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The bipartisan Senate bill would open the door to welcome relief for regional and community bank holding companies (BHCs) by raising the statutory threshold for enhanced prudential standa...
The Trump Treasury Department’s vision for how the FSOC should fulfill its mission is emerging.[1] Ironically, this new, and we think better vision, may be closer to how the Obama Trea...
ISS has issued its policy updates, effective for meetings held on or after February 1, 2018.
The updates are more limited in their scope compared to past seasons. ISS conducted a two-par...
In a move that took some by surprise, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton on Tuesday rejected requests from the SROs to delay the implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”), despite ...
Our navigator serves as a guide to the tax bill just passed by the House. It reflects the official print of the bill reported to the floor on November 10, 2017, and passed on November 16....
At a PLI conference, the Division of Corporation Finance Director Bill Hinman spoke about the new Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB) on shareholder proposals, which we previously discussed here. ...
In a speech yesterday, Chairman Clayton expressed interest in examining the proxy process, including investor participation, as one of the Commission’s key long-term agenda items. He s...
The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensation practices, not only for senior executives, but also for broad-...
Over the past week, Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed sweeping tax reform legislation, including a series of amendments to the initially proposed bill. As...
The Leveraged Lending Guidelines are in an uncomfortable state of limbo. After the GAO ruling that the Guidelines are a “rule” under the Congressional Review Act, they are no longer ...