An internal auditor is a company employee hired to provide independent and objective evaluations of its financial and operational activities.

A chief compliance officer can only succeed with the support of other important compliance partners. Another way to put it – in the words of Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire, “I have ...

Corporate governance may be defined as oversight of a corporation's policies, procedures and practices. This oversight helps to ensure that the business is operated in the best interests of the ...

Internal auditors are a company's financial watchdogs. Their task is to objectively examine a company's financial documents and review the operating procedures independent of management. When internal ...

NYSE-LISTED COMPANIES MUST HAVE INTERNAL audit departments in place in advance of an October 31 deadline. Internal auditors also are evaluating the scope of work their departments should take on to ...

Internal auditors could be in-house or an outsourced entity; except for banks and certain Non-banking Finance Companies, risk-based Internal audit (IA) is required to be conducted by in-house internal ...

New, large-scale regulatory obligations such as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pending climate disclosure rule will open organizations up to a number of new risks, including regulatory ...

One of the questions that the regulators ask when a bank has a serious problem is: "What did internal audit find?" In a preponderance of the cases that we have seen in which a financial institution ...

Against the backdrop of the recent “Dear CEO” letter issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the number of regulatory enforcement actions, this article aims to explore the role of ...

Amid the growing momentum toward increased organizational disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information, internal audit has a pivotal role to play in driving organizational ...

When circumstances change dramatically, but you just don’t see how the changes impact you personally or professionally, it’s wise to stop and reflect. It could be a sign that something profound is ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), in collaboration with the Institute of Internal Auditors - Malta Chapter (IIA Malta) will be hosting a dedicated conference to highlight the vital role ...