Corporate governance - Vigil

In April of 2012, President Obama signed into the law the J.O.B.S.  (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act.  The law’s intent and design was to make it easier for small businesses to raise money by easing their regulatory burdens both on raising capital and operating as publicly traded companie

[On April 21, 2016], the National Credit Union Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for a new interagency rule on incentive-based compensation that applies to financial institutions with consolidated assets of at least $1 billion. This new proposal replaces one originally issued 5 years ago in the first half of 2011. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission are all expected to propose the same new rule.

Allen Chan and four other senior executives are accused of misleading investors by overstating company’s revenues and assets

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. named Joseph Papa as its next chairman and chief executive as he departs as chief of Perrigo Co.

In an unprecedented one-day blitz, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission was joined by the SEC Enforcement Director in events in Silicon Valley and San Francisco on March 31 focused on one message: the SEC is closely watching the conduct of private companies as well as emerging platforms that trade in private company securities, and will bring enforcement cases as needed to protect investors. Dubbed the “Silicon Valley Initiative,” the senior officials emphasized that although the SEC wants to encourage capital formation for innovative Bay Area companies, because they play such a critical role in our economy and our markets, the SEC expects even private companies to embrace and demonstrate sound corporate governance.

Delta Air Lines is buying 75 CSeries jets from Bombardier, with options for 50 more. But there’s no sugarcoating the business reality at Bombardier as the company swung to a first-quarter loss.

The Corporate Practice Commentator announced last week the list of the Ten Best Corporate and Securities Articles selected by an annual poll of corporate and securities law academics. The list includes three articles from Harvard Law faculty associated with the Program on Corporate Governance, Professors Lucian Bebchuk, John Coates, and Jesse Fried.

Governor Stephen S. Poloz talks about slowing international trade growth and the implications for productivity and the global economy.

MONTREAL - Bombardier has moved up the release of its first quarter results. The aerospace and transportation company issued a brief statement late Tuesday

This Conference Board of Canada publication examines key issues in governance and features insightful articles from leading thinkers and experienced directors from across Canada.

The firestorm of controversy surrounding IEX’s efforts to gain recognition as a national exchange showcases the enormous economic and popular power of exchanges in the marketplace. [1] Exchanges have long offered an organized space for companies to list their securities and for traders to transact in the risk of these securities with one another, ultimately helping investors direct money towards productive, profitable businesses. Today, major exchanges like the NYSE and the NASDAQ intermediate billions of dollars in trades daily and list the securities of companies collectively valued in the tens of trillions. [2]