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I. Institutional Arrangements
Financial Stability Oversight Council. Interagency Council, consisting of 9 voting members – the Treasury Secretary (Chairperson) and the heads of Fed, OCC...
The past 18 months have been witness to tremendous legislative and regulatory activity in the area of corporate governance and executive compensation. The 1,336-page Restoring American Fi...
As we previously highlighted (RiskMetrics’ Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) – a New Governance Measurement for Proxy Voting Reports), RMG is replacing its Corporate Governance Quotie...
Senators Merkley (D-OR) and Levin (D-MI) proposed a bill yesterday that would substantially expand the prohibitions on proprietary trading and certain asset management activities recently...
Breaking News on Enforcement Activity
Hedge Funds Under Scrutiny for Bets Against the Euro SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Adopts Amendments to Money Market Fund Rules
Industry Update...
After months of deliberation and consideration of several alternatives, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) announced on February 24, 2010 the adopt...
On March 3, 2010, the Department of the Treasury delivered to the Hill proposed legislative text to implement the “Volcker Rule” announced by the Obama Administration on January 21st....
The Delaware Chancery Court issued an important decision last week in Selectica, Inc. v. Versata Enterprises, Inc., upholding Selectica’s adoption and deployment of a rights plan with a...
In light of recent proposals by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) to enhance executive compensation disclosure requirements for Japanese companies, we have prepared this update to...