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During the past week, there have been a number of news reports regarding Bloomberg’s analysis that since 2011, only seven of the 174 people nominated to boards by five of the largest U....
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced The Brokow Act designed to increase oversight of activist hedge funds. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizab...
The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a rare FAQ on a proxy rule yesterday, making clear that companies must provide details when listing shareholder proposals on proxy cards. Th...
The Federal Reserve has reproposed rules that would establish single-counterparty credit limits (“SCCL Reproposal”) for certain U.S. bank holding companies (“BHCs”) and foreign ba...
Investors have expressed concerns about the length of director tenure for several years, pushing companies to focus on board succession planning and board refreshment processes. There ha...
After two years of preparation, the Hong Kong professional investors regime under the SFC Code of Conduct (“Code”) will be tightened up this month. We hope this briefing will help you...
Companies will often enter into interest rate swap agreements in order to hedge their exposure to interest rate risk stemming from floating-rate debt. These hedging arrangements are desig...
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division indicates that companies should be careful about providing some, but not all, of an exe...
According to an analysis by Bloomberg, since 2011, 5 of the biggest U.S. activist funds have nominated women just 7 times in seeking 174 board seats. Bloomberg examined Elliot Management...
As part of the UK Government’s drive to improve business transparency, from 6 April 2016 onwards, a new Part 21A of the UK Companies Act 2006 will require UK incorporated companies (tha...