The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has fined Forvis Mazars Accountants €446,000 for failing to prevent or detect widespread exam fraud within the firm, a breach that the regulator says strikes at the very credibility of the audit profession.
South Africa is preparing to turn a new page in corporate governance. The Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA) will tomorrow publish the final version of the long-awaited King V Code, marking the latest evolution of a framework that has shaped boardrooms and board thinking across the country, and far beyond, for nearly three decades.
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its final guidance to help organisations report under the UK Stewardship Code 2026, following stakeholder feedback on a draft version released in June.
Claims that nearly a tenth of Gmail users had their passwords stolen spread quickly across social media this week, prompting Google to step in with an unambiguous response, stating there was no Gmail data breach.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says the UK has reached a pivotal moment in its sustainable finance agenda as the government introduces legislation that would hand the regulator oversight of ESG ratings providers for the first time.
An international forum hosted in Paris this spring brought together more than 450 participants to scrutinize how the EU’s landmark data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is shaping innovation, competition, and economic outcomes across Europe and beyond.
Meta is eliminating a number of roles within its risk organization as the company continues shifting from manual compliance review processes to more automated, tech-driven workflows, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider.