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Author: Adria Hunter

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Flurry of High-Profile Activity Could Revive Listless IPO Market

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The grim market for initial public offerings may be picking up thanks to recent high-profile activity. IPOs have seen wild fluctuations in the last two years as the number of companies going to market has suffered a steep drop. Though the b...

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Court Decisions Further Complicates Crypto Regulation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered yet another loss on a cryptocurrency issue in court, adding more upheaval to the messy process of building a new regulatory regime from scratch. The latest legal setback came in the form o...

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Regulatory Focus on Crypto Continues as FASB Tentatively Approves New Accounting Standards

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In keeping with U.S. regulators’ efforts to get a grip on cryptocurrency, the Financial Accounting Standards Board last week tentatively approved much-anticipated rules affecting how businesses account for and disclose crypto assets. The ne...

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Push for International Reporting Standards for ESG Disclosures Gains Momentum

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For stakeholders and corporate directors fatigued by the “alphabet soup” of acronyms used in environmental, social and governance disclosures, the International Sustainability Standards Board’s release this summer of long-awaited standards...

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Courts Cloud the Future of Regulatory Agencies’ Tools

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By now, political junkies know all about PredictIt. The Australia-based venture offers the equivalent of betting markets for politics, allowing users to buy and sell shares based on the expected outcome of events such as elections. Some pun...

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