Sun Acquisitions

MARCH 20, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long been a fundamental strategy for businesses looking to expand, diversify, or gain a competitive edge. Advanced software can identify potential risks and opportunities more accurately, helping M&A professionals make more informed decisions.

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RNC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Recognize the Fundamentals: It’s important to recognize the fundamentals of stock options before delving into their complexity. Assessing Equity Offerings: Not every equity offering is made equally. Each has its own potential advantages, workout requirements, and tax ramifications.

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Audit Board

JUNE 15, 2023

In the field of cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance, there are a collection of acronyms that you’ll hear often enough. Each of these organizations plays a role in the shifting tectonics of security, compliance, and risk. This article will discuss NIST in detail, focusing on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework , or NIST CSF.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 1, 2023

The SEC recently adopted their proposed rules, including those regarding Cybersecurity Risk Management on July 26, 2023. The stakes and expectations of an organization’s IT Risk Management capabilities have never been higher – and as we all know, the dollar impacts are real.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 16, 2023

Effective risk management takes a proactive and preventative stance to risk, aiming to identify and then determine the appropriate response to the business and facilitate better decision-making. This article will walk you through the fundamentals of risk management and offer some thoughts on how you can apply it to your organization.

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Internal Audit 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These objectives must align with the organization’s strategic goals and address the areas of greatest risk or concern. For example, objectives could include assessing compliance with industry regulations, evaluating financial controls, or reviewing operational efficiency.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 24, 2023

Yet, despite growing demand from investors and stakeholders for commitment to ESG, many organizations face obstacles when it comes to ensuring they are accurately capturing and reporting ESG data and developing effective ESG risk management practices. As a result, ESG maturity can vary widely from company to company.

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Audit Board

JULY 5, 2023

By understanding these critical factors, auditors can better anticipate and address the potential risks posed by economic fluctuations , ensuring the organisation’s resilience and success in uncertain times. Ensure risk assessments for both the organisation and the internal audit team are up to date.

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Audit Board

JANUARY 17, 2023

As auditors embark on developing their 2023 audit plans, one important risk area not to overlook is environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Standalone Reviews Certain elements of your ESG program may be mature enough for internal audit to assess in standalone reviews.

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Audit Board

MARCH 15, 2022

Supply chain disruption is one of the most visible risks impacting many organizations. Gartner’s 2022 Audit Plan Hot Spots report calls out the supply chain as a top 10 risk that should be on every auditor’s radar. Five Supply Chain Risks to Include in Your Assessment. Reputational Risk. Cybersecurity Risk.

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Value Scope

JULY 21, 2020

The term Environmental, Social & Governance, commonly called “ESG,” is not a new concept. It was a hot topic before the COVID pandemic, in discussions to measure and value how companies engaged in sustainable and societally beneficial activities. It will return as a topic across the business, regulatory, and investment communities again soon.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 8, 2023

Enterprise risk management is a methodology of risk management, taking a top-down approach to the risk management process, and taking into account the organization and senior management’s business objectives and strategic objectives. The practice of risk management has a long history, with origins dating back to the 1920s.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 9, 2022

Gaining this knowledge will allow you to perform a meaningful risk assessment, the fundamental foundation for every audit plan. Engage Leadership in the Risk Assessment. Leading an effective risk assessment is key to your success. Understand the Business.

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Audit Board

JUNE 13, 2022

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a strategic and collaborative way for organizations to manage risk across their entire group. This strategy accepts risk as a part of doing business, and pulls it into a company’s culture so that the organization manages risk as a part of both daily operations and long-term strategy.

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Audit Board

JUNE 13, 2022

Is your audit team being held back by a fundamental disconnect in how you’re approaching projects? Internal auditors are highly skilled at assessing risk. Ironically though, we often fall short at assessing the risk of an audit project going over budget or over time. Practice 5: Implement Enabling Technology .

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Audit Board

APRIL 27, 2023

Objectively evaluating risks, analyzing and assessing processes and systems for efficiencies, doing spot-checks for as-yet-unknown issues, and keeping departments aligned and meeting business objectives are all important ways that auditors can bring value. The internal audit function is crucial to a company’s growth.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 23, 2023

Every company should feel urgency about maturing cybersecurity risk management. The risk is widespread and likely underreported. That’s the core message behind the heightened regulatory focus on cybersecurity — and with the U.S. The SEC cybersecurity rules will have a significant impact on your organization and role. You’re right.

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Audit Board

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The fundamental question is: Are companies treating security and risk appropriately, and are they good corporate stewards of the data that they use or store on behalf of their customers? A major risk that comes up frequently in my discussions with InfoSec leaders is the lack of proper cybersecurity qualifications on many boards.

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Audit Board

MAY 5, 2023

Today, it might be risk to reputation and risk of greenwashing, but tomorrow we could have major consequences for compliance with certain laws and legislation, as well as damage to your reputation.” Claire Feeney: “We’re seeing ESG becoming more and more a key part of risk management and, in turn, embedded in business strategy.

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Internal Audit 360

APRIL 13, 2023

GUEST BLOG Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are the opinions of the author. I n March, the Institute of Internal Auditors released a draft version of an overhaul of its professional practice standards and framework that intend to guide the behavior and actions of internal auditors as they carry out their work.

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Audit Board

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Too often fraud fails to be seen as a key risk deserving of regular attention. . Too often fraud fails to be seen as a key risk deserving of regular attention. . Intentionality distinguishes it from other risks — fraud is different from error, incompetence, or bad luck. And yet organisations are routinely under-prepared.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 11, 2023

Gain a comprehensive understanding of your firm’s Advisory journey and discover actionable steps to help move your firm forward with the Thomson Reuters Advisory Progress report – take the assessment now and unlock your firm’s full potential! What are the paths to advisory services? Let’s examine this further.

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Audit Board

MARCH 7, 2023

financial condition, operating performance, risk profile). Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures ( TCFD ) Framework — Helps public companies and other organizations more effectively disclose climate-related risks and opportunities through their existing reporting processes. Mainly caters to investors.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 27, 2022

On July 21, 2021, I valued Zomato just ahead of its initial public offering at about ? 41 per share. The market clearly had a very different view, as the stock premiered at ? 74 per share and soared into the stratosphere, peaking at ? 169 per share in late 2021. I summarized my valuation in a picture: I valued the company at close to ? 76 per share.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

Inflation numbers have been coming in high now, for more than a year, but for much of the early part of 2021, bankers, investors and politicians seemed to be either in denial or casually dismissive of its potential for damage. Rather than repeat much of that post, let me summarize my key points.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 30, 2021

While COVID-19 has disrupted business and life around the world,” the DHL study noted, “it has not severed the fundamental links that connect nations.”. Other benefits cited, in rank order, are risk reduction, speed of tax processing, general efficiency, and freeing up the team to focus on more important tasks. Blog: [link].

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Audit Board

MARCH 7, 2023

Supplemental Guidance, including Practice Guides, Global Technology Audit Guides (GTAGs), and Guide to the Assessment of IT General Controls Scope Based on Risk (GAIT). Domain V focuses on the fundamentals of internal service engagements, namely planning, performing, communicating, and following up. There is also a Glossary.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 8, 2023

Not until you’ve done THIS – created a comprehensive Integration Strategy Framework (ISF). We’ve studied, consulted, and written extensively about the importance of conducting a thorough ISF. What is an Integration Strategy Framework ? Non-Negotiables: Agreed deal-point provisions may be categorized best in this bucket.

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Farrel Fritz

MARCH 6, 2023

This being a blog about disputes between business co-owners, I approach the topic not from the standpoint of tax compliance but, rather, to address how de facto dividends can surface in business divorce litigation as fodder for allegations of oppressive conduct by majority shareholders against minority shareholders.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 18, 2023

Firms that do not offer staff the flexibility they desire risk losing talent. The lease accounting standard became effective in 2019 for public companies. For private entities, it is effective for fiscal years starting after Dec. 15, 2021, and for interim periods within fiscal years starting after Dec.

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Audit Board

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How can security controls feed into and supplement risk management activities that are taking place, like risk assessments? They have also released a Risk Management Framework (RMF) that complements the NIST CSF, and helps organizations develop and enhance their risk management strategy.

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Audit Board

JULY 19, 2023

The single piece of advice I offer internal auditors more than any other is to “follow the risks.” If internal auditors follow the risks, they enjoy a much greater likelihood of allocating scarce internal audit resources where organizations are most vulnerable. It isn’t just internal auditors who are hesitant when it comes to culture.

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ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Navigating the complexities begins with having a solid grasp of the basics, like the fundamentals of fiduciary tax. The income taxation of estates and trusts may not garner as much attention as other areas of tax, so helping clients better understand the tax issues related to estates and trusts is important.

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Audit Board

JANUARY 26, 2023

Many traditional internal audit practices hinder our ability to respond to changes in the risk landscape within an appropriate amount of time. The reality today is that the speed of risk is constantly increasing. The era of a single annual risk assessment to build a 12-month audit plan is over.”

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FE International

MARCH 23, 2022

This article is part of our Valuation by Business Model series, in which we provide you with information on what makes your particular business model unique when it comes to SaaS business valuation. For more in-depth reading on valuation, see our post How to Value a Website or Internet Business.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 29, 2023

This article originally appeared on the Chartered IIA Technical Blog. The function should be aligned with organisational goals, priorities, and risks and be responsive to change. Dashboards can support continuous risk monitoring, sampling, and auditing. They can be custom-designed and passed on to the client.

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, in the detection of skin cancer, the process may now involve an AI machine reviewing a photograph of a mole and making a preliminary assessment of cancer risk, followed by a dermatologist either confirming or rejecting that determination. Not All Errors Are Equal – False Positives vs. False Negatives. a false negative).

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