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COP29 Update - Decarbonising the Built Environment: the Challenges and Opportunities

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The decarbonisation of the built environment is likely to be on the UK Government’s agenda as it looks to make good on its commitment at COP29 to cut carbon emissions by 81% from 1990s level by 2035. How will this be...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - November 2024 #3

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Crypto Exchanges and Stablecoin Issuers Announce Multiple New Products - Multiple crypto sector companies have recently announced new products. In a press release, LayerZero, “an omnichain interoperability protocol that...more

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ISS Releases 2025 Policy Survey

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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) recently released its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey (the "Policy Survey"). In keeping with its prior practice, ISS seeks responses from institutional shareholders, issuers,...more

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[Webinar] World Whistleblower Day 2024 - June 21st, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm CEST

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Empower your team and champion ethics with free resources, benchmarks and a global workshop - Protect your company Learn how to empower employees to speak up and safeguard your organization from risk. - Empower your...more

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Form SHL: What You Need to Know

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The US Department of the Treasury (the Treasury), with the assistance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, conducts a mandatory benchmark survey every five years. ...more

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CMS announces Policy Changes and Updates for the CKCC Model - Any KCE PY 2024 Risk Option selections must be submitted by April...

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We encourage all CKCC Model participants to review these updates carefully and take necessary actions to ensure compliance with the deadlines for KCE CKCC Model Performance Year 2024 Risk Option selections....more

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New Veterans’ Hiring Benchmark Takes Effect: Federal Contractor Agency Makes a Nominal Decrease for 2024

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The agency that oversees affirmative action obligations for federal contractors just released its 2024 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark. Effective March 31, the new benchmark is...more

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OFCCP Sets New VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark for 2024

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on March 28, 2024, that the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) national annual veteran hiring benchmark is 5.2 percent,...more

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OFCCP Releases Updated Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark

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Effective March 31, 2024, the VEVRAA hiring benchmark will be 5.2%. The new benchmark is 0.2% lower than the previous benchmark of 5.4% and continues the Agency’s trend of reducing the benchmark each year. Since it’s...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New veterans benchmark announced

The goal drops yet again.   The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the new annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans is 5.2 percent. Effective March 31, the benchmark drops from 5.4 percent to...more

NAVEX

[Webinar] Whistleblowing Hotline & Incident Reporting Benchmarks for 2024 - March 26th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am PT

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The compliance and whistleblowing scene is heating up! With more employees speaking up, benchmarking your hotline and incident management data is critical to staying ahead of risks and fostering a resilient, compliant...more

GeoDataVision

New CRA Retail Lending Test Benchmarks

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The Retail Lending Test in the new CRA will measure bank performance against “market” benchmarks (lending activity reported by other lenders) and “community” benchmarks” (community demographics). Many bankers, although not...more

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FCA Publishes Findings From Its Wholesale Data Market Study

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The FCA found that wholesale data markets can be improved, but has ruled out a significant intervention. The FCA has published the findings of its wholesale data market study (MS23/1.5), which examined competition in the...more

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How to Figure Out How the New CRA Affects Your Bank

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I’ve written at least a dozen articles about the dramatic impact the new CRA is going to have on banks. Until now, only about 1.2% of bank CRA examinations end with a failing grade. But, by the estimates of the regulators, if...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Benchmarks Beyond January 2024 - 2024 Update on the Cessation of CDOR and SIBOR

As we kick off 2024, the focus on the unavailability of certain benchmarks continues on. To refresh, we have already seen the benchmark for US Dollars generally replaced with the Secured Overnight Financing rate as...more

BCLP

Insight Report 4 - Benchmarking and Best Practice

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Our study helped us to identify three key dimensions of sustainability-focused real estate investment that enable us to compare different regions and their progress towards greener portfolios....more

A&O Shearman

UK Acts to Extend Transitional Period for Third-Country Benchmarks

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HM Treasury has published a policy paper and draft legislation for extending the transitional period for third-country benchmarks under the U.K. Benchmarks Regulation. The transitional period will be extended from the end of...more

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Glass Lewis Issues 2024 Updates to Benchmark Policy Guidelines

On November 16, 2023, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its 2024 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2024. The U.S. Guidelines include several...more

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EU Proposes Reducing Scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation

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The European Commission has published a legislative proposal for reducing the scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation. The EU BMR provides the authorization and registration requirements for benchmark administrators, including...more

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LIBOR Fallback to Prime May Increase Corporate Loan Costs

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The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) officially ceased to be published on June 30, 2023. The change comes after almost 40 years of LIBOR serving as the principal benchmark rate for trillions of dollars of various...more

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[Webinar] 2023 Regional Benchmarks for Your Whistleblowing & Incident Reporting Program - October 13th, 9:00 am BST

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Launching the 2023 NAVEX Regional Whistleblowing Report - Each year the NAVEX Regional Whistleblowing Hotline Benchmark Report delivers an in-depth regional analysis of the world’s largest employee incident database to...more

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[Webinar] 2023 Regional Benchmarks for Your Whistleblowing & Incident Reporting Program - October 12th, 8:00 am EDT

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Launching the 2023 NAVEX Regional Whistleblowing Report - Each year the NAVEX Regional Whistleblowing Hotline Benchmark Report delivers an in-depth regional analysis of the world’s largest employee incident database to...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

An Overview of the New Jersey BPU’s New Energy and Water Benchmarking Annual Reporting Requirements

Beginning October 1, 2023, under a benchmarking program administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), all property owners or operators of commercial properties over 25,000 square feet in New Jersey will be...more

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Tenth Circuit Adopts “Meaningful Benchmark” Pleading Standard in Dismissing Challenges to 401(k) Plan Fees

In a case of first impression in the Tenth Circuit, the Court recently joined the chorus of circuit courts in holding that a 401(k) plan participant alleging excessive investment management or recordkeeping fees must assert a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey

On August 29, 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2024 and beyond....more

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