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Enforcement Renaissance Underway at SEC

Enforcement Renaissance Underway at SEC

Enforcement Renaissance Underway at SEC

Enforcement didn’t seem to be at the very top of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s to-do list in the last four years. At least, that’s what the most recent data on the agency’s activities under departed chair Jay Clayton would tell u...

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SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

Unless you’re a student of corporate-governance history, you probably don’t remember SOX 304. That’s OK: the SEC rarely invokes the provision. But earlier this month, the agency dusted off the measure to claw back some ill-gotten gains from...

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Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs: Secession Plans and more

Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs

Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs: Secession Plans and more

One day, Amazon will have to learn how to live without its iconic founder, Jeff Bezos. Even though Bezos is stepping down as CEO of the e-commerce giant, that day doesn’t appear to be coming any time soon. Rather than retiring to live off a...

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Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Anyone interested in a story about the unusual stock moves of a company for video game fans? Oh good: let us tell you about Roblox. (What did you expect?) Anyway, longtime gamers who patronize, say, GameStop, have grown accustomed to the ja...

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Footprint in mud with deep tread

Fink Leads Charge on Climate Disclosures

Footprint in mud with deep tread

Larry Fink may be the single most influential voice in the ESG movement—or at least the E movement. The annual letter that BlackRock’s chief executive writes to CEOs may have overtaken Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders as the most impo...

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