By Emmanuel Olaoye
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – Directors who fail to take an interest in compliance risk the threat of enforcement action from the Securities and Exchange Commission, a top official from the agency said.
In an interview with Thomson Reuters, Carlo di Florio, director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, said the agency was focused on developing an examination regime that looked at a company’s culture of compliance at every level of management. Board members who are not engaged in the compliance process risk the chance of their firm being referred to the SEC’s enforcement division for fraud or compliance failures. (more…)
