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Category: SEC

A Bubble on the floor

Could SEC’s Beneficial Ownership Proposal Kill Off Activist Investing?

A Bubble on the floor

How long should investors be allowed to wait before alerting the market that they have taken significant equity stakes in publicly traded companies? According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the current grace period of 10 days is...

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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Elicits Swift Response from Global Business

Frozen Plant Stems in winter

The United States and other governments around the world have wasted no time condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin and sanctioning Russia over its unprovoked war on neighboring Ukraine. In a sign of the deeply unified opposition to th...

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Abandoned cloth-covered pioneer wagon, deserted like BlockFi

Landmark Crypto Settlement Still Leaves Big Question Unanswered

Abandoned cloth-covered pioneer wagon, deserted like BlockFi

Cryptocurrency platform BlockFi Lending counts “pragmatic pioneering” among its values. According to the company website, that means aspiring to “inspire clients to think about wealth management differently” and “changing the status quo.” B...

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Cat playing with a ruler, measuring financial performance

SEC Proposes New Pay vs. Performance Rule

Cat playing with a ruler, measuring financial performance

How should a public company define success? It’s the kind of abstract question that might appear on a college economics exam. But for more than a decade, it has also been a very real question plaguing the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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A Quick Response QR Code for GAAP

Ruling Spotlights Hole in Crypto Accounting

A Quick Response QR Code for GAAP

If you were one of the millions of viewers who tuned in over the weekend to watch the Los Angeles Rams outlast the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI, you saw a barrage of commercials for cryptocurrencies and crypto-related businesses. On...

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