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July 2010
Staff vetting an extra string to your bow to combat bribery and corruption By Steve Wyndham, Associate, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP and Ting Low, Trainee Solicitor, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
June 2010 - Acquisition
Powerchex become part of the HireRight Group
June 2010
The FSA, Employment References and Approved Persons - What you need to know By Christopher Bond, Senior Adviser to the Securities & Investment Institute.
May 2010
Long Finance: Implications For Compliance By Professor Michael Mainelli, co-founder of Z/Yen, City of London's leading commercial think-tank
April 2010
How sure are you that your staff meet required ethical standards? By Sheena Bigland, Development Coach
March 2010
The role of staff in protecting customer privacy By Ana Isabel Canhoto, member of the marketing faculty at Henley Business School
February 2010
The Value of an M.B.A. By Mark Zupan, dean, Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
January 2010
Employee Fraud By Rosalind Wright CB QC, Chairman, Fraud Advisory Panel
December 2009
In the Regulator’s Cross Hairs By Richard Burger & Lisa Jones, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
November 2009
Values and Staff Commitment By Helen Stride, Development Fellow, Henley School of Management
October 2009
The Truth Behind Foreign Identity Documents by Daniel Suess, International Sales Manager, Keesing Reference Systems
September 2009
Turn toxic situations into relationships that work by Christopher Jones-Warner, Director of Playing Hamlet and Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute
August 2009
The perils of providing a reference by Shazia Ali-Webber, Senior Solicitor, Mills & Reeve LLP
July 2009
The Retail Distribution Review by Ruth Martin, MD, Securities & Investment Institute
June 2009
Interview with/without coffee? by Richard Burger, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
May 2009
Through a glass, darkly; Reforming business; reforming governance by Peter Bonisch, Managing Director of Paradigm Risk
April 2009
So how do you give bad news? by Martin Hennessey, The Writer
March 2009
Extreme Makeover: Why The Banking Industry Needs A Wholesale Change In Values by Jonathan Ledwidge, THAPartners
February 2009
There is no better time to be talking to your procurement department than in a recession by Rob Bannister, Executive Advisor, KPMG
January 2009
Should 'green issues' be important to HR Managers? by Trewin Restorick, CEO of Global Action Plan
December 2008
It’s a topsy turvey world. Can ethics provide direction? by Sheena Bigland, Consultant
November 2008
Insider Fraud - Should you be worried? by Arjun Medhi, Staff Fraud Adviser, CIFAS
October 2008
It will never happen to us. Will it? by Steve Goad, Security management professional
September 2008
T&C Driving Cultural Change by Reed Sylvester, Learning & Development Manager, Kleinwort Benson
August 2008
Ethical Behaviour is a Matter of Competence by Sheena Bigland, Consultant
July 2008
How should the Compliance and HR Functions respond to More Principles-based regulation, MiFID and ICAAP? by Christopher Bond, Senior Adviser on Compliance, Securities and Investment Institute
June 2008
When a Strategic Business HR view is Important? by David McIntosh, Strategic Business HR Consultant, McIntosh & McIntosh Consulting Ltd.
May 2008
Something Worth Getting Up For by Graham Mills de Pledge, CIPD Associate Trainer
April 2008
Governance is King (or it should be!) by Colin Johnston, Risk Director Barclays Capital
March 2008
Financial Crime: "A horrible subject...." by Mark Outhwaite, Pricipal OHL Consulting LLP
February 2008
The new Training and Competence regime by Peter Rooke, Associate Retail Policy and Themes Division FSA
January 2008
Checks, References and Approved Persons by Jonathan Cartledge, Senior Associate Operational Policy Team FSA
December 2007
ARROW II, Brief Overview by Kyra Paraschaki, Associate Institutional Business Policy Division FSA
November 2007
Corporate Governance, Risk and Control: why there is still a long way to go by Steve White, Director of Risk Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers
October 2007
Sharp Rise in Employment Tribunals by Martin Brewer, Partner, Mills & Reeve LLP
September 2007
"Financial Services Employers - are your staff competent?" by Alan Burr, principal Burr & Company
August 2007
"On or off the record" - the without prejudice rule by Shazia Ali-Webber, Mills & Reeve LLP
July 2007
Fit and Proper? by Rachel Donaldson, Senior Policy Associate FSA
June 2007
Methods for Selecting Personnel: what works and what doesn’t by Professor Chris Dewberry, Birkbeck
May 2007
Systems and Controls: why learn lessons the hard way by Dorian Drew, Norton Rose
April 2007
Threadneedle Investments - The Leadership Challenge by Sharon Smith, Theadneedle Investments and Richard Pound, Grahame Robb Associates
March 2007
Assessment Techniques Demystified by Justin McAvoy, Reflect
February 2007
Ethics: a county east of London by Professon Ian Angell, London School of Economics
January 2007
I forge, therefore I am? by Mark Outhwaite, OHL Consultants
December 2006
How Threadneedle Investments have engaged Fund Managers in Training and Development by Richard Fuller, Threadneedle Investments
November 2006
Would your organisation have hired Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? by Jonathan Ledwidge of THAPartners
October 2006
Will November 07 spawn a regulatory monster? An Update on MiFID by Altaf Cassam, Threadneedle Investments
September 2006
More of the same? Reinforcing people’s success by risking statistics by Professor Michael Mainelli, Z/Yen Group
August 2006
How can we ensure ongoing competence for practitioners? by Ruth Martin, Managing Director Securities and Investment Institute
July 2006
Did you know that there are proposed new FSA rules dealing with employees and agents? by Robert Guest, Partner Beachcroft LLP
June 2006
A short guide to MiFID by Kyra Paraschaki, Financial Services Authority (FSA)
May 2006
Commonly asked questions about the CRB, the FSA and the Information Commissioner .
April 2006
Governance and the HR function by Peter Bonisch
March 2006
Human Resource Accounting: Are we ready for it? by Professor Philip Dewe, Birkbeck
February 2006
Fraud attacks force firms to improve risk management FSA Press Release
January 2006
Biometric Implementations: Myth & Reality by Dionysios S. Demetis, London School of Economics
December 2005
Barclaycard International - Seeding Expansion by Wendy Meikle, Chief of Staff Barclaycard and Professor Paul Sparrow, Manchester Business School
October 2005
Identity & Indentification: suggestions for effective authentication by Ana Isabel Canhoto, Henley Management College
September 2005
Powerchex sheds light on UK vetting trends .
