Post-crisis regulation - Are you compliant or will you be caught out?
Corporate Accountability 2009
The 2009 Corporate Accountability conference held in both London and Amsterdam could hardly have been more timely and relevant. Regulation and governance - a subject that was rarely given excessive attention by news editors - is now headline news around the world: from the controversies and debate relating to executive compensation through to the introduction of the Bribery Bill in the UK - the standards, behaviour and governance relating to how businesses conduct themselves around the world are at centre stage. And the penalties for getting it wrong have never been higher.
The conferences focused on two distinct areas. The morning sessions were devoted to examining the regulatory developments in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The afternoon sessions examined compliance, with particular emphasis on the enforcement agencies' increasingly proactive approach and the measures that corporations need to take to respond effectively.
We have prepared a summary report providing an outline of some of the main topics of discussion and debate that arose within the various panel sessions at the conference. The report may help you to prioritise your risk and compliance programme for the upcoming year. Please contact us should you wish to discuss any of the governance or compliance matters raised in more detail.
