We help ensure that financial conflicts of interest are disclosed in a complete and transparent manner.
But allegations of financial conflicts of interest flew, and the panel's chairman, Thomas Whalen , argued that the data presented had been of low quality.
The study was supported by the German Ministry of Research, the French Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique National and Medtronic, and many of the authors reported financial conflicts of interest with Medtronic and other companies.
Disclosure of financial information regarding conflicts of interest should never be rejected.
In the money management industry, kick-backs and all sorts of undisclosed financial arrangements involving conflicts of interest with are commonplace.
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The investigations my firm has undertaken on behalf of institutional investors over the years reveal that when you scrutinize financial products and services and identify conflicts of interest and hidden financial dealings, you can predict poor performance.
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The PBGC, the guarantor of defined benefit pensions that has taken over thousands of pensions has never undertaken a comprehensive forensic investigation of even a single failed pension aimed at determining whether there were any conflicts of interest, hidden financial arrangements or wrongdoing that may have contributed to the demise of the fund.
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Those of us in financial services are in the business of managing conflicts of interest.
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Some of those lenders also had financial interests with Chesapeake, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.
Investor awareness of conflicts of interest involving financial advisers has been growing in recent years.
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Of course, questions over potential conflicts of interest will continue to swirl around any financial service firm that has more than one line of business.
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If conflicts of interest, hidden financial arrangements, fraud, collusion between parties providing services to pensions, or even mismanagement are contributing to the demise of our pensions, action must be taken before more plans fail.
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That means that the trusts, created so that elected officials could avoid conflicts of interest between their financial holdings and their official acts, will now be in plain sight for the public and the candidates to see.
Whereas earlier he vowed to avoid the conflicts of interest inherent in taking financial stakes in companies he covers, now he is promising only to be transparent about them.
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Goldman is expected to release later this month the results of an internal review that included potential conflicts of interest at the firm, its financial disclosures and dealings with clients.
There is a tremendous public debate at this time regarding the conflicts of interest surrounding the investment research written by financial analysts in Wall Street firms with investment banking operations.
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The point is, in the current financial system where financial institutions are more broadly defined, we want to eliminate conflicts of interest where we can, we want to eliminate these cross-subsidies or "heads I win, tails the taxpayer loses".
In 2007 the GAO issued its report which analyzed the financial returns of pension plans assisted by 11 consultants that disclosed conflicts of interest and of plans assisted by 13 consultants who had material conflicts of interest that they did not disclose.
Investigations after the 1929 stock market crash revealed widespread conflicts of interest and outright fraud in the activities of financial firms leading up to the Great Crash.
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Financial relationships between physicians and drug and medical device companies can create conflicts of interest that threaten the quality of patient care and drive up healthcare costs.
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My colleagues and I at Media Trackers Florida have now discovered Urbanchuk has severe conflicts of interest regarding renewable energy subsidies and has a financial self-interest in promoting them.
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The subpoena comes on the heels of a scathing 646-page report from a Senate panel that said the bank engaged in massive conflicts of interest and contaminated the U.S. financial system with toxic assets and undermied public trust in the markets in the months leading up to the crisis.
Financial analyst, auditor, pension consultant, lawyer, politician and regulator conflicts of interest have become so commonplace and the corresponding risks so imperceptible, that we have come to accept preposterous scenarios.
The Obama transition team has been exploring Bill Clinton's worldwide financial activities and his charity work to see if there might be potential conflicts of interest if his wife becomes secretary of state.
Number one, there are very few of them, so there are lots of conflicts of interest that are built up within the industry and with competing financial institutions.
However, she noted that a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report released last month (see " SEC Targets Pensions") indicated widespread conflicts of interest exist among pension consultants and money managers that may cause significant financial damage to pension funds.
Britain's Financial Services Authority complained this week that investment banks and hedge funds were sloppy and prone to conflicts of interest.
In fact, audit firms would be subject to conflicts of interest in accepting such an assignment since they have already opined as to the accuracy of the financial statements.
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