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The ECIIA is sponsoring the “Corporate Governance” MEP Awards 2015. It commends a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who has achieved notable progress in ensuring the highest possible standards of corporate practice are adhered to. Voters will chose the MEP they think has made an excellent contribution in one of the 17 EU policy areas covered by the awards.
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The European Commission is striking a healthy balance between flexibility and hard rules in its reforms to the region’s corporate governance regime, according a report compiled by the ECIIA, The future of European governance: key views from key people.
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Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation’s operations. It helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
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The ECIIA's mission is to enhance corporate governance through the promotion of the professional practice of internal auditing. Be the voice of the profession at a European level and promote the profession in economically emerging countries.
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Have you made up your mind about which MEP has done the most this year to enhance corporate governance in the European Union? Well, it’s time to decide. You can watch this video of short-listed candidates and vote here when you have decided which one to vote for....
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Pressure from regulators to mandate that internal audit reports direct to them, or to access a function’s findings on a routine basis, could have negative, unintended consequences, according to Richard Chambers, President and Chief Executive Officer of IIA Global. While some regulators wish to standardise management structures so...
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The newly-formed banking committee of the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA) aims to provide a unified voice for internal auditors to speak on the sweeping regulatory changes affecting the banking industry. “As you know, European banking regulators are very active and many of their initiatives...
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’ s most recent consultation document – Corporate governance principles for banks – sometimes erroneously describes internal audit as a control function of banks, says the European Confederation of Institute’s of Internal Auditing (ECIIA) in its response to the paper. This misunderstanding could...
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The ECIIA deepened its cooperation with the European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI) at a meeting in Riga, Latvia recently when both bodies agreed on a further raft of joint initiatives. They included creating a team of key people across the two organisations to coordinate their shared...
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Enhancing business transparency in key areas – such as social or environmental matters – is crucial to rebuilding trust in the economy and in supporting the fundamental values of the European Union. That is why ECIIA is sponsoring an award run by Parliament Magazine to commend a Member...
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Wide-ranging changes to the structure of the European Commission (EC) could restrict the value created by good corporate governance practice, says the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA). In September 2014, the EC’s President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled a new approach to the way the EC is...
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In November 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) assumes new banking supervisory responsibilities as part of wide-ranging changes to the way financial services businesses are regulated across Europe. The new regulatory...
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The European Banking Authority’s (EBA) guidelines on the common procedures and methodologies it proposes for supervising banks need better clarity over the role of internal audit in the governance structure, says ECIIA. In its response to the EBA’s consultation on Draft Guidelines for common procedures and methodologies for the...
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Help is at hand for audit and risk committees who are under increasing pressure to comply with a raft of transparency measures enacted by the European Union over the last five years. ECIIA and the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) have launched joint guidance – Audit...
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