SEC proposes rise in cash limits for JOBS Act public offerings
The SEC has voted unanimously to propose a 10-fold increase in the amount of money companies can raise in simplified public...
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Regulation Archive
Midwest meeting of minds at the IR Magazine Corporate Secretary Think Tank
Lively roundtable discussions at the IR Magazine Corporate Secretary Think Tank – Midwest in October gave IR and financial...
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EU banks consider paying senior executive salaries in shares
Barclays Bank and other financial institutions in the European Union (EU) are considering paying a substantial proportion ‒ or...
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CIRI calls for greater transparency in proxy voting process
CIRI is calling on the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) to regulate the country’s proxy voting process in a bid to improve...
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Investors and directors unconvinced by regulation enforcement
Almost half of investors and two thirds of directors have raised a skeptical eyebrow over recent regulatory and enforcement...
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Fracking companies lag on disclosure to investors, report says
Oil and gas companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing ‒ fracking ‒ in North America are disclosing too little information about...
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UK to keep company ownership register
Controlling shareholders of UK companies will have their information made readily available to the public through a government...
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SAC Capital agrees to record $1.8 bn trading penalty
SAC Capital Advisors, the $15 bn hedge fund run by billionaire Steven Cohen, has agreed to plead guilty to insider trading, pay a...
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Stryker charged with bribing officials in five countries
Stryker, a publicly traded medical technology company, has been charged with bribing officials in five countries as part of a...
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Diebold charged with bribing bankers with trips to Disneyland and Las Vegas
US ATM manufacturer Diebold has been charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for paying for trips to Disneyland and...
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