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SEC Guidance Expanding Exclusions for Non-GAAP Information -
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued two new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DI),...more
5/14/2018
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Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
EU ,
FinTech ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Portal ,
Recovery Plans ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
FASB Ceases Work on Proposal To Amend Definition of “Materiality” for US GAAP -
As previously discussed in the September 1edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had...more
12/4/2017
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Corporate Governance ,
Due Diligence ,
FinCEN ,
GAAP ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Rule 701 ,
UK Brexit ,
Virtual Currency
SEC Issues New C&DI Relating to Submission of Annual Reports to SEC -
On November 2, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new Compliance and Disclosure...more
11/14/2016
/ C&DIs ,
Canada ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Forex ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Passporting ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Proxy Season ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
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SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Five Additional C&DIs Relating to Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule –
On October 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance...more
10/24/2016
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Capital Acquisition Broker (CAB) ,
EU ,
Money Market Funds ,
Pay Ratio ,
Regulation S-K ,
Remuneration ,
RTO ,
TRACE ,
UCITS ,
UK
BREXIT UPDATE -
Nathaniel Lalone, a Financial Services partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, will continue to share his insight into the evolution of the relationship between the United Kingdom and European Union in...more
7/18/2016
/ Block Trades ,
C&DIs ,
Comment Period ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Client ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
UK Brexit
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SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues C&DIs on Application of Rule 701 –
On June 23, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
7/11/2016
/ Associated Persons ,
C&DIs ,
Chapter 11 ,
Credit Default Swaps ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Golden Leash Arrangements ,
Lehman Brothers ,
Mergers ,
MiFIR ,
Popular ,
SEFs ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Stock Float ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
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PCAOB Adopts New Rules Requiring Disclosure of Participants in an Audit -
On December 15, 2015, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) adopted new rules and related amendments to...more
SEC/CORPORATE SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DIs on FAST Act -
As previously reported, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) on December 4. The...more