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February 8, 2017 9:52 AM
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Former Quadrexx Asset Management execs Miklos Nagy and Tony Sanfelice co-ordinated the sale of Canadian Hedge Watch to DALP at an inflated price
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February 8, 2017 9:36 AM
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The Investor Stewardship Group (ISG) is a collective of some of the largest U.S.-based institutional investors and global asset managers, along with several of their international counterparts. The founding members are a group of 16 U.S. and international institutional investors that in aggregate invest over $17 trillion in the U.S. equity markets.
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February 8, 2017 9:36 AM
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The limitations of human irrationality impose critical constraints on the efficacy of law. Recent studies have shown, however, that irrationality can be addressed and sometimes improved. This article examines how insights into human rationality can improve financial regulation.
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February 8, 2017 9:35 AM
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New York regulators have criticized plans to license certain technology firms offering banking products and services, pointing to a potential turf war between authorities and highlighting challenges to the proposal after industry groups also warned of difficulties.
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February 8, 2017 9:35 AM
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Adam Kokas’ broad range of responsibilities at Atlas Air includes management of governance, compliance and ethics operations, board and committee structures, shareholder communication, and oversight of regulatory and HR compliance.
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February 8, 2017 9:33 AM
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One of Arconic’s biggest investors, First Pacific Advisors, plans to support activist Elliott Management in its fight for board seats at the aerospace and automotive-parts maker.
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February 8, 2017 9:33 AM
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Suzanne Vautrinot, a director on five boards, helps companies prepare for cybersecurity threats
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February 7, 2017 9:06 AM
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Author Cathy Engelbert, chief executive officer of Deloitte, discusses how every company should consider itself a data company.
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February 7, 2017 9:05 AM
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Reconsideration of Pay Ratio Rule Implementation, Statement by Acting Chairman Michael S. Piwowar, February 6, 2017
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February 7, 2017 8:50 AM
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has promoted Ann Shuman to general counsel, effective February 1. She is based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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February 7, 2017 8:50 AM
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‘On the way to the awards I had a reflective moment,’ says Tracey Heaton, senior vice president and chief corporate counsel at Visa. ‘We have a team that is predominantly brand new with a CEO who is also new. The amount of complexity and urgency thrown at this team was enormous and, in the face of that, it continually took on more and hit it out of the park.’
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February 7, 2017 8:48 AM
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A surge in federal court filings of class actions related to merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions contributed to the increase, as discussed below. Federal securities class actions against foreign issuers also continued to be prominent, with frequent targets of such actions including companies headquartered in Israel, Ireland, Canada, China, and Brazil.
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February 7, 2017 8:48 AM
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The Commission adopted the pay ratio disclosure rule in August 2015 to implement Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The rule requires a public company to disclose the ratio of the median of the annual total compensation of all employees to the annual total compensation of the chief executive officer.
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February 8, 2017 9:38 AM
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Bombardier is getting a boost of $372.5 million from the federal government in the form of a loan, but critics — both in Quebec and in the rest of Canada — are calling it a "disappointment."
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February 8, 2017 9:36 AM
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SnapChat’s ghostly logo represents the “There, then gone” nature of the company’s photo sharing service, but it also might ominously foreshadow the soon-to-be-public parent company’s plan to offer “phantom” voting rights to its post-IPO investors.
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February 8, 2017 9:35 AM
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Equilar GDI: it will take nearly 40 years for Russell 3000 boards to reach gender parity. Read the research. Attend webinar and Sacramento Diversity Forum.
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February 8, 2017 9:35 AM
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Aaron Briggs was originally nominated in the rising star award category, but the strength of his submission prompted the judges to consider him for the governance professional of the year award.
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February 8, 2017 9:34 AM
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A week into its fight to shake up Arconic Inc.’s boardroom, Elliott Management Corp. says the aerospace and automotive parts maker has a little less room to improve than it previously estimated.
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February 8, 2017 9:33 AM
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Perrigo (PRGO) Reaches Agreement With Starboard; 3 Added to Board, to Recommend 2 Others
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February 7, 2017 9:06 AM
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Deloitte business leaders and prominent independent global directors share their insights to get you prepared for and ready to take advantage of the many disruptions facing organizations.
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February 7, 2017 9:05 AM
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This multi-year study published by the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD), in collaboration with Deloitte for the 2016 census, provides powerful metrics on the slow change of diversity in the boardroom.
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February 7, 2017 8:56 AM
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Acting SEC chief Michael Piwowar is quickly targeting pay-gap disclosure rules long-loathed by the business community, moving for the second time since Inauguration Day to ease Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul regulations.
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February 7, 2017 8:50 AM
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This year is Splunk’s fourth as a public company. During that time it has seen its employee base quadruple and its legal team grow from four to seven people. The firm has also been faced with several governance challenges, including a failed say-on-pay vote in 2014, a CEO transition in 2015 and the need for a revamped code of conduct and proxy statement.
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February 7, 2017 8:49 AM
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Facebook is being pressured by a group of shareholders seeking the removal of company chief executive Mark Zuckerberg from the board of the directors. A proposal has been put forward claiming that an independent chairperson would be better able to “oversee the executives of the company, improve corporate governance, and set a more accountable, pro-shareholder agenda.”
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February 7, 2017 8:48 AM
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Throughout his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to curtail financial regulations, particularly those promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act
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