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Financial Institutions
Sarbanes-Oxley also had measures to improve the quality of information in the
financial markets:
It required a corporation s chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial offi-
cer (CFO), as well as its auditors, to certify the accuracy of periodic financial
statements and disclosures of the firm (especially regarding off-balance-sheet
transactions) (Section 404).
It required members of the audit committee (the subcommittee of the board of
directors that oversees the company s audit) to be independent ; that is, they
cannot be managers in the company or receive any consulting or advisory fee
from the company.
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