Disclosure demand: NIRI petitions SEC
Which single regulatory change in the US would help the country’s IROs do their job better? For NIRI CEO and president Jeff Morgan...
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Regulation Archive
Mary Jo White confirmed as new head of SEC
The US Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White as the new head of the SEC, putting the former Wall Street lawyer in charge of the...
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IR Papers: Quiz edition
1. What is the most powerful driver of stock prices on the Nairobi Securities Exchange?(a) Earnings(b) Dividends(c) Book value 2...
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White person for the job?
When I was a teenage schoolboy, I had an evening job selling what were essentially phony ‘charity’ pools coupons door to door...
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Brace for JOBS Act aftershocks
We appear to be somewhere between free market Nirvana and a Wild West nightmare. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act...
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US Senate committee approves White to head SEC
The US Senate Banking Committee voted nearly unanimously to approve Mary Jo White as the new head of the SEC after a series of...
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SEC proposes rules to combat flash crashes
The SEC has proposed a series of rules that would impose certain standards on the core technology of securities exchanges and...
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M&S panicked over results leak
As a former financial journalist on a national newspaper, my advice is often sought by PR advisers on how to cope with 'fishing...
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SEC to bring in new rules to monitor high frequency trading
The SEC will likely oblige exchanges and other trading platforms to perform regular tests of trading software, meet new technical...
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Comment: The CEO is always right in Delaware
An innocent alien looking at the business directory for Wilmington, Delaware might assume the town is a mighty humming hive of...
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