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Audit & Governance Weekly Financial News 27th November 2020

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TFS- ICAP were fined “£3.44m” by the FCA this week (storey below) for misconduct. Interestingly, not only were there “shortcomings in its oversight” and compliance arrangements, it also seems TFS-ICAP were trying to obfuscate the practice. The FCA investigation had to “establish the existence of a practice that was opaque and unrecorded in any of TFS-ICAP’s records”… Mark Steward, ED of Enforcement and Market Oversight, gave a warning to the market saying:

“The market should also take notice that the opacity of such practices, while forensically challenging, is no bar to action either.”

Also this week JPMC were fined $250M for ‘inadequate internal controls…’ (story below). JPMC say “…we have invested significantly in and enhanced our controls platform over the last several years to address the issues identified”. This is the second time in two months that the bank agreed to pay settlements to U.S. regulators. In late September, they agreed to pay $920M to three federal agencies over its role in the manipulation of global markets for metals and U.S. Treasurys. Let’s not forget however that last month JP Morgan’s net income rose to $9.44bn from $9.1bn a year earlier.

And lastly… [this is gold!] leaked emails to Cityam show that TfL suggest an Internal Audit report should become a SWOT to water down findings. You couldn’t make it up!

Worth a full read, but the highlight for me was the comment that by turning the internal audit report into a SWOT… “the areas of effective control will be strengths, and the issues will end up being opportunities for improvement”. For your convenience and amusement here’s the screen shot of the email https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-24-at-19.35.33-1.png

Full story: https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-tfl-officials-watered-down-croydon-tram-safety-audit-to-placate-first-group/

I hope you enjoy this week’s offering.

Paul
In the news this week…
TFS-ICAP
FINED £3.44M FOR MARKET MISCONDUCT

FCA fined the FX Options Broker, £3.44m providing misleading information to clients by ‘printing’ trades… read more (https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-tfs-icap-market-misconduct)
JPMC PAY $250 MILLION FOR ‘CONTROL’ FAILINGS

The OCC said JPMorgan operated a weak management and control framework for its fiduciary activities within the AM&W businesses and had an insufficient audit program and inadequate internal controls… read more (https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN2842LM)
SYNTHETIC IDENTITY FRAUD WORRYING U.S. REGULATORS

Synthetic identity fraud becomes an increasing concern for regulators, as banks struggle to find common ways of tackling the innovative theft technique that combines real and fictitious data… read more (https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/blog/synthetic-identity-fraud-worrying-u-s-regulators/)
CSIS ALLEGES IRAN USED TORONTO COMPANY TO WIRE MILLIONS TO CANADA DESPITE SANCTIONS

A Toronto currency exchange business secretly helped Iran wire millions of dollars into Canada in violation of sanctions… read more (https://globalnews.ca/news/7468366/csis-iran-toronto-company-millions-canada-sanctions/)
GT AUDIT HIT WITH LAWSUIT OVER PATISSERIE VALERIE COLLAPSE

Administrators launch claim for damages against Grant Thornton in respect of negligent audits of ‘financial statements for the financial periods 30 Sept 2014 – Sept 2017… read more (https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/grant-thornton-hit-with-lawsuit-over-collapse-of-patisserie-valerie-20201120)
CALL FOR THREE-YEAR BAN ON EY BIDDING ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS

Anti-corruption group claims ‘recurring professional misconduct’ should preclude the auditor from future business… read more (https://financial24.co.uk/call-for-three-year-ban-on-ey-bidding-on-public-contracts/)
AUSSIE BANKS AND WEALTH FIRMS TOLD TO BOLSTER INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK CULTURE

The Australian IIA’s new practice guide calls for the scope of internal auditor teams to be “unrestricted and organisationwide”, staffed by senior people able to challenge management. It flags a continuous auditing function that examines behavioural traits… read more (https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/banks-wealth-firms-told-to-bolster-internal-policing-of-risk-culture-20201125-p56hqv)
CYBER RISK: “THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION SHOULD BE THE EYES AND EARS OF THE BOARD INTO THEIR ORGANISATIONS“

The Australian Prudential Authority (APRA), said many audit committees within the industry failed to act and struggled to interpret the severity of cyber risk findings compared to other areas of the business… read more (https://www.bankingday.com/bank-cyber-calamity-too-close-for-comfort)

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