Shutting the floodgates
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many people in the financial community seriously doubt whether the efforts to address the...
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Giving to get back
While US presidential candidates argued about healthcare, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law legislation to help...
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Hedge funds in hiding
Shareholder proposals and proxy actions have become par for the course at most large public US companies. The majority of...
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Owning up to risk
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and a handful of activist shareholders may have achieved what US Congress and the SEC has...
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Trying to be fair in unfair times
With the financial markets in free fall and the powers in Washington bickering over which companies deserve taxpayer-funded...
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Avoid being guilty by association
The past two years have seen a dramatic surge in enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The rate of...
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Work together to save together
A unified view of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) could help quell the ongoing turbulence in the financial markets. At least...
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Choosing your own auditor
Say on pay, move over, it’s time for say on auditor. And it’s no wonder, given the incredible mismanagement of some companies’...
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An uncertain path
Since August, when the SEC published a roadmap for US issuers transitioning into using international financial reporting standard...
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The road ahead
In September, when Senator John McCain declared that his presidential response to the country’s economic woes would be to fire the...
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