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91% of big companies disclose the existence of anti-hedging policies and 66% mention anti-pledging policies, according to the Meridian 2014 Governance and Design Survey, which examined th...
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In the past month, no rulemaking requirement deadlines passed or were met with finalized rules, and no new rules were proposed that would meet rulemaking requirements.
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The Center for Political Accountability has published the 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index, which rates 300 companies in the S&P 500 on their disclosure of corporate political spending. Nearly half...
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would enhance customer due diligence (“CDD?...
On September 19, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that its Board of Governors approved a series of regulatory initiatives primarily focused on equity and fixed ...
ISS released the results of its policy survey. The responses, from 105 individual institutional investors and 255 members of the corporate issuer community (including advisers), may infor...
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has issued a new consultation paper (CP 14/21) on sponsor competence. The consultation paper provides feedback and final rule changes in...
Two key publications have recently been issued which are relevant to UK listed companies in terms of their corporate governance policies on remuneration and risk management.
The first is ...
The most interesting element of the SEC’s latest whistleblower award, the largest so far at $30 million, may be the lengthy footnote that explains why the Commission believes an award p...