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• Security Risks and Organizational Culture Greatest Barriers to Web 2.0 Workplace Adoption, Says KPMG.

  - 2007-07-31

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 31, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Attention - Business editors, New Media reporters, High Tech/IT writers TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 31, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Attention - Business editors, New Media reporters, High Tech/IT writers

  Tags: organizational culture, Web 2.0, KPMG International, security, Web

• Fraud Risk Management: Developing A Strategy For Prevention, Detection, And Response

  BNET - 2006-12-15

  In the wake of high-profile corporate scandals as well as new regulations worldwide, many business leaders are increasingly aware of the need to create company-specific antifraud measures to address internal corporate fraud and misconduct. While acknowledging that no single approach to fraud risk management can fit every organization's needs, this...

  Tags: Risk Management, KPMG International, Fraud, Litigation, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Business Operations, Finance, Management

• Max Re Capital Ltd. Announces First Quarter Net Income and Update of Audit and Risk Management Committee Investigation.

  - 2006-05-01

  HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Max Re Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: MXRE) (BSX: MXRE BH) announced today that the Audit and Risk Management Committee has not yet completed its previously announced internal investigation. Consequently, KPMG, the Company's auditors, have not completed their Statement of...

  Tags: audit, Company, FINANCE, financial, income, KPMG International, SEC, SECURITY, Strategy

• Reuters and KPMG Report on Strong Foreign Investment Interest in China's Securities

  - 2006-03-09

  HONG KONG -- Following recent landmark deal announcements by UBS and Goldman Sachs, interest in China's securities industry has dramatically intensified.

  Tags: KPMG International, Thomson Reuters Corp., security

• Pressure Points: Risk Management in the Pharmaceuticals Industry

  BNET - 2005-09-19

  The report highlights the fact that the pharmaceutical industry is as much as 50 percent riskier than the rest of the S&P 500. Pharmaceutical companies have risk management programs in place and a "controls culture" from being in a highly regulated industry. But their risk management frameworks may not have...

  Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, KPMG International, Management, Pharmaceutical Company, Risk Management, Security, Strategy

• Spotlight on Risk and Capital Management for Insurers

  BNET - 2004-09-22

  In the wake of high profile business failures and tougher regulations, insurers are under pressure to improve their risk and capital management. Falling interest rates and share prices have led to dramatic reductions in capital levels, and many organizations have been unprepared for new risks such as environmental disasters and...

  Tags: Capital Management, Insurance Company, Risk Management, KPMG International, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management

• Accounting chain reaction hits Napco Security Systems

  - 2004-01-09

  The dominoes have been tumbling around Napco Security Systems Inc. An international tax problem, a delayed annual-report filing, a blown SEC deadline and a Nasdaq delisting notice have pushed Napco investors on a gut-twisting ride in recent weeks. On Sept. 29, the maker of access security...

  Tags: accounting, FINANCE, KPMG International, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., security, Taxes

• Basel II - A Closer Look: Managing Operational Risk

  BNET - 2003-11-04

  Deregulation and globalization of financial services, along with the growing sophistication of financial technology, have created a variety of new operational risks for banks. To address such business issues adequately, banks face a growing need for better operational risk management. In addition, the Basel II Capital Accord requires banks to...

  Tags: Bank, Risk, KPMG International, Basel II, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Management

• Liability for "causing" violations of the Federal Securities Laws: Defining the SEC's next counterattack in the battle of Central Bank[dagger]

  - 2003-01-01

  I. IntroductionCongress passed the securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 Remedies Act1 to arm the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC or Commission with a broader arsenal of procedural and remedial weapons than it had previously possessed in order to facilitate the Commission's function of enforcing...

  Tags: bank, Cir, commission, Jones, KPMG International, SALES, SEC, security, U.S. Congress

• E-Commerce And Cyber Crime : New Strategies For Managing The Risks Of Exploitation

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  The explosive growth of Internet-based open networks paves the way for instantaneous and devastating trans-national electronic crimes that can deny victims the ability to operate their businesses or control their assets. These exploitations will multiply as technologies change, as new technologies are introduced, and as intruders' methods inevitably become more...

  Tags: Crime, KPMG International, E-business, Asset Management, Strategy, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management