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T. Rowe Price’s proxy voting policies explains that its Proxy Committee develops the firm’s positions on major proxy voting issues. The Proxy Committee comprises portfolio managers, ...
On March 25, 2015, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation A, a Securities Act exemption forofferings by nonpublic US and Canadian companies. The final rules (colloquially called “Regu...
According to a recent speech by PCAOB board member Jay Hanson, the PCAOB is evaluating the comments they have received on their proposal to add a discussion of “critical audit matters?...
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SEC Extends Rule 482 No-Action Position to Certain Information Furnished to Participants and Beneficiaries in Certain Non-ERISA Retirement Savings Plans
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The SEC’s proposed rules on pay ratio disclosure is again the focus of Congressional attention, as three members of the House, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives...
As companies that received proxy access shareholder proposals for this proxy season are determining their the best course of action, which we recently discussed here, others are waiting a...
It has been nearly four years since April 17, 2011, the original deadline under Dodd-Frank for the SEC to adopt a resource extraction disclosure rule. After the SEC adopted a rule 2012, ...
Two press releases announced that the New York City Comptroller has agreed to withdraw proxy access shareholder proposals at Staples and Abercrombie & Fitch. Agreements have also been re...
A derivative suit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington alleges that Nordstrom violated securities laws in not fully disclosing aircraft-related...
At its annual meeting on March 10, Apple’s shareholder proposal on proxy access received a little more than 39% of the votes cast in favor of the proposal. The proposal asked the board ...