Compliance Man Goes Global-Episode 4-Training
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In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies - Quick Take: The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (Staff) recently issued responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) covering the SEC’s...more
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been widely adopted by the sports, arts, music, gaming, fashion, and other industries. Behind the hype is a fast-developing ecosystem of technical and commercial innovation that is embracing...more
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, Senate Bill No. 945 (the “bill”)....more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance published CF Disclosure Topic No. 10 (the disclosure topic) on November 23, 2020. The disclosure topic provides guidance to China-based Issuers:...more
Yesterday, November 23, 2020, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance issued CF Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 10. The guidance addresses disclosure considerations for companies...more
On July 9, 2020, SEC Office of Internal Affairs Director Raquel Fox and SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman moderated a panel discussion concerning the disclosure and reporting considerations of...more
On July 9, 2020, SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Chief Economist and Director S.P. Kothari and SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Director Peter Driscoll moderated a panel discussion concerning...more
On July 9, 2020, SEC Chief Accountant Sagar Teotia and SEC Division of Enforcement Co-Director Stephanie Avakian moderated a panel discussion concerning limitations on inspection and enforcement in emerging markets, and...more
On July 9, 2020, the SEC hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on the risks of investing in emerging markets, including China. The roundtable featured four separate panels that included representatives from the PCAOB, DOJ,...more
On June 8 and 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission had published in the Federal Register for comment several rule proposals from Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that would apply to companies whose principal...more
The Trump administration, Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Nasdaq have all recently announced initiatives focusing on regulatory reform for non-U.S. companies (also known as foreign private issuers)...more
On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair, Chief Accountant and Divisions of Corporation Finance and Investment Management Directors, together with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...more
Here’s about as 2019 as we can get in the financial world (with a healthy dose of 1950s-era gender discrimination for good measure): a series of tweets from tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson alleging gender...more
The FBI and OCC have each launched inquiries into pricing practices within American Express’s forex unit with an aim to determine “whether the foreign-exchange international payments department misrepresented pricing to...more
Coke is buying British coffee-shop chain Costa for $5.1 billion, as the coffee wars just keep on chugging. Costa has 3800 stores in 32 countries and “a foothold in China,” making Coke an instant player in the field....more
A lot of the furor over Elon Musk’s recent “going private” tweets has centered on whether he actually had the financial backing needed to pull it off. The Times sets aside that initial inquiry to explore the why and how,...more