information visit www.bovill.com.
Further information on the event is below:
On the hook and nowhere to hide
The regulators’ focus on senior individuals is greater than ever before and the personal cost of failing in your duties can be massive.
The new Senior Managers Regime will soon replace the Significant Influence Function (SIF) component of the Approved Persons regime for UK deposit takers and systemically important investment firms. The regime aims to increase accountability – and personal liability – for individuals who are Senior Managers in these organisations, and also sets the tone for those in other types of firms.
In this briefing, we:
• Give a brief refresher on upcoming changes to the SIF and Approved Persons world
• Look at the proposed Senior Managers Regime
• Reflect on the regulators’ increased scrutiny of individuals
• Offer some practical tips on how to keep out of the regulators’ ‘firing line’
Forms of Business
and Conflicts of Interest
Forms of Business
and Conflicts of Interest
Management–shareholder Conflicts
Director–shareholder conflicts
CG AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
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The use of Corporate Finance aspects will provide those tools that will generate further value to your organization.
Financial management knowledge will assist you drive growth for your business, by exploiting external
opportunities and by building effective internal models of capital management and structuring. After the program
you will be able to follow recent market developments and develop those strategies that will guarantee operations
sustainability”.
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Presentation by: Bob Hirth, Global Chairman of COSO.
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The use of Corporate Finance aspects will provide those tools that will generate further value to your organization.
Financial management knowledge will assist you drive growth for your business, by exploiting external
opportunities and by building effective internal models of capital management and structuring. After the program
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sustainability”.
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COSO, which has provided global thought leadership and guidance on internal control, enterprise risk management, and fraud deterrence for over three decades, recently released a draft update to the original COSO ERM Framework. This framework is widely used by organizations to enhance their ability to manage uncertainty, gauge risk, and increase stakeholder value. However, significant new risks have emerged since the Framework was released, demanding heightened board awareness and oversight of risk management, as well as improved risk reporting. For those organizations exploring ESRM – these themes will be strikingly familiar and the lessons learned, highly relevant.
Presentation by: Bob Hirth, Global Chairman of COSO.
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Third-Party Risk Management: Implementing a StrategyNICSA
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Real estate services involves the purchase, ownership, management, rental and/or sale of real estate for profit. Improvement of realty property as part of a real estate investment strategy is generally considered to be a sub-specialty of real estate investing called real estate development. Real estate is an asset form with limited liquidity relative to other investments. Management and evaluation of risk is a major part of any successful real estate investment strategy where risk occurs in many different ways at every stage of the investment process from sale, purchase, tenancy to market and environmental conditions where one needs a prudent approach for mitigating potential risks in this business for investors, buyers, sellers and vendors.
Basis above backdrop we’re pleased to launch our comprehensive Real estate Risk advisory services in addition to our existing bouquet of Risk advisory, Consulting, Training & Human Capital Services. Our services are offered through our multi location delivery centres in major metros with total presence in 11 Indian cities network.
“We are quoted in recent Economic Times news as among fastest growing risk consulting firms in India.”
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2. Course Description
Corporate governance and risk management are critical topics that have recently started
attracting more attention in business schools and among legislatures, with this trend only
increasing. While there are different models for corporate governance and risk management,
all of them aim at organizing the relation between company and stakeholders and controlling
risks effectively. What is more important is the fact that 'Governance, Risk Management,
Compliance and Effective Internal Controls' are all part of one system.
Unfortunately, not all companies have this avant-garde look towards this system. This course
includes discussions about board structure, committees and there functions while covering the
detailed process of managing risks as per the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) requirements. In addition, the course includes a discussion
on internal controls that are used to respond to the risks in different areas of the corporation.
Compliance is also covered per latest developments.
Course Objectives of Advanced Governance, Risk and Compliance
·Dene corporate governance and its relation to risk management and internal controls
·Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in a private or public
organization
·List the functions of corporate governance and differentiate between the various models
·Identify the areas of risk management and it's internal and external environment changes
·Identify the proper controls to be implemented in various business cycles
3. Course Outlines of Advanced Governance, Risk and Compliance
Overview of governance, risk management and internal controls
·Denition of corporate governance
·The scope of corporate governance
·Essential corporate governance principles
·Code of conduct
·The board of directors
·The audit committee
·Other committees
Stakeholders in Corporate Governance (CG)
·Stakeholders
·Shareholders rights
·Directors' duties and rights
·Internal auditors and external auditors
·Risk based decision making
·CG failure effects
·The efcient board
Functions of corporate governance
·Independence of the board
·Selection, remuneration and evaluation of the board
·Analyzing current company's CG system
·Disclosure and transparency
4. Introduction to compliance
·Denition of compliance
·Importance of compliance
·Practical examples of compliance
·Risks of compliance
Enterprise Risk Management
·Risk perception
·Why should we care about risk
·Internal environment changes
·External environment changes
Risk Management areas
·Strategic
·Operations
·Reporting
·Financial
·Health and safety
Risk management process per COSO guidelines
·Internal environment
·Objectives setting
·Event identication
·Risk assessment
·Risk response
·Control activities
·Information and communication
·Risk monitoring
5. Implementing controls in business cycles
·Controls in purchase and payment cycle
·Controls in inventory and costing cycle
·Controls in HR and payroll cycle
·Controls in sales and collection cycle
·Controls in xed assets life cycle
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