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..SEC Releases Proposal to Enhance Disclosures for SPACs and De-SPAC...more
5/3/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Metaverse ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 21, 2022, proposed rules that would require registrants to disclose information regarding climate-related risks in certain periodic reports and registration...more
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, released its Guidelines for Blue Finance (Guidelines) in January 2022. The Guidelines set forth the framework for structuring, evaluating and...more
The London Interbank Offered Rate's (Libor) regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, and administrator, Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration (ICE), on March 5, 2021, announced that the publication of the...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan on Jan. 5, 2022, to strengthen the state's renewable energy leadership as part of the 2022 State of the State. The governor announced a commitment to invest $500 million to further...more
1/11/2022
/ Economic Development ,
Energy Projects ,
Green Finance ,
Job Creation ,
Offshore Wind ,
Ports ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
State Funding ,
Supply Chain ,
Wind Power
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell lamented the toil of deforestation in 1970: "They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum/And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em." More than 50 years...more
11/10/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Board of Directors ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Business Disruption ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Climate Change ,
Counterparties ,
Counterparty Risk ,
Federal Reserve ,
OCC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Management
In September 2021, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Intrinsic Exchange Group (IEG) jointly announced the development of natural asset companies (NACs), a new class of publicly tradable securities that hold rights to,...more
11/8/2021
/ Business Formation ,
Capital Markets ,
Choice of Entity ,
Climate Change ,
Conservation ,
Financial Reporting ,
GAAP ,
Green Finance ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Nasdaq ,
Natural Resources ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sustainability
Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles, who also is chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), gave a speech on July 11, 2021, to the Venice International Conference on Climate Change,...more
7/13/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Climate Change ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Stability Board ,
G20 ,
G7 ,
Risk Assessment ,
Strategic Planning ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
United Nations
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), a public corporation and governmental instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, on Feb. 22, 2021, issued a request for proposals (RFP) to developers for the...more
In July, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the most ambitious combined clean energy solicitation in the United States.1 As such, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) issued the largest...more
Globally, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused not only a major public health crisis but also major economic uncertainty, as supply chains are brought to a standstill, flights are grounded, borders, businesses and schools...more
With the stock and credit markets in turmoil and increasing economic uncertainty from the fallout of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Trump Administration and Congress are trying to develop a number of...more
On Jan. 22, 2018, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer announced that the Trump Administration approved recommendations to impose safeguard tariffs on imported solar cells and modules. The USTR made the...more
1/23/2018
/ China ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Manufacturers ,
Photovoltaic ,
Renewable Energy ,
Section 201 ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trump Administration ,
WTO
On Dec. 7, 2017, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Argentina published the preliminary terms and conditions and technical specifications for Stage 1 of its first public-private partnership (P3) initiative in the...more