Blog Archives: 2015

March Madness- the Time to Focus on Benchmarking

Posted March 31st, 2015 & filed under Blog.

The NCAA March Madness basketball tournament is an exciting time of year, where athletes compete at the highest level against long-time rivals. It is the time for teams to match their skills against their competition and vie for the opportunity to cut down the net.

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By design, not by chance – fraud detection techniques can help lead to a fraud discovery

Posted March 23rd, 2015 & filed under Blog.

This fraud story is simple, but it’s an example of a good point that is often overlooked. For background, in this case someone wrote checks to themselves and recorded them in the accounting ledgers as being paid to other,

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What Are an Employer’s Fiduciary Responsibilities Regarding Retirement Plans?

Posted March 18th, 2015 & filed under Blog.

I recently read a couple of articles that caught my attention because they highlighted the important responsibility employers have in management oversight of their sponsored retirement plans.

One lawsuit was recently settled for $62 million,

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Lessons Learned in Obtaining CMBS Financing

Posted March 9th, 2015 & filed under Blog.

Hotel development is on an upswing in the Seattle area  ̶  more than 1,200 rooms are currently under construction with many more planned. There are several factors contributing to the development: tourism growth,

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Fraud prevention – five simple things you can do to get started

Posted February 12th, 2015 & filed under Blog.

I recently watched a short video published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and I wanted to share two big lessons I pulled away from it.

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