Partners - Global Compliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Global Compliance and RISQ Group to Deliver Compliance and Risk Management Solutions throughout Asia-Pacific
Partnership to Offer Whistleblower Hotline and Investigative ServicesTo Help Clients Maintain Comprehensive GRC Programs
Charlotte, N.C. and Sydney, Australia, November 9, 2011 – Global Compliance, the leading global provider of integrated ethics and compliance solutions, and RISQ Group (“RISQ”), an Australia-based company that specializes in investigations & forensics, business intelligence, crisis & security management, and risk consulting & technology, announced a partnership today that will bring comprehensive compliance and risk management solutions, including critical whistleblowing hotline services and investigative services, to organizations with operations throughout Asia-Pacific.
RISQ has been providing clients in Australia a whistleblower hotline service for over five years and has observed a growing interest in hotlines that prevent fraud and corruption and capture OH&S issues and policy breaches. RISQ identified Global Compliance as a critical partner who could help meet this increasing demand – and provide sophisticated hotline and case management solutions going forward. The Global Compliance/RISQ partnership will provide RISQ’s Asia-Pacific-based clients access to Global Compliance’s whistleblower hotline product solutions - including a state-of-the-art 24x7 contact center with 180+ language capability, advanced case management system with sophisticated reporting and analytics, and best practices developed over three decades of operation.
Currently, Global Compliance provides such whistleblower hotline services to more than 4,000 clients and their 25 million employees in over 200 countries and territories including Australia and the rest of Asia-Pacific.
In turn, Global Compliance’s clients with Asia-Pacific operations will have access to RISQ’s comprehensive investigative services, including corporate fraud investigations, breach of policy investigations, intellectual property protection, asset tracing, computer forensics, e-discovery and data mining and analytics. Global Compliance’s customers will also benefit from RISQ’s additional international capabilities that allow it to bring solutions to clients regardless of geographical location
“RISQ Group has a client base that will benefit from Global Compliance’s advanced whistleblower hotline services - and our 30 years of experience in the industry,” said Jim Burke, CEO, Global Compliance. “In turn, RISQ provides comprehensive investigative services and a knowledge of the Asia-Pacific market that brings great value to Global Compliance’s clients.” Burke concluded, “This partnership represents another step in strengthening our global market presence in this important and developing region.”
“The combination of Global Compliance’s whistleblower hotline operations and best practices with RISQ’s investigative services and Asia-Pacific presence will enhance our ability to provide comprehensive compliance and risk management solutions, as we have done for almost 10 years in Australia,” said Guy Underwood, CEO, RISQ Group. “We look forward to sharing the benefits of this partnership with our clients, who now will have even more access to the tools they need to maintain effective GRC programs
About RISQ Group
RISQ Group was born from a desire to offer unparalleled risk services to clients around the world. From its beginnings in Australia in 2002 the RISQ Group of companies now has operations across eight locations in six countries. RISQ specializes in risk management services, including investigations & forensics, business intelligence, crisis & security management, and risk consulting & technology. The RISQ team comprises some of the most respected and experienced fraud risk professionals in the Asia-Pacific region, servicing clients ranging from large multinationals to government agencies to the not-for-profit sector. http://risqgroup.com
About Global Compliance Services, Inc.
Global Compliance is the leading global provider of integrated corporate governance, risk management, and compliance solutions, including the industry’s first and largest whistleblower hotline and case management software solution and ethics training. Global Compliance currently provides hotline services to greater than 4,000 clients and their respective 25 million employees in more than 200 countries and territories. The company’s global whistleblower hotline database of over 3 million records is also the largest proprietary source of ethics and compliance benchmarking information.
