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As the second quarter of 2017 comes to a close, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nom...
A group of investor organizations sent a letter to Gary Cohn, the Director of the National Economic Council, disputing the Business Roundtable’s assertion that the shareholder proposal ...
The OCC’s fintech charter proposal is generating a lot of political and media sound and fury. Comptroller Curry’s speech in strong defense of the fintech charter was followed by a let...
While those of us in parts of the Mid-West and the East Coast received a snowy reminder this week that winter is still with us, a modest thaw of sorts nevertheless arrived on Thursday in ...
On the heels of his nomination by President Trump to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commissioner Giancarlo delivered a noteworthy speech outlining his vision for...
BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship team of over 30 specialists globally is responsible for engagement with portfolio companies, viewing engagement as an important way to provide feedbac...
When this blog began in November 2016, we noted that the Financial CHOICE Act proposed by Rep. Jeb Hensarling was only the beginning. While many eyes continued to be fixed on the House Fi...
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and the New York City Pension Funds launched the Boardroom Accountability Project in the fall of 2014, by submitting shareholders proposals to 75 ...
Wall Street, Meet Fearless Girl. See the picture and watch the video.
That’s the tagline used by State Street in announcing, on the eve of International Women’s Day, that it has place...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc., No. 15-17352 (9th Cir. Mar. 8, 2017), deciding that Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision “sho...