How to guard against gaffes
At Technip, a Paris-based energy services firm, roughly 10 employees outside the C-suite and IR team have undergone a training...
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Regulation Archive
How will the JOBS Act affect IR?
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, signed into law last week, is intended to lighten securities regulatory...
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SEC clamps down on 'next Google'
The SEC settled fraud charges yesterday against a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who funneled millions from investors by making false...
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Final Dodd-Frank pay rules delayed
Everyone loves getting an extension on a looming deadline. In late January, public companies got just such a reprieve when the SEC...
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STOCK Act passes, ‘political intelligence’ analysts exempt
The ban on insider trading by politically connected Capitol Hill players passed the Senate late last week and is now headed to...
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Insider trading laws already apply to Congress, SEC says
A proposed ban on insider trading by members of Congress and staffers provides a ‘useful clarification’ of the fact that Capitol...
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Binding pay votes: what can the UK learn from the Dutch?
In January Vince Cable, the UK business secretary, confirmed that the government would put forward proposals for a binding vote on...
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How insiders trade on congressional information
The recent commotion on Capitol Hill over a ban on insider trading by Congress and staffers has great entertainment value.The...
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Takeover rules cause Labour pain
The UK has dramatically changed its takeover rules in the last year: bear hugs were banned, disclosure forced on bankers’ fees...
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Asia conferences spark heated debate
Before the lunchtime awards ceremonies in Hong Kong and Singapore, IR magazine hosted two morning conferences where the brightest...
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