Corporate Governance Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

This training program will review a few ways to ensure that a financial institution reviews things from the start and consistently, in setting up a risk management framework that allows the bank to focus on its strategy rather than mere compliance.

This webinar discusses the genesis of RFIs and their development and the use and abuse of RFIs on construction projects including ways to mitigate the potential adverse impact of RFIs. Speaker discusses a number of contractual mechanisms to control the RFI process and mitigate potential impact damage claims based on the number of RFIs. The webinar also sets forth best management practices concerning the RFI process.

The new IRS partnership audit rules require all partnership and LLCs taxed as partnerships to amend their partnership agreement and take action now. In this training program, attendees will learn how these rules impact your business and your clients. The session will discuss IRS issues with TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) and detail the concepts and terms in the Bipartisan Budget Act.

Accountants and other financial professionals who deal with privately held entities wishing to reduce the cost and reporting burden that exists with reporting using generally accepted accounting principles should become familiar with the AICPA’s (American Institute of CPAs) recently developed accrual basis framework of accounting. This training program will deconstruct AICPA's financial reporting framework for small and medium size entities.

This webinar will enhance participants’ knowledge by detailing the elements of internal controls. Internal controls are a key part of any organization's continued growth, performance and success. With fraud at an all-time high, a well-designed internal control structure will enhance operations by improving your department's over all security and effectiveness.

The webinar will provide an overview of the currency and monetary reporting requirements imposed by the Bank Secrecy Act. It will also discuss red flags that pose present and future challenges for regulated businesses. Recognizing and investigating suspicious activities is the key in safeguarding an organization's financial system from illicit use and combating money laundering. Timely and accurate reporting will promote national security through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence to the proper authorities.

In this training program, attendees will learn the 9 regulations governing payments risk and KYC/KYCC in which you may be out of compliance, as part of the process to overhaul outdated credit decisioning.

This webinar will explain Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Act or Practices (UDAAP), including different standards for advertising over the internet and social media. It will also provide practical solutions for avoiding the pitfalls and still create meaningful advertisements.

EU REACH can be confusing and many in the US seek a more solid understanding of it. In this introductory webinar, participants will be introduced to the important terms and concepts of the directive. They will obtain a basic knowledge of what RoHS is about and if they need to learn more.

This training will review Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) respectively amended; the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to further ease the US embargo against Cuba and authorize certain business activities with Cuba in targeted sectors.

This training program will provide a brief overview of the SBA’s 7(a) loan guarantee program, the express loan program, and the 504/CDC loan program, as well as the USDA’s Business and Industry Loan program. The webinar will also analyze loan guarantee program benefits, credit enhancement and participation requirements. It will discuss the levels of participation and how lenders might qualify for delegated authority, depending on SBA lending experience and results.

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, age and disability. It builds on longstanding and familiar federal civil rights laws but is the first law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex (which includes gender, gender identity and sex stereotyping) in covered health programs and activities. Sex discrimination also includes discriminatory treatment on the basis of pregnancy, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, recovering from pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, and gender identity.

This training program will deconstruct how to define requirements management and change process. It will also offer a clear understanding of the role of requirements in the project life cycle, the role of requirements in the business case, and the role of stakeholders in requirements definition.

For a multitude of reasons, stress-testing programs have seldom satisfied regulators, even after the 2007 crisis. After most significant mishap in every bank, management often discovers that the managerial stress-testing have revealed to be insufficient, over-driven by optimism. In this training program, the instructor will deconstruct regulatory constraints after Basel II and III, lessons learnt after 2007, and stress-testing as a strategic exercise.

This training program will address how the impact of multiple free trade agreements will have an effect on a merchant’s duty rates and resources allocation, production, and trade patterns. It will focus on the duty management roles when it relates to the importer in understanding how to reduce taxes and tariff costs in the geopolitical international trading environment.

The objective of any report is to provide important information to management in the area reviewed. It represents the end result of weeks of reviews, analyses, interviews and discussions. The quality of that report will have an impact on how well the report is understood and accepted. This training program will review the audit standards related to audit report quality and encourage attendees to participate in various quality report exercises.

This training program will discuss what to do when you receive communications from the IRS and also what to do when doing business with other federal, state and local regulatory agencies and lawmaking bodies. It will also explain how to conduct internal audits of the payroll department to pre-emptively uncover issues of non-compliance that could be extremely costly if found by official audits from regulating agencies. Additionally, best practices in performing audits for fraud will also be covered.

This webinar training will discuss the lean principles and how to effectively implement them in your system to identify and reduce waste. The instructor will discuss how to apply lean to align business system and process with organisational goals so as to deliver rapid and measurable results.

With the overtime changes in New York State, this training program will discuss areas in New York State where the change will take effect. It will also discuss future changes to the rate and potential federal changes to the overtime rule.

This European directive is very confusing for many and since it is European there are many in the US that need a clearer understanding of the directive. In this introductory webinar, attendees will be introduced to the important terms and concepts of the directive. Those who attend will obtain basic knowledge to understand what RoHS is about and if they need to learn more.