After a period of ascendancy, the momentum behind ESG initiatives among companies and governments has recently come under strain.
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Top Three Areas CIOs Can Improve Operations In 2022
Chief Information Officers regularly face significant pressure to meet deadlines, solve strategic concerns and keep up with demands generated from every level of the organisation.
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Compliance and Risk Management Matters: 6 Key Risks Facing Organisations
Compliance and risk management professionals’ responsibilities are expanding. We look at the key compliance risks and how to safeguard your organisation.
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Are spreadsheets hindering your indirect tax processes?
Spreadsheets have their place, there’s no doubt about that. But the way they’re being used in the indirect tax world right now is a cause for concern.
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Commentary: Goldman Sachs’ 1MDB Compliance Failures Provide Lessons for Firms and Banks (Part 1)
Goldman Sachs and the government of Malaysia recently announced an agreement to resolve all criminal and regulatory proceedings involving the investment bank in the country over 1MDB through a $3.9…
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: Risk and Compliance under a Digital Transformation
Digital transformations within an organisation usually starts with an ambitious vision, and many issues in risk and compliance need to be considered to make the vision a reality and create value for the organisation and protect consumer interests.
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Thomson Reuters MENA: Hot Seat Episode 5
Economic Substance Regulation and Country-by-Country Reporting in the GCC About the interviewee Brian Conn heads the VAT practice for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE at BDO Chartered Accountants…
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Checklist for Trade Specialists in MENA
Reduce risk and capitalize on opportunities Trade compliance can be a costly exercise, but as they say – the only thing more expensive than getting it right is getting it…
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Financial Crime during COVID-19: Tackling fraud, scams and misinformation [Infographic]
Thomson Reuters has compiled an infographic that provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on financial crime across the globe. Our brief visual guide features key statistics gathered from…
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Global ‘recalibration’ needed for AML/CTF regime in wake of pandemic
The gradual phasing out of COVID-19 restrictions will present an unprecedented opportunity to recalibrate and potentially even “reset” the global financial crime compliance framework. The lessons from the pandemic have…
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