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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 4 Minutes Read April 7, 2021

A $900M error, poor system design, and failed internal controls

A $900M error, poor system design, and failed internal controls intersected in a recent court case decided in New York. Citibank, in its role as administrator for loans that a group of lenders, or syndicate, had made to Revlon, was responsible for coordinating between lenders and Revlon.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology / errors or omissions, finance, financial transactions, Internal Controls, processing errors, reconciliation process, system design, validation controls Leave a Comment

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 4 Minutes Read March 29, 2021

IIROC Publishes Notice Regarding Ransomware Attacks

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada has published a Cybersecurity Notice on Ransomware, which flags a recent uptick in ransomware attacks on IIROC firms and provides guidance on how IIROC firms should prevent, detect, respond to and recover from ransomware attacks.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Finance and Accounting / cyber attack, cyber insurance, cybersecurity, IIROC, Ransomware, ransomware attacks Leave a Comment

By Norman D. Marks, CPA, CRMA | 3 Minutes Read March 17, 2021

Agile risk management

How do you know whether to speed up (take the risk), slow down (minimize a risk), or even stop if you don’t understand all the things that might happen? You have to be able to assess and evaluate both the good and the bad so what you put on each side of the scale is in fact comparable.

Article by Norman D. Marks, CPA, CRMA / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology / agile risk management, objectives, risk, speed and volatility of change, strategic planning, strategic risk management Leave a Comment

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