In a world where regulations are increasingly stringent, and ethical expectations from stakeholders are high, fostering a culture of compliance within an organization is imperative. For managers, this means navigating a complex landscape of legal requirements, ethical dilemmas, and organizational dynamics.

https://www.intuition.com/strategic-approaches-to-fostering-a-culture-of-compliance/

Transparency International, a global movement working in more than 100 countries for greater integrity in public life, defines corruption as ”the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” When individuals and organizations promote interests other than the ones they are entrusted to serve, the result is corruption. It occurs in both the public and private sector.

https://www.intuition.com/corruption-explained-different-forms-and-effects/

International crime has grown exponentially over the years and continues to be a primary focus of the international community. One of the greatest challenges facing criminals is concealing the sources of their ill-gotten gains. Criminals must conceal the origins of their funds because legislation exists worldwide to allow law enforcement agencies to confiscate the proceeds of crime.

https://www.intuition.com/money-laundering-explained/

Data protection is no longer a minor concern for businesses; it has emerged as a significant tenet of the digital economy. With the European Union’s introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organizations around the globe have been compelled to reassess and enhance their data governance and privacy practices.

The relentless secular bull market in tech stocks has led to structurally high index concentration. While this is an age-old market phenomenon, it still poses a challenge for fund managers and index designers, particularly with passive investing having added fuel to the debate around index concentration.

For an asset type often regarded as a “safer” corner of the crypto world, stablecoins have attracted a surprising degree of regulatory scrutiny. While stablecoins are designed to maintain a stable value, their underlying structures and use cases vary, meaning not all stablecoins are created equal. Regulators are concerned about the potential for stablecoins to pose systemic risks, particularly given their intersection with traditional financial systems.

A host of factors have conspired to act as a brake on Europe’s economic growth this century. And the situation is not helped by inherent difficulties with financing the necessary measures to increase productivity.

The notion that regulators hold absolute sway over the industries they cover is facing mounting challenges, as increasingly successful lobbying by big business to dilute

One of the major consequences of the global financial crisis of 2007-09 was a series of systematic moves by regulators to loosen the vice-like grip that incumbent banks – largely courtesy of regulators themselves – had on virtually all aspects of the payments and broader financial services market.

Famously derided as a “barbarous relic” by none less than John Maynard Keynes, and nothing more than a shiny “pet rock” to its many detractors, the allure of gold can be hard to fathom, particularly for those who pride themselves on their rational outlook. After all, gold has limited industrial or commercial utility outside of jewelry – with just 6% of production going to industrial use – and yields no income to investors.