With at least 40 million people worldwide trapped in slavery, companies have legal, operational, and ethical reasons to closely examine all third parties.
Compliance officers can gain valuable intelligence by befriending key people in risk-related functions company-wide and listening to their frustrations.
The Department of Justice says bank employees ignored the warnings of its primary due diligence vendor about the quality of loans underlying its RMBS.
Deal-makers often don’t consider customers, according to a global branding consultancy. When they do, everybody wins.
After a decade of improvements by compliance teams, artificial intelligence and machine learning could further streamline the function and tame costs.
Here are some of the red flags of fraud that CFOs should watch out for when conducting due diligence.
Companies adjust their M&A focus toward targets that can bring in digital capabilities, Accenture research shows.
Traditionally, cybersecurity oversight in any merger and acquisition process has been relegated to an add-on check.
Bureau van Dijk's corporate data will allow Moody's to "create new risk solutions and extend its reach to new and evolving market segments."
Sixty percent of financial professionals say overpaying for deals is the biggest M&A risk factor facing buyers next year, according to new research.
FINRA says the money manager sold non-traditional exchange-traded funds to investors who weren't qualified to buy them.
Assessing a target's data assets isn't something to leave until after the transaction is completed. Here's what you need to find out up-front.
