Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter May 11, 2023 A Call for Transparency Amid a Shifting Legal and Regulatory Landscape The increasing complexity of the legal and regulatory landscape is challenging the board’s fiduciary duties. Emerging trends ushering in a call for fairness and transparency should be of paramount importance to directors. Boardroom agendas cover an array of topics but no matter the issue, there are important underpinnings to board oversight and governance. Flash Report May 22, 2020 FASB Decides to Extend Effective Date of Revenue Recognition and Leases Standards for Certain Entities The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) met on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, and voted to extend the effective dates of Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and Topic 842, Leases, for certain entities. It has directed the staff to draft a final Accounting Standards Update (ASU) for vote by written ballot. Flash Report June 16, 2021 BEIS Audit and Corporate Governance Consultation: Taking the View of Directors and Management Recently the government produced its long-awaited consultation, “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”. Whilst the title would suggest its about trust in the profession and governance, a closer look confirms it is really about restoring trust in the performance information and risk analysis created by directors on behalf of the companies they are accountable for. Whitepaper May 3, 2021 Customer Service and Complaints: How Firms Can Build Long-Term Resilience and New Capabilities - Top of Mind Compliance Issues for 2021 Regulatory agencies around the world have intensified their focus on financial institutions’ customer service activities amid a dramatic COVID-19- related surge in complaints. These stepped-up regulatory efforts come during a period when many customer services functions have been forced to pivot to 100% remote operations and as many financial services companies are looking to build up their… Blogs June 1, 2021 Why stories matter for audit professionals The internal audit profession is changing fast and new skills will help deliver the ‘next generation’ vision. Protiviti invited Scott McArthur, a professional speaker and storyteller on the future of business, to share his thoughts at Protiviti’s Chief Audit Executive Forum in April. He explained why stories are a powerful tool. Blogs July 6, 2021 It’s now or never: Is ESG on the agenda for finance leaders? Protiviti’s 2021 Global Finance Survey launches this month, and we are keen to hear from leaders across the UK about the issues that matter most to them Sustainability is often referred to in business. Like ‘corporate social responsibility’ a decade ago, the word has been used with good intentions. But some companies have been criticised for ‘greenwashing’: making themselves sound better at… Whitepaper September 14, 2022 Global Finance Trends 2022 – A UK Perspective Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and their colleagues are operating in one of the most complex business environments they have ever experienced. According to our 2022 Finance Trends Survey, multiple challenges are occurring together, creating a long list of priorities for finance teams to tackle. For finance leaders in the UK, the security and privacy of data (81%) remains the most important… Video March 18, 2021 Collaboration Forum Series 4: Optimism in tough times (Week-9) The Future of Business – Part 1: Adapting to a Revolution in Consumer Behaviours The pandemic has triggered enormous changes in consumer behaviour, redefining how we shop, our brand loyalty and our customer experience. Watch our session recording with Mike Hancox, CEO of delivery company Yodel where we discussed how to turnaround a company to embrace new opportunities and the challenges to… Blogs March 14, 2024 Understanding the Global Internal Audit Standards Republished from a three-part series of articles on The Protiviti View, our blog featuring commentary, insights and points of view from Protiviti leaders and SMEs on key challenges and risks companies are facing today, along with new and emerging developments in the market. Whitepaper July 21, 2022 Customer remediation: Making it right (and better) In our Compliance Priorities for 2022 in the Financial Services Industry, we emphasised the interconnectivity among the risks we identified, including how the pandemic, the global focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and continued regulatory emphasis on culture and conduct were combining to shine a bright light on how financial institutions (used broadly herein to refer to… Load More