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Leading US mutual fund manager Oppenheimer Funds has written to the SEC supporting improved disclosure of commercial relationships which might create a conflict of interest.
In a Sept.24 letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission commenting on the SEC’s proposed …
Read MoreThe UK’s Finanancial Reporting Council has issued a series of proposal to reform the UK’s corporate governance regime. What was previously called “The Combined Code” now becomes “The UK Corporate Governance Code” and, subject to consultation, will apply to all …
Read MoreThe Australian Securities and Investment Commission this week announced it intended bringing civil charges against the enitre 2007 board and a former Chief Financial Officer of various entities withing the Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group.
This is the …
Read MoreNearly 180 shareholder proposals will come to a vote at 102 U.S. companies holding shareholder meetings between May 1 and May 15. Of these proposals, 35% relate to social and environmental issues (including, among others, climate change, sustainability, and political …
Read MoreThe governmental responses to the financial crisis have been many and varied with markedly different approaches being taken on both sides of the Atlantic. One common strand between the European and US administrations has been the role of institutional shareholders …
Read MoreThe Australian Corporate Governance Code is up for review. Under the auspices of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), a number of amendments are under consideration, most notably improved disclosures about gender diversity and executive pay.…
Read MoreThe Korean Justice Ministry stated this week that Korea has ‘made hostile M&A attacks easy by removing a ceiling on foreign stock investments, but it has not had any means to prevent hostile M&A’. It has announced public hearings to …
Read MoreThe Financial Reporting Council has welcomed the recommendations of The Walker Report and confirmed its committment taking ownership of the proposed Stewardship Code, subject to consultation.
The FRC is set to issue a report on its own review of the …
Read MoreIt’s interesting to compare and contrast the approach taken by securities regulators in relation to complaints and investigations. Last week the Swiss regulator, SIX Exchange Regulation, announced that it had begun an investigation into possible breaches of the Directive on …
Read MoreAccording to the Chinese calendar, 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger. It will also be the “the year of regulation” for the financial world. Adding to the reading pile is US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s mammoth …
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