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Investment Managers Should Brace for Enhanced Proxy Vote Reporting

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For nearly 20 years, mutual funds have been required to report to the public on the proxy votes they cast at annual shareholder meetings. The Securities and Exchange Commission now wants even more information about those votes. The SEC anno...

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The Great SPAC Liquidation

Not so long ago, everybody couldn’t wait to get a piece of special purpose acquisition companies, more commonly known as SPACs. The hoopla enticed celebrities such as media mogul Jay-Z, tennis star Serena Williams and even former President...

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Activist Investors Use SEC’s Shift to Press Companies on Climate and Social Agendas

Sustainability meeting with diverse group of people writing

When it comes to pushing for clean energy and environmentally responsible policymaking, publicly traded companies talk a big game. Their actions don’t match the rhetoric, though. That’s the takeaway offered by a report from sustainability a...

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Cat's Paw and Clawbacks

SEC Unveils Compensation Clawback Rules

Cat's Paw and Clawbacks

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued its long-awaited rules on clawbacks for executive bonuses based on mistakes in financial reporting. Long-awaited by everyone except corporate executives, of course. The SEC first proposed ru...

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Corporate Cybersecurity Concerns Mount as Threats Grow

Rocket Fireworks Bottle Arching through Night

In the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, businesses quickly realized they had a shared problem: terrorism insurance. Or, more accurately, a lack of it, as premiums for commercial insurance against acts of terrorism skyrocketed – in the...

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