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Key Considerations for the 2024 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season: Your Upcoming Form 10-K

White & Case LLP on 1/8/2024

Each year in our Annual Memo, White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group provides practical insights on preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-Ks, Annual Meeting Proxy Statements and, for FPIs, the Annual Report on Form 20-F....more

Matters To Consider for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/13/2023

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more

Public Company Update: Glass Lewis Releases Updated Guidelines for 2024 Proxy Season

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/20/2023

On November 16, 2023, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis released its 2024 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines. The new guidelines apply to shareholder meetings occurring after January 1, 2024. Unsurprisingly, many of Glass Lewis’s...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 16

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/28/2023

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

Proxy Advisors Update Voting Guidelines for 2023 Focusing on Board Diversity, Officer Exculpation and ESG Oversight

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/6/2022

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy advisors in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. Their voting...more

SEC Announces Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/16/2021

On Friday, June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed its Agency Rule List for Spring 2021 with the Office of Management and Budget. The Agency Rule List gives clarity to when companies can expect to see...more

2020 Investment Adviser Update—There’s a “Voice Inside Your Head You Refuse to Hear” (But You Should)

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/7/2020

The rules and regulations governing private equity and hedge fund advisers continue to develop in response to changes in technology. As a result, advisers are subject to an ever-increasing degree of supervision by the...more

Legal Update: 10 Tips for 10-Ks and Proxy Statements (UPDATED)

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 1/21/2020

With the 2020 proxy and annual reporting season upon us, this Legal Update provides 10 tips for companies to consider when drafting annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements for filing with the US Securities and...more

Financial Services Weekly News: OCIE Issues Risk Alert On Investment Adviser Principal And Agency Cross Trading Compliance

Goodwin on 9/12/2019

In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a risk alert on investment adviser principal and agency cross trading compliance issues, published disclosure interpretations relating to the Inline XBRL...more

Capital Markets & Public Companies Quarterly: Reminders for the Form 10-K and Proxy Statement, Cyber-Related Frauds Report, Staff...

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/17/2019

For many companies, closing out 2018 means it is time to prepare an annual report and shift attention to the upcoming proxy season. This is an opportune time to take a look back at rulemaking, interpretive guidance and...more

Reminders for Foreign Private Issuers for the 2019 Annual Reporting Season

White & Case LLP on 1/16/2019

This memorandum outlines considerations for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") in preparation for the 2019 annual reporting season. Part I (pg. 2) provides a summary of certain key trends and insights from the 2018 US proxy...more

Securities and Corporate Governance Update – May 2018

BCLP on 5/29/2018

This newsletter discusses noteworthy updates, key regulatory decisions and upcoming compliance reminders. You are welcome to contact us to discuss any of the topics....more

Matters to Consider for the 2018 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/4/2017

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for their 2018 annual meeting and reporting season. We have prepared a checklist of key corporate governance, executive compensation and disclosure matters on which...more

Preparation for 2015 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2016 Annual Shareholder Meetings

Mintz on 2/5/2016

As our clients and friends know, each year Mintz Levin provides an analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange...more

2015-16 Compliance Developments & Calendar for Private Fund Advisers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/20/2015

Registered investment advisers (RIAs) are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As an aid to the required review and to assist with timely completion of required compliance tasks, below...more

The SEC’s 2015 Examination Priorities: Implications for Private Equity Fund Managers

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/6/2015

The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released its examination priorities for 2015 for investment advisers, broker-dealers and transfer agents...more

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - November 2014

Stoel Rives LLP on 11/13/2014

1.As the year moves to a close, expect lots of chatter about the upcoming 2015 proxy season. Including from us beginning right now. 2.Almost certainly because good corporate governance practices just change so darn...more

2014-15 Compliance Developments & Calendar for Private Fund Advisers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/6/2014

Introduction - Registered investment advisers are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As aid to the required review, below is a summary of material developments during the past...more

Public Company Priorities for the New Year

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/19/2012

Looking ahead to 2013, directors, executives and general counsel of public companies can take some solace from the fact that 2012 was not a year in which a large number of significant new disclosure rules or governance...more

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