FCA to review competition in investment and corporate banking
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will launch a study into competition in the country’s investment and...
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Regulation Archive
Alibaba faces SEC questions about dealings with Chinese regulator
Chinese online retail giant Alibaba, which has come under pressure from Chinese regulators on allegations of failing to crack down...
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SEC seeks disclosure on hedging stock received as compensation
The SEC has proposed new rules that would require companies to disclose whether directors, officers and other employees are...
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Investors target BP and Shell over climate risk
An alliance of 150 investors have filed a shareholder resolution calling for two of the UK’s biggest fossil fuel companies to...
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US prosecutors appeal court decision on insider trading
US federal prosecutors are attempting to overturn a landmark December 2014 court decision that saw the insider trading convictions...
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Former IR executive sent to prison for insider trading
Former investor relations executive Michael Lucarelli, who stole the limelight last year when he was filmed running from...
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Regulatory crackdown on margin financing prompts plunge in Chinese stocks
The Shanghai Composite Index scored its biggest drop in more than six years after regulators reined in margin accounts by the...
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Advance notice bylaws: what IR needs to know
Shareholder activism has become a major concern for publicly traded companies of all sizes in Canada. A key way activists have...
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PR firm gives up marijuana
New York-based communications consultancy 5WPR has removed Creative Edge Nutrition, a Michigan-based firm seeking a licence to...
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F-Squared fined for misleading investors over AlphaSector index product
Investment management firm F-Squared Investments, the world’s largest marketer of index products using exchange-traded funds (ETFs...
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