While the 2010 proxy season is far from over, one phase is complete for most calendar year companies: the SEC Staff review of no-action letters seeking exclusion of shareholder proposals ...
Bank Holding Company Amendments (Title VI)
Volcker Rule
All purely technical and uninteresting, except for the following changes (insertions underlined):
Definition of proprietary tr...
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...
Corporate governance is in a state of unprecedented ferment. In response to pressures from shareholders and advisory groups, the governance practices of large companies have been steadily...
On December 16, 2009, the SEC approved final rules relating to key risk, corporate governance and compensation matters. The new rules become effective February 28, 2010 and will affect mo...
At an open meeting today, the SEC voted to adopt amendments intended to enhance compensation and corporate governance disclosures. The new rule, which becomes effective February 28, 2010,...
What follows is a summary of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed by the House of Representatives on December 11, 2009. The Act, like Senate Banking Committee Chairma...
