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The city is losing its competitive edge and could give up its place as the financial capital of the world in as little as 10 years, a study has found.
The study was commissioned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer, who have been concerned about what they say is a growing threat to New […]

Rules governing U.S. public markets are driving businesses to overseas exchanges and private sources to raise money, damaging the competitiveness of the American capital markets, a high-profile panel of chief executives and academics co-chaired by the former economic adviser to President Bush said Thursday.
The report to the White House makes a number of recommendations, including […]

A global survey of 800 internal audit chiefs has revealed that the pressures of regulatory compliance have compromised their ability to complete thorough audits.
The research – whose respondents were from North America ( 51%), Europe (17%), Latin America (15%), Asia-Pacific (9%), the Middle East (8%) and Africa (55%) - produced by business analysis firm ACL […]

ITGI has released an updated edition of its well-received publication, IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley. The first edition, published in 2004, has been downloaded more than 250,000 times. Companies around the world have used it as a tool for evaluating IT controls in support of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Experts from many organizations, including […]

DETECON Germany offers a very interesting Study with the title: Der Sarbanes-Oxley Act als Instrument der Corporate Governance – eine nicht amerikanische Sichtweise (Translation: SOX Act an instrument of corporate governance – a non American perspective).
SOX ohne Einfluss auf Vertrauen der Investoren
Neue SOX-Studie bemängelt hohe Einführungskosten
Die Studie zeigt den Stand der Umsetzung des Sarbanes-Oxley Act […]