Regulatory & compliance Sifma criticizes municipal bond issuer health proposal May 22, 2017 By Ben Maiden 4 min read The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) has raised concerns that plans to improve transparency about the... Read More
Regulatory & compliance More CEOs fired for unethical behavior, study finds May 22, 2017 By Ben Ashwell 3 min read CEOs may sometimes seem to be unassailable corporate leaders, but new research shows a growing number of them are facing the axe... Read More
Regulatory & compliance The week in GRC: Activist investors take aim at CEOs, banks becoming confident of no new Glass-Steagall May 18, 2017 By Ben Maiden 8 min read – Companies and governments on Monday reported more infected computers stemming from a global cyber-attack, as IT departments... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Sifma presses for consistency in brokerage fines May 15, 2017 By Ben Maiden 4 min read The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) has raised concerns about what it says is an inconsistent... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Regulation not driving IPO decline, industry officials say May 11, 2017 By Ben Ashwell 3 min read Industry professionals told an SEC forum earlier this week that regulation is not the key to the declining US IPO market, citing... Read More
Regulatory & compliance The week in GRC: Whole Foods revamps board and SEC appoints new head of corporation finance May 11, 2017 By Ben Maiden 11 min read – The New York Times reported that Dutch chemicals company AkzoNobel rejected a merger offer from US rival PPG Industries, its... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Boards seek Dodd-Frank tweaks, not repeal, study suggests May 09, 2017 By Ben Ashwell 3 min read As the Trump administration starts to assess which parts of the post-financial regulatory landscape to change, new research... Read More
Regulatory & compliance CFTC eyes greater board access to CCO reports May 07, 2017 By Ben Maiden 4 min read The top US derivatives regulator is planning to give greater exposure across boards to reports on their firms’ efforts to comply... Read More
Regulatory & compliance The week in GRC: DoL fiduciary rule proves hard to kill and SEC gets new leader May 04, 2017 By Ben Maiden 11 min read – The New York Times reported that local television stations are at the center of a deal-making frenzy. A day after the Federal... Read More
Regulatory & compliance The week in GRC: Wells Fargo directors face shareholder rebellion and WPP appeases investors over CEO pay Apr 27, 2017 By Ben Maiden 9 min read – The Financial Times said a shareholder vote against Wells Fargo directors was larger than anything seen at a big US bank during... Read More