2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more
2/12/2025
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Australia ,
Capital Markets ,
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Cryptocurrency ,
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Japan ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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Singapore ,
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Sustainable Finance
On 6 March 2023, by a 3-2 vote of the Commissioners split along party lines, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” final...more
3/14/2024
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Regulation S-K ,
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Securities Regulation
Delaware recently enacted significant amendments (the 2022 Amendments) to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), enhancing Delaware’s corporate governance regime for directors and officers, while...more
On 17 November 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had adopted new rules and rule amendments to permit the use of electronic signatures for executing documents filed with the SEC through its...more
On 16 July 2020, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) was amended (the 2020 Amendments) to assist Delaware corporations in responding to challenges arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...more
INTRODUCTION - On 22 July 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to the rules governing proxy solicitations (the Amendments) designed to regulate voting advice provided by firms such as...more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) extending conditional relief to reporting companies affected by the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”). The Order provides...more
As the stock prices of many U.S. public companies have plunged due to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, activist investors, private equity firms, and opportunistic buyers may try to acquire stock on the cheap and...more
Last week, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a joint statement urging public companies to be transparent and thorough in...more
As concern over COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, increases and restrictions are being imposed on public gatherings, U.S. public companies have been weighing risks associated with holding in-person annual stockholder meetings....more
SEC Extends Conditional Relief for Reporting Companies.
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) extending conditional relief to reporting companies affected by the...more
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and its impact on the U.S. markets and economy rapidly intensifies, U.S. public companies are faced with a number of complex disclosure and other considerations they...more
As proxy season rapidly approaches and concern over the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) increases, U.S. public companies have been weighing risks associated with holding in-person annual stockholder meetings. ...more
BACKGROUND -
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) providing conditional relief to reporting companies affected by the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19. ...more
BACKGROUND -
On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed extensive amendments to the rules governing the financial disclosures that reporting companies must make regarding the acquisition and...more