GRC Report Staff

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has flagged weaknesses in how management companies overseeing Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and UCITS handle their investment management responsibilities and liquidity risk controls. The findings, published September 24 following a thematic review, were communicated in a “Dear CEO Letter” that set out the regulator’s expectations for improvements across governance, oversight, and integration of liquidity considerations.

Sanofi has been ordered to pay €150.7 million ($177.1 million) in damages to France’s national health insurance fund (CNAM) after a Paris appeals court found the drugmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices to protect sales of its anti-clotting drug Plavix, Reuters first reported.

New Zealand has passed the Privacy Amendment Act, introducing new obligations designed to give citizens greater clarity over how their personal information is collected and used. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said the reform will align the country’s framework more closely with international standards while helping New Zealanders better exercise their privacy rights.

Optus has been dealt a major blow in the Federal Court, ordered to pay $65 million (AUD 100 million) after admitting it engaged in unconscionable conduct by selling mobile phones and plans to vulnerable Australians who often could not afford, use, or understand them.

UBS has put an end to a long-running French legal battle, agreeing to pay €835 million ($895 million) to settle charges tied to its cross-border business activities from 2004 to 2012.

The role of technology in governance, risk, and compliance has never been more important. Organizations are under pressure to build resilience, integrate governance into decision-making, and ensure that risk management isn’t just a side function but part of the strategy that drives the business forward. Yet there’s still plenty we don’t know, including which approaches are working best, where maturity gaps remain, and what investments will define the future.

The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division is having what Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti called “a record-breaking year” in its pursuit of white-collar crime, and he made clear in remarks Friday at the Global Investigations Review Annual Meeting in New York that prosecutors are far from finished.