Velkommen til tredje udgave af nyhedsbrevet fra EuroSox
Fra SOX til EuroSox seminar 5. december

Netcompany og Controllers inviterer hermed til et seminar, hvor vi gennemgår de udfordringer, som danske virksomheder står overfor ved implementering af EuroSox. Vore oplægsholdere vil præsentere deres erfaringer fra USA og Danmark. De vil belyse de forretnings- og IT-kompetencer, der er nødvendige for at igangsætte en complianceproces. Der sættes fokus på hvordan en større del af complianceprocessen kan automatiseres og omkostningerne nedbringes.

Læs mere om seminaret her.

Tilmelding

Seminaret holdes den 5. December 2006 kl. 9:00 – 12:00 på Hotel PHOENIX COPENHAGEN ∙ Bredgade 37 ∙ 1260 København K

Deltagelse er gratis. Tilmelding skal ske til Heidi Young. Angiv venligst Navn, Firma, Stillingsbetegnelse og adresse senest fredag den 24. november 2006.

Et godt tilbud
Hvis du er et dansk børsnoteret selskab og ønsker at være pioner i implementering af kravene i det 8. direktiv (EuroSox), så har vi et godt tilbud til dig, som kan løse dine udfordringer vedr compliance og interne kontroller. Send en email til Kersi Porbunderwalla, hvis du er interesseret i at høre mere om dette tilbud.
Nyheder
Study Finds Sarbanes-Oxley Benefits Business
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Ryan LaFond says that Sarbanes-Oxley does add costs for businesses, but predicts that burden will most likely ease over time. "Most audit firms will tell you that there was a large, one-time cost to get companies up to speed to meet SOX requirements, but going forward, things won't be so costly." Læs mere her.
Execs Still Waiting for 404 Help
Viewing COSO as inadequate, finance chiefs are still using auditing standard to guide the way on internal controls, a survey reveals. Læs mere her.
Whistleblower Protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Primer and a Critique
This article critically examines the whistleblower protections afforded employees under Sarbanes-Oxley. Læs mere her.
Wall Street finds an ally in Treasury
Wall Street and corporate America have found a potent champion in Washington to back their demands for reduced corporate regulation: Henry Paulson Jr., secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Læs mere her.
US elections to trigger Sarb-Ox law changes
The new US Congress is to begin talks in the New Year on changes to the Sarbanes-Oxley laws in an attempt to ensure Wall Street regains the upper hand over London in the global battle for listings. Læs mere her og her.
Accountants have become hot commodities
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed by Congress in 2002, tightened internal controls and mandated auditor independence in the wake of corporate scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. To comply with it, corporations and accounting firms have ramped up hiring, piquing interest among college students. Læs mere her.
Auditing costs still too high due to Sarbox
Costs of company inspections continue to be high, a US accounting watchdog has said, because the inspections, required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are not as efficient as they could be. Læs mere her.
Nyheder på EuroSox.dk
How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, 2nd Edition – Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal

For revisorer, konsulenter og andre, som står overfor at skulle opfylde Sarbanes-Oxley loven, specielt Section 404 om interne kontroller, er denne bog uhyre relevant, konkret og tæt, men velskrevet.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit – Practice Aids for Managers and Auditors

Denne bog supplerer ovennævnte med et stort udvalg af formularer. Bøgerne er ikke just billige, men de vil være tjent ind i løbet af godt en (konsulent)times tid.

I næste nyhedsbrev
Fra SOX til EuroSox: Afrapportering
Vi vil give et resume af oplæggene fra en konference, som vi afholder sammen med Netcompany, på Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen tirsdag den 5. december.
Compliance konference i Warszawa: Afrapportering
Kersi Porbunderwalla vil rapportere fra en compliance konference i Warszawa, som afholdes 20.-23. november 2006, hvor han har et indlæg om EuroSox. Han vil endvidere berette om sit møde med Microsoft's Global Compliance Officer.

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