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T H E   O F F I C I A L   M A G A Z I N E   O F     T H E   E C I I A   April 2012 . Issue 22




 Remixing Regulation
  Banking supervisors want internal audit to play
  a more central role within bank regulation




 Inside: Raising public sector control standards, helping directors
 to improve, corporate governance citizens and more
2        NEWS


Getting heard
                                                                                                                            In organizing the conference we are inspired by the ambition and way
In February 2012, the European              to provide potential candidate              The debate in the public
                                                                                                                             of working of top level restaurants. Therefore you should only expect
Commission (Budget DG) for                  countries with guidance for re-        sector, be it at national level or at    the best of this conference. We will meet the highest quality standards
the first time published the                engineering their public internal      EU level, is about how to solve               for our conference and galaparty and treat you as our guest.
Compendium of the public                    control systems where necessary.       the sovereign debt and Euro
internal control systems in the                 “We heartily agree with            crises. The conference heard that                     The à la carte concept: choose yourself
EU Member States 2012. This                 the European Commission’s              deficiencies in the functioning of        During the conference we will serve you not only lectures, but we also
provided a structured overview of           objectives to analyse PIC systems      public internal control were one the    have workshops and interactive sessions in which you can actually share
the various public internal control         as a valuable way of developing        many causes of these problems.           experiences with your international colleagues. By looking at how much
(PIC) systems currently being               benchmarking tools for identifying          Managerial accountability           Spanish peppers a session has, you can see how interactive a session
applied by the public sector in each        control frameworks for the proper      structures and internal control              is. With the à la carte concept you can choose your own menu.
of the 27 EU Member States.                 and efficient management of            frameworks are key governance
                                                                                                                                        Make sure you have a table reservation!
    The paper presents the so-              public resources,” said ECIIA          factors determining the quality and
                                                                                                                             The substantive program, the location in the city of Amsterdam, the
called PIFC concept, which is a             president Carolyn Dittmeier.           effectiveness of the public sector
                                                                                                                             good food: we are sure that all these things will truly connect people
model for public internal control               The topic was subject to much      in managing national budgets, so             in a pleasant way. So make sure you have a table reservation!
aligned with international standards        discussion at the conference on        it is important to get them right.
such as INTOSAI and IIA IPPF,               Public Internal Control systems in          See this website for                                       Early Bird Discount
and European good practice. It              EU Member States that took place       both the compendium and                              Note: You will receive an Early Bird Discount of
can be used by the Commission               in Brussels in February 2012.          for conference slides.                                   €200,- if you register before 1 May.

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   Conference of Internal Auditors for       place at The Sheraton Hotel           audit: realities and perspectives”
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3        NEWS

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standard setters aim to develop             Commission’s Internal Audit        financial management principles      management, carbon-quota
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5        COVER FEATURE




Remixing regulation
Banking supervisors want internal audit
to play a more central role within bank
regulation, as Arthur Piper reports


Internal                 auditors are
                         set to play
a more integral role in ensuring
                                            of the banking crisis in 2007 and
                                            afterwards, the profession has
                                            subsequently considered what role
sound corporate governance in               it might be able to play in order to
banks if proposals set out in the           prevent such future catastrophes.
most recent guidance by the                 The document represents the first
Basel Committee on Banking                  comprehensive overhaul of thinking
Supervision are rubber-stamped.             on internal audit by the Committee
The document, The internal                  since its 2001 paper, Internal audit
audit function in banks, sets out           in banks and the supervisor’s
principles aimed at enhancing               relationship with auditors.
internal audit’s effectiveness and              So what’s new? The Committee
covers everything from the role             has taken a stronger stance on the
of the auditor to the function’s            independence of the internal audit
relationship with the regulators.           function in several of its principles.
    While internal audit was seldom         For example, principle two states:
directly implicated as the cause            “The bank’s internal audit »	



European Governance Magazine . April 2012
6        COVER FEATURE

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» reinforced just for this cause. In        advice and counsel. In order         consultation is addressing some         annual risk-based internal audit       clash with existing regulations.
his letter to the Basel Committee,          to maintain its independence,        of the issues that constrained the      plan that can be part of a multi-          “The consultation paper
Richard Chambers, Global IIA’s              internal audit should act            internal audit function in banks        year plan.” He wrote to the            shows that there is a need for
chairman, said: “With regard to its         as an advisor and not have           before the credit crunch.”              Committee: “The head of internal       harmonisation in respect of the
assurance role to the board, the            responsibility for the committee’s       Peters says that the UK and         audit takes into account audit         scope of activity of all banks
internal audit function is meant            work. It should also perform         Ireland Institute emphasised the        risk factors as well as the bank’s     since this scope is fundamentally
to provide global assurance to              and report on fraud analysis         benefits of a risk-based approach       risk organisational objectives and     different from the regulations that
the board on the internal control           and conduct special verification     to internal auditing in its own         risk management framework,             apply in national regulations,”
and risk management systems                 of potential irregularities.         official response to the Basel          including using risk appetite          it said. “Certain sections of
pertaining to all governance                                                     Committee, rather than any regime       levels set by management for the       the proposed provisions in
objectives. This encompasses                Tools                                that would enable the regulators to     different activities or parts of the   the consultation paper are in
business control objectives,                “The internal audit profession has   prescribe the scope and direction       organisation. If the framework         conflict with the legally foreseen
financial reliability, regulatory           developed a lot of tools to help     of the function’s activities. He says   does not exist, the head of internal   powers of senior management
and legal compliance, etc.”                 banks achieve good governance,”      this would allow internal auditors      audit will consider perceived          and the tasks of the board of
    Principle five recommends               says Dittmeier, “which was why       to focus on the risks they judged       risks on the basis of consultation     directors in subsidiaries.”
that each bank has an internal              we also recommended that the         to be of greatest significance          with senior management.”                   One of the potential areas
audit charter that “articulates the         Committee enshrine the IIA’s Code                                                                                   of conflict that arises under the
purpose, standing and authority             of Ethics and its International                                                                                     Committee’s proposed system is
of the internal audit function              Standards for the Professional       “The internal audit profession has                                             the role of internal audit and the
within the bank”. Chambers wrote            Practice of Internal Auditing                                                                                       regulators. How far is internal audit
that there should be guidance               into its principles. That way, we     developed a lot of tools to help banks                                        to be an arm for the regulator
on the minimum requirements
for an internal audit charter.
                                            know that everyone is singing
                                            off the same hymn sheet.”
                                                                                  achieve good governance”                                                      and how far is it an independent
                                                                                                                                                                function within the bank aimed
He suggested that internal                      “The proposals recognise                                                                                        at ensuring good governance
auditors should at least, provide           that internal auditors must be       at any one time. “We want to            Banks’ response                        practice? The question drew
information about evolving models           given an enhanced status and         ensure the balance is effective         The banks have also given a            intense debate from participants
on governance, risk, control and            standing within the banking          so that it produces the outcome         guarded welcome to the proposals,      at the ECIIA’s conference in
compliance (GRCC) to board                  sector and can play a greater        that we all wish to see - better        but want to ensure that they are       Madrid in 2011 and is still causing
members promote education                   part in avoiding another banking     management of risks,” he says.          workable in practice. For example,     concern in the financial sector.
of bank personnel on GRCC to                crisis,” says Ian Peters, chief          The IIA reinforced this concept     the European Association of Public         “The internal audit function’s
ensure awareness and importance,            executive of the Chartered           in the letter written by Chambers:      Banks and Funding Agencies             assurance and advisory role
and attend the bank’s governance            Institute of Internal Auditors in    “The head of internal audit is          wrote to the Committee to say          to management must not be
committee meetings to provide               the UK and Ireland. “The Basel       responsible for developing an           that some of its principles may        undermined by supervisory »



European Governance Magazine . April 2012
8        COVER FEATURE

“The internal audit function’s assurance
 and advisory role to management must
 not be undermined by supervisory
 authorities’ requests for information”

» authorities’ requests for                 and internal audit has been
information,” said the European             significantly expanded. In particular,
Association of Public Banks and             more attention is paid to the
Funding Agencies. “There is a               way these groups communicate,
need to clearly define reporting            particularly when it comes to
and responsibility lines for the            sharing of information. Importantly,                                                                                           ©REUTERS


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9        FEATURE



Helping directors
to improve
Board directors across Europe are keen to know
more about corporate governance and assurance,
the head of Ecoda tells Neil Baker

If     Europe is going to find
       a path back to steady
economic growth, it needs
                                                Not only was it unfair to tar all
                                            business leaders with the same
                                            brush, it was counter-productive,
                                                                                     go elsewhere,” warned Sorrell.
                                                                                         The new-found willingness of
                                                                                     politicians to involve themselves
a confident and optimistic                  Sorrell argued. A “cowed and             in complex business affairs – not
corporate sector. But there’s an            hobbled” business sector would           least corporate governance – is
air of discontent inside many of            not create economic growth, jobs         something that concerns Patrick
the continent’s boardrooms. Sir             or tax revenues. If politicians didn’t   Zurstrassen, chairman of the
Martin Sorrell, chief executive             change their line of attack, “The        European Confederation of
of global advertising giant WPP,            alternatives will be to invest and       Directors’ Associations (Ecoda), »
caught the mood in a recent
article for a British newspaper.
People were rightly angry about
behaviour in the banking industry,
                                            “There is a need for directors to
he wrote, but politicians were               understand governance better,
engaging in “indiscriminate
business bashing” in the belief
                                             from a higher viewpoint, and they                                               Head of Ecoda,

it would win them votes.                     are eager for this knowledge”                                                Patrick Zurstrassen




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» a body that represents many               director can hold, have all           and a governance issue such as
of Europe’s leading professional            become issues where national          the number of posts a director          Three lines of defence
bodies for board directors.                 parliaments, regulators and the       can hold. Consequently, he does
    There has long been a                   European Commission have all          not support legislation – such          The three lines of defence model explains how the
tendency in the media to criticise          seen fit to become involved.          as that introduced in France            various people involved in an organisation’s risk
corporate leaders, Zurstrassen                  The problem, says Zurstrassen,    and Belgium and considered              management efforts should work together.
notes. Typical charges are that             is that corporate governance is a     at a European level for financial           The first line of defence is operational managers. They
they put their own interests                complex and nuanced area. “We         firms – that puts a fixed limit         are responsible for assessing, controlling and mitigating
ahead of other stakeholders, pay            are concerned about the risk of       on the number of posts one              risks. The second line of defence is the specialist
themselves stunning rewards                 an over-reaction on the regulatory    director can hold. “That is an          departments in the business – such as risk management and
for mediocre performance, and               front and the politicisation of       obvious over-reaction,” he says.        compliance. Their role is to help managers follow good risk
only recruit board members                  some issues,” he says. “We                The amount of time required         management practices and to ensure they report the right
                                                                                  to be an effective director will        risk-related information up and down the organisation.
                                                                                  vary from one company to                    The internal audit function is the third line of defence.
“We are concerned about the risk of an                                            another, Zurstrassen argues:            Its role is to provide assurance to the organisation’s

 over-reaction on the regulatory front                                            “Whether a person can make
                                                                                  sufficient commitment to be
                                                                                                                          governing body and senior management about how well
                                                                                                                          the organization is assessing and managing risks, including
 and the politicisation of some issues”                                           a director should be decided            how well the other two lines of defence are operating.
                                                                                  at the level of every board.”
                                                                                  Regulators or professional bodies
who are just like them. Non-                have to accept that we work in        might want to issue guidance          backgrounds are interested in the    rules and expectations in the
executive directors, too, have              a society where some business         on the topic, but it should be        idea of taking a seat on a board.    financial sector in particular are
been attacked, usually for failing          issues have a political nature        for boards to decide what action      “Due to the crisis, directorship     becoming more detailed and
to challenge senior executives.             and need to be dealt with by the      best suits their business.            might not have the professional      rules-based, he argues. This
    In the wake of the financial            political system, but we prefer           Zurstrassen’s wider concern is    appeal it had in the past,” he       trend isn’t entirely negative – if
crisis, politicians across Europe,          the exercise of freedom.”             that the willingness of politicians   says. “But, as a professional        financial firms are working within
from all ideological hues, have                 Zurstrassen draws a distinction   and regulators to dictate             body, we have to fight and keep      a governance model that is more
seen votes in this debate.                  between a social issue such as        boardroom behaviour might deter       attracting people to the role.”      tailored to their needs, that is a
Corporate governance issues                 gender equality – where he does       experienced business people from          There is already a trend         good thing, Zurstrassen believes.
such as executive pay, gender               accept that political action may      becoming board directors. He has      for directors to specialise in       “These businesses work in a
equality in the boardroom, and              be appropriate, although it is not    already noticed that not enough       increasingly narrow business         different regulatory framework and
the number of posts a single                something Ecoda advocates –           people from audit and legal           areas, he says. The governance       have different social »



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                                                                                 it does make life more difficult     members launches a training          lines of defence” model of
   About Ecoda                                                                   for board directors at companies
                                                                                 that operate across borders,
                                                                                                                      initiative aimed at directors,
                                                                                                                      “the demand has always been
                                                                                                                                                           risk management and internal
                                                                                                                                                           control (see sidebar). This will
   The European Confederation of Directors’ Associations is a                    or that need to understand           higher than the supply,” he says.    be especially useful to audit
   not-for-profit association based in Brussels. It was founded in               what good governance looks           “There is a need for directors to    committee members, which is
   December 2004 and represents ten national director associations,              like in other parts of Europe.       understand governance better,        a priority, says Zurstrassen.
   including the British Institute of Directors, the Belgian Guberna                 Since 2010, Ecoda has run        from a higher viewpoint, and they         The European Commission’s
   and the French Institut Français des Administrateurs. Its mission             professional training courses to     are eager for this knowledge.        forthcoming governance directive
   is to promote corporate governance at large, to promote the role              help directors to deal with this     We don’t know the limits, the        is likely to say more about the
   of directors towards shareholders and corporate stakeholders,                 challenge. The aim is to help        depths of demand. But we know        technical knowledge expected
   and to promote the success of its national institutes.                        participants benchmark their         that whenever we provide more        of directors who sit on audit
        For more information: www.ecoda.org                                      own board and governance             supply, the demand is there.”        committees. “Not all directors
                                                                                 practices with those of similar           Europe needs better trained     have a background in auditing
                                                                                 companies in other European          and more informed directors,         or finance, so we want to help
» responsibilities, so governance           pay and diversity – and these        countries. The courses also          Zurstrassen says, and Ecoda          them with guidance on the role
needs to be done differently.”              would introduce a level of           provide an expert briefing on the    has an important role to play        of the audit committee, what a
     But it does mean that new              consistency across Europe,           key policy issues and regulatory     in that regard. It has already       best practice committee looks
directors need more time to                 when and if they are adopted         changes in European corporate        produced guidance for directors      like, and how it should work
get up to speed, and it can                 into national laws or codes of       governance. “The programme           of unlisted companies and for        with both internal and external
deter those from outside                    practice. But in the meantime,       has been very successful,”           audit committee members.             audit,” he says. “Working with
the sector – who can bring                  increased national-level political   says Zurstrassen. “We’ve had              One of its next projects is     the ECIIA will help us to give
valuable and diverse business               and regulatory action is creating    people coming from all countries,    a joint initiative with the ECIIA.   directors the practical insights
experience – from becoming                  more of a patchwork approach         learning from each other and         The goal is to provide guidance      they need to perform their
involved. However, the core                 to governance across Europe.         sharing their experiences.”          for directors on the “three          role more effectively.”
principles of what the board is                 This is not necessarily a        Ecoda is looking at extending
for, and what makes a director              concern, says Zurstrassen.           the programme next year.
effective – providing oversight,            The European Commission                  The success of the
transparency and a balance of
interests – apply across industry
                                            long ago ruled out the idea of
                                            trying to create a pan-European
                                                                                 programme reflects the fact that
                                                                                 directors across Europe are taking
                                                                                                                      “Due to the crisis, directorship might
sectors, Zurstrassen argues.                corporate governance code.           a more professional view of their     not have the professional appeal it had
     The European Commission
has several governance-related
                                            Differences in company law and
                                            business culture would make that
                                                                                 role, and are eager for training
                                                                                 opportunities, Zurstrassen says.
                                                                                                                       in the past. We have to fight and keep
initiatives in the pipeline – on            impossible, Zurstrassen says. But    Whenever one of Ecoda’s national      attracting people to the role”

European Governance Magazine . April 2012
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  • 1. T H E O F F I C I A L M A G A Z I N E O F T H E E C I I A April 2012 . Issue 22 Remixing Regulation Banking supervisors want internal audit to play a more central role within bank regulation Inside: Raising public sector control standards, helping directors to improve, corporate governance citizens and more
  • 2. 2 NEWS Getting heard In organizing the conference we are inspired by the ambition and way In February 2012, the European to provide potential candidate The debate in the public of working of top level restaurants. Therefore you should only expect Commission (Budget DG) for countries with guidance for re- sector, be it at national level or at the best of this conference. We will meet the highest quality standards the first time published the engineering their public internal EU level, is about how to solve for our conference and galaparty and treat you as our guest. Compendium of the public control systems where necessary. the sovereign debt and Euro internal control systems in the “We heartily agree with crises. The conference heard that The à la carte concept: choose yourself EU Member States 2012. This the European Commission’s deficiencies in the functioning of During the conference we will serve you not only lectures, but we also provided a structured overview of objectives to analyse PIC systems public internal control were one the have workshops and interactive sessions in which you can actually share the various public internal control as a valuable way of developing many causes of these problems. experiences with your international colleagues. By looking at how much (PIC) systems currently being benchmarking tools for identifying Managerial accountability Spanish peppers a session has, you can see how interactive a session applied by the public sector in each control frameworks for the proper structures and internal control is. With the à la carte concept you can choose your own menu. of the 27 EU Member States. and efficient management of frameworks are key governance Make sure you have a table reservation! The paper presents the so- public resources,” said ECIIA factors determining the quality and The substantive program, the location in the city of Amsterdam, the called PIFC concept, which is a president Carolyn Dittmeier. effectiveness of the public sector good food: we are sure that all these things will truly connect people model for public internal control The topic was subject to much in managing national budgets, so in a pleasant way. So make sure you have a table reservation! aligned with international standards discussion at the conference on it is important to get them right. such as INTOSAI and IIA IPPF, Public Internal Control systems in See this website for Early Bird Discount and European good practice. It EU Member States that took place both the compendium and Note: You will receive an Early Bird Discount of can be used by the Commission in Brussels in February 2012. for conference slides. €200,- if you register before 1 May. For more information click here. Events Fourth Professional Internal Auditor Conference in Sofia, certifications of IIA Global, IT risks and controls and more. or to reserve a table click here. IIA Bosnia and Herzegovina is Bulgaria. The event, “The New ECIIA and IIA Azerbaijan is organising the 7th International Realities in Internal Audit”, takes hosting a conference, “Internal Conference of Internal Auditors for place at The Sheraton Hotel audit: realities and perspectives” Central and Southeastern Europe Balkan, Sofia between 26-27 in May 3-4, 2012 in Baku. between 10-12 May, 2012 in June, 2012. Presentations will To attend, click here. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. include: The imminent revision There are also events soon For the program, click here. of the Standards, updated in Slovenia and Norway. IIA Bulgaria is hosting its COSO framework, the new EUROPEAN CONFERENCE AMSTERDAM 2010 12 – 14 SEPTEMBER European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 3. 3 NEWS ECIIA CORPORATE Supporting best practice GOVERNANCE CITIZEN PROGRAMME Leading organisations in Europe are becoming increasingly aware that they need to pool their expertise if they are to meet the challenge of achieving sound corporate governance practice in a changing world. The ECIIA is delighted to have welcomed Generali Group to its Corporate Governance Citizenship Programme. The business joins Enel and Eni in helping the ECIIA promote best corporate governance practice across Europe. The Generali Group is one of the most significant players in the global insurance and financial products market. The Generali Group is market leader in Italy and Assicurazioni Generali, founded in 1831 in Trieste, is the Group’s parent and principal operating company. Characterised from the very outset by a strong international We believe in sound corporate outlook and now present in more than 60 Countries, Generali has consolidated its position among the world’s leading governance, doECIIA CorporAtE you? GovErnAnCE insurance operators, with significant market shares in CItIzEn proGrAmmE THE EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF INSTITUTES OF INTERNAL AUDITING western Europe – its main area of activity – and particularly Head Office: c/o iia Belgium – Koningsstraat 109-111, bus 5 - B-1000 Brussels (Belgium) If you are an organization operating in Europe, facing the constant challenge PHOne: +32 2 217 33 20 - fax: +32 2 217 33 20 - email: corporate.governance@eciia.eu in Germany, France, Austria, Spain and Switzerland. It also of applying corporate governance in a dynamic world, and wish to assist ECIIA has a strong market position in Israel and Argentina. in the promotion of sound principles of corporate governance at a European level, the ECIIA Corporate Governance Citizen Programme is for you. The ECIIA supports research, input into the European Union’s governmental bodies, and knowledge-sharing with business and the public sector. Together we can achieve more. Through Citizens comes progress. To become a member, please see our website www.eciia.eu or contact us at corporate.governance@eciia.eu European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 4. 4 NEWS eB ook Public standards The Chartered Institute of Public She was assurance partner at services or agencies directly of pan-European IT systems, Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) PWC until 2011, specialising in involved in the management and research platforms or even and the Chartered Institute of government and the broader delivery of major infrastructural space programmes. They may Internal Auditors (IIA) jointly public sector, including wide programmes in addition to its concern any policy: energy launched the UK Internal Audit experience of internal audit. more usual role of reviewing supply, transport, customs Standards Advisory Board (IASAB) Meanwhile, Pascal Hallez, whether financial EU contributions controls, immigration, food safety, in March 2012. Internal audit who leads one of the European were spent according to sound nuclear security, pandemic standard setters aim to develop Commission’s Internal Audit financial management principles management, carbon-quota UK-wide Public Sector Internal Service units, says that the and in compliance with the rules. management and many others. Audit Standards (PSIAS). The function has widened its remit. The infrastructural You can read more about IASAB will provide oversight and challenge for this process. The IAS is increasingly auditing programmes are likely to consist the IAS’s role, here. Don’t Get The new unified set of internal audit standards will be based on Stung Last chance for early-bird conference discount the mandatory elements of the IIA’s International Professional by the UK Practices Framework, and it is conference are available For those who miss the proposed that they will apply at a discount of €200 for early-bird discount, registration Bribery Act across the UK to central and delegates who book before will cost €1,250 for members Leveraging audit analytics local government and the NHS May 1 – that’s a 16% saving and €1,450 non-members. (excluding foundation trusts). on the cost for members. There is a special group rate of for compliance testing Other sectors and jurisdictions The conference, hosted €950 per person for bookings will be able to adopt PSIAS if by IIA Netherlands, takes of ten or more delegates – but » Download eBook they choose, and health sector place in Amsterdam on please note that the early-bird regulator Monitor, the Government If you want to take advantage September 12-14. This year, discount does not apply. of the Republic of Ireland and of the early-bird discount the conference is designed For more information: the European Union have also offer on the ECIIA’s European to be highly interactive, so Click here for more: http:// nominated Board observers. Conference 2012, you need delegates can get more www.eciia.eu/events/ Janet Eilbeck was appointed to act fast. Places at the involved in the proceedings. eciia-conference-2012 independent chair of the IASAB. www.acl.com/bribery European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 5. 5 COVER FEATURE Remixing regulation Banking supervisors want internal audit to play a more central role within bank regulation, as Arthur Piper reports Internal auditors are set to play a more integral role in ensuring of the banking crisis in 2007 and afterwards, the profession has subsequently considered what role sound corporate governance in it might be able to play in order to banks if proposals set out in the prevent such future catastrophes. most recent guidance by the The document represents the first Basel Committee on Banking comprehensive overhaul of thinking Supervision are rubber-stamped. on internal audit by the Committee The document, The internal since its 2001 paper, Internal audit audit function in banks, sets out in banks and the supervisor’s principles aimed at enhancing relationship with auditors. internal audit’s effectiveness and So what’s new? The Committee covers everything from the role has taken a stronger stance on the of the auditor to the function’s independence of the internal audit relationship with the regulators. function in several of its principles. While internal audit was seldom For example, principle two states: directly implicated as the cause “The bank’s internal audit » European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 6. 6 COVER FEATURE “The internal audit function is meant to provide global assurance to the board on the internal control and risk management systems pertaining to all governance objectives” » function must be independent Welcome of the audited activities. This “A lot’s happened over the past ten requires that the internal audit years both in the banking sector function has an appropriate and in the professionalisation Increase your efficiency and boost your productivity TM standing within the bank, enabling internal auditors to carry out their of internal audit,” says ECIIA president Carolyn Dittmeier, with TeamMate assignments with objectivity.” who worked with Global IIA In addition, principle ten says on the profession’s official TeamMate is used by over 80 000 auditors around the world and is the that the audit committee – or the response. “So, we welcome industry standard in Audit Management Systems. TeamMate provides bank’s equivalent – should be this document on supervisory a platform to deliver high quality audits, standardise the workpaper responsible for overseeing the guidance and the effectiveness process, leverage auditor knowledge, enhance audit reporting and provide internal audit function; and that it of internal audit in banks.” management with key information. should report to both the non- While broadly positive, the IIA’s executive and executive boards. response has called for clarification TeamMate was designed for use across all business sectors for all types Principles six and seven in some of the Committee’s of audits. Audit departments of all sizes are using TeamMate to increase underline the broad, potential principles. In particular, the the efficiency and productivity of their entire audit process, including: risk assessment, scheduling, time and expense tracking, planning, execution, scope of audit work, so that excessive attention to regulatory review, report generation, trend analysis, committee reporting and storage. internal auditors following the surveillance rather than global proposed guidance would assurance could be construed as cover “every activity (including potentially restricting the overall outsourced activities) and every responsibilities of the internal audit Add audit efficiency to your daily routine. entity of the bank,” including function, especially given that the its regulatory responsibilities. Compliance function has been » Call 020 7981 0566 or visit CCHTeamMate.com. Copyright © 2012 Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 7. 7 COVER FEATURE » reinforced just for this cause. In advice and counsel. In order consultation is addressing some annual risk-based internal audit clash with existing regulations. his letter to the Basel Committee, to maintain its independence, of the issues that constrained the plan that can be part of a multi- “The consultation paper Richard Chambers, Global IIA’s internal audit should act internal audit function in banks year plan.” He wrote to the shows that there is a need for chairman, said: “With regard to its as an advisor and not have before the credit crunch.” Committee: “The head of internal harmonisation in respect of the assurance role to the board, the responsibility for the committee’s Peters says that the UK and audit takes into account audit scope of activity of all banks internal audit function is meant work. It should also perform Ireland Institute emphasised the risk factors as well as the bank’s since this scope is fundamentally to provide global assurance to and report on fraud analysis benefits of a risk-based approach risk organisational objectives and different from the regulations that the board on the internal control and conduct special verification to internal auditing in its own risk management framework, apply in national regulations,” and risk management systems of potential irregularities. official response to the Basel including using risk appetite it said. “Certain sections of pertaining to all governance Committee, rather than any regime levels set by management for the the proposed provisions in objectives. This encompasses Tools that would enable the regulators to different activities or parts of the the consultation paper are in business control objectives, “The internal audit profession has prescribe the scope and direction organisation. If the framework conflict with the legally foreseen financial reliability, regulatory developed a lot of tools to help of the function’s activities. He says does not exist, the head of internal powers of senior management and legal compliance, etc.” banks achieve good governance,” this would allow internal auditors audit will consider perceived and the tasks of the board of Principle five recommends says Dittmeier, “which was why to focus on the risks they judged risks on the basis of consultation directors in subsidiaries.” that each bank has an internal we also recommended that the to be of greatest significance with senior management.” One of the potential areas audit charter that “articulates the Committee enshrine the IIA’s Code of conflict that arises under the purpose, standing and authority of Ethics and its International Committee’s proposed system is of the internal audit function Standards for the Professional “The internal audit profession has the role of internal audit and the within the bank”. Chambers wrote Practice of Internal Auditing regulators. How far is internal audit that there should be guidance into its principles. That way, we developed a lot of tools to help banks to be an arm for the regulator on the minimum requirements for an internal audit charter. know that everyone is singing off the same hymn sheet.” achieve good governance” and how far is it an independent function within the bank aimed He suggested that internal “The proposals recognise at ensuring good governance auditors should at least, provide that internal auditors must be at any one time. “We want to Banks’ response practice? The question drew information about evolving models given an enhanced status and ensure the balance is effective The banks have also given a intense debate from participants on governance, risk, control and standing within the banking so that it produces the outcome guarded welcome to the proposals, at the ECIIA’s conference in compliance (GRCC) to board sector and can play a greater that we all wish to see - better but want to ensure that they are Madrid in 2011 and is still causing members promote education part in avoiding another banking management of risks,” he says. workable in practice. For example, concern in the financial sector. of bank personnel on GRCC to crisis,” says Ian Peters, chief The IIA reinforced this concept the European Association of Public “The internal audit function’s ensure awareness and importance, executive of the Chartered in the letter written by Chambers: Banks and Funding Agencies assurance and advisory role and attend the bank’s governance Institute of Internal Auditors in “The head of internal audit is wrote to the Committee to say to management must not be committee meetings to provide the UK and Ireland. “The Basel responsible for developing an that some of its principles may undermined by supervisory » European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 8. 8 COVER FEATURE “The internal audit function’s assurance and advisory role to management must not be undermined by supervisory authorities’ requests for information” » authorities’ requests for and internal audit has been information,” said the European significantly expanded. In particular, Association of Public Banks and more attention is paid to the Funding Agencies. “There is a way these groups communicate, need to clearly define reporting particularly when it comes to and responsibility lines for the sharing of information. Importantly, ©REUTERS internal audit function.” the proposals recognise that The issue arises because the this is a two-way relationship RAPID DEPLOYMENT. IT INDEPENDENCE. consultative document explicitly and that supervisory authorities recognises the role of the three should consider sharing relevant LEVERAGE THE POWER OF THE CLOUD lines of defence model and deals in detail with the relationship of information with internal audit (Principle sixteen). This lack of FOR INTERNAL AUDIT internal audit, compliance and interaction was at the heart of Thomson Reuters Accelus on demand internal audit software enables you to improve and streamline your internal audit process in weeks — not months. risk management. Although the recent financial crisis. WHY SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE? the Committee’s 2001 paper Getting the wording in the final • RAPID DEPLOYMENT. Get started fast and always run on the latest version. recognised reliance on the work document will be critical because • ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Access your data with a standard web browser. of other departments this was what is at stake is better governance • SELF-SUFFICIENT. Control your software upgrades, support and resources. only done in a limited way. in the banking sector and the • TRUSTED VENDOR. Proven track record with years of on demand deployments. In the current version, the chance to reduce the risk of another • POWERFUL REPORT GENERATION. Easily create, schedule and distribute reports. relationship between supervisors major banking crisis in future. Learn why Thomson Reuters Accelus has more clients in the cloud than any other audit management software vendor at accelus.thomsonreuters.com/IA. To request more information or schedule a demo, email us at enterprisegrc@thomsonreuters.com. European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 9. 9 FEATURE Helping directors to improve Board directors across Europe are keen to know more about corporate governance and assurance, the head of Ecoda tells Neil Baker If Europe is going to find a path back to steady economic growth, it needs Not only was it unfair to tar all business leaders with the same brush, it was counter-productive, go elsewhere,” warned Sorrell. The new-found willingness of politicians to involve themselves a confident and optimistic Sorrell argued. A “cowed and in complex business affairs – not corporate sector. But there’s an hobbled” business sector would least corporate governance – is air of discontent inside many of not create economic growth, jobs something that concerns Patrick the continent’s boardrooms. Sir or tax revenues. If politicians didn’t Zurstrassen, chairman of the Martin Sorrell, chief executive change their line of attack, “The European Confederation of of global advertising giant WPP, alternatives will be to invest and Directors’ Associations (Ecoda), » caught the mood in a recent article for a British newspaper. People were rightly angry about behaviour in the banking industry, “There is a need for directors to he wrote, but politicians were understand governance better, engaging in “indiscriminate business bashing” in the belief from a higher viewpoint, and they Head of Ecoda, it would win them votes. are eager for this knowledge” Patrick Zurstrassen European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 10. 10 FEATURE » a body that represents many director can hold, have all and a governance issue such as of Europe’s leading professional become issues where national the number of posts a director Three lines of defence bodies for board directors. parliaments, regulators and the can hold. Consequently, he does There has long been a European Commission have all not support legislation – such The three lines of defence model explains how the tendency in the media to criticise seen fit to become involved. as that introduced in France various people involved in an organisation’s risk corporate leaders, Zurstrassen The problem, says Zurstrassen, and Belgium and considered management efforts should work together. notes. Typical charges are that is that corporate governance is a at a European level for financial The first line of defence is operational managers. They they put their own interests complex and nuanced area. “We firms – that puts a fixed limit are responsible for assessing, controlling and mitigating ahead of other stakeholders, pay are concerned about the risk of on the number of posts one risks. The second line of defence is the specialist themselves stunning rewards an over-reaction on the regulatory director can hold. “That is an departments in the business – such as risk management and for mediocre performance, and front and the politicisation of obvious over-reaction,” he says. compliance. Their role is to help managers follow good risk only recruit board members some issues,” he says. “We The amount of time required management practices and to ensure they report the right to be an effective director will risk-related information up and down the organisation. vary from one company to The internal audit function is the third line of defence. “We are concerned about the risk of an another, Zurstrassen argues: Its role is to provide assurance to the organisation’s over-reaction on the regulatory front “Whether a person can make sufficient commitment to be governing body and senior management about how well the organization is assessing and managing risks, including and the politicisation of some issues” a director should be decided how well the other two lines of defence are operating. at the level of every board.” Regulators or professional bodies who are just like them. Non- have to accept that we work in might want to issue guidance backgrounds are interested in the rules and expectations in the executive directors, too, have a society where some business on the topic, but it should be idea of taking a seat on a board. financial sector in particular are been attacked, usually for failing issues have a political nature for boards to decide what action “Due to the crisis, directorship becoming more detailed and to challenge senior executives. and need to be dealt with by the best suits their business. might not have the professional rules-based, he argues. This In the wake of the financial political system, but we prefer Zurstrassen’s wider concern is appeal it had in the past,” he trend isn’t entirely negative – if crisis, politicians across Europe, the exercise of freedom.” that the willingness of politicians says. “But, as a professional financial firms are working within from all ideological hues, have Zurstrassen draws a distinction and regulators to dictate body, we have to fight and keep a governance model that is more seen votes in this debate. between a social issue such as boardroom behaviour might deter attracting people to the role.” tailored to their needs, that is a Corporate governance issues gender equality – where he does experienced business people from There is already a trend good thing, Zurstrassen believes. such as executive pay, gender accept that political action may becoming board directors. He has for directors to specialise in “These businesses work in a equality in the boardroom, and be appropriate, although it is not already noticed that not enough increasingly narrow business different regulatory framework and the number of posts a single something Ecoda advocates – people from audit and legal areas, he says. The governance have different social » European Governance Magazine . April 2012
  • 11. 11 FEATURE it does make life more difficult members launches a training lines of defence” model of About Ecoda for board directors at companies that operate across borders, initiative aimed at directors, “the demand has always been risk management and internal control (see sidebar). This will The European Confederation of Directors’ Associations is a or that need to understand higher than the supply,” he says. be especially useful to audit not-for-profit association based in Brussels. It was founded in what good governance looks “There is a need for directors to committee members, which is December 2004 and represents ten national director associations, like in other parts of Europe. understand governance better, a priority, says Zurstrassen. including the British Institute of Directors, the Belgian Guberna Since 2010, Ecoda has run from a higher viewpoint, and they The European Commission’s and the French Institut Français des Administrateurs. Its mission professional training courses to are eager for this knowledge. forthcoming governance directive is to promote corporate governance at large, to promote the role help directors to deal with this We don’t know the limits, the is likely to say more about the of directors towards shareholders and corporate stakeholders, challenge. The aim is to help depths of demand. But we know technical knowledge expected and to promote the success of its national institutes. participants benchmark their that whenever we provide more of directors who sit on audit For more information: www.ecoda.org own board and governance supply, the demand is there.” committees. “Not all directors practices with those of similar Europe needs better trained have a background in auditing companies in other European and more informed directors, or finance, so we want to help » responsibilities, so governance pay and diversity – and these countries. The courses also Zurstrassen says, and Ecoda them with guidance on the role needs to be done differently.” would introduce a level of provide an expert briefing on the has an important role to play of the audit committee, what a But it does mean that new consistency across Europe, key policy issues and regulatory in that regard. It has already best practice committee looks directors need more time to when and if they are adopted changes in European corporate produced guidance for directors like, and how it should work get up to speed, and it can into national laws or codes of governance. “The programme of unlisted companies and for with both internal and external deter those from outside practice. But in the meantime, has been very successful,” audit committee members. audit,” he says. “Working with the sector – who can bring increased national-level political says Zurstrassen. “We’ve had One of its next projects is the ECIIA will help us to give valuable and diverse business and regulatory action is creating people coming from all countries, a joint initiative with the ECIIA. directors the practical insights experience – from becoming more of a patchwork approach learning from each other and The goal is to provide guidance they need to perform their involved. However, the core to governance across Europe. sharing their experiences.” for directors on the “three role more effectively.” principles of what the board is This is not necessarily a Ecoda is looking at extending for, and what makes a director concern, says Zurstrassen. the programme next year. effective – providing oversight, The European Commission The success of the transparency and a balance of interests – apply across industry long ago ruled out the idea of trying to create a pan-European programme reflects the fact that directors across Europe are taking “Due to the crisis, directorship might sectors, Zurstrassen argues. corporate governance code. a more professional view of their not have the professional appeal it had The European Commission has several governance-related Differences in company law and business culture would make that role, and are eager for training opportunities, Zurstrassen says. in the past. We have to fight and keep initiatives in the pipeline – on impossible, Zurstrassen says. But Whenever one of Ecoda’s national attracting people to the role” European Governance Magazine . April 2012
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