Let me begin this column with a personal disclosure: I refinanced my house in December. So I have first-hand knowledge of just how frustrating compliance with modern mortgage lending can be, at least on the consumer side. Plenty of compliance officers also talk about the frustration of compliance burdens on the lender side, and how…
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Welcome back to the grind, everyone! Before we all get sucked back into the world of audit committee meetings, proxy season preparation, and committing your travel budget now before the CFO implements a freeze, let’s pause to contemplate some potentially significant events in 2016 for compliance, audit, and risk professionals. Lord knows we have plenty…
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For any compliance and audit professionals who wonder, “How did all this ever come to pass?” or even more to the point, “Can I really make money doing this?”—spare a thought for one of the people who put you on this career path, and who passed from the scene last week. Michael Oxley—yes, that Oxley,…
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Thank you for visiting my new website, Radical Compliance. I suppose we should start by asking the first question likely to be on your mind—what the heck is all this? This website is something I have wanted to launch for a while now: my personal views on corporate compliance, audit, and risk management. I care…
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