Zevin Asset Management criticizes shareholder proposal reform plan
Zevin Asset Management has complained to the SEC about its plans to raise thresholds for submitting shareholder proposals, while...
Regulation Archive
IR Magazine Winter 2019
A light in the dark I recently spoke to Jim Toes, CEO of the Security Traders Association, about how the unprecedented number of...
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Stepping out of the dark: The rise of dark pools
The term dark pool – used to describe trading venues that provide alternatives to ‘lit’ national exchanges such as Nasdaq and the...
How will the Shareholder Rights Directive II change investor relations?
With everything going on in the capital markets right now – from trade wars to recessionary fears – you could be forgiven for...
SEC proposal highlights differences on shareholder proposals
The SEC on Tuesday voted to propose amendments to Rule 14a-8, which governs the process for determining which shareholder...
CalPERS raises materiality concerns over SEC disclosure reforms
CalPERS is concerned about how companies would treat materiality in their regulatory disclosures under SEC plans to modernize...
CII ramps up pursuit of dual-class sunsets
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has asked the SEC to seek authority enabling the commission to, in effect, require...
Corporate access is becoming more efficient for issuers, panel says
While Mifid II has changed the economics of corporate access for both the buy side and the sell side, issuers are well positioned...
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Senators introduce bill to extend whistleblower protection
A bipartisan group of senators this week introduced a bill designed to expand the scope of protection for whistleblowers who bring...
Groups reject revised 14a-8 no-action approach
Groups including Ceres and the Council of Institutional Investors have called for the SEC’s division of corporation finance to...
