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IOSCO Releases Consultation on Pre-Hedging Practices

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Pre-hedging has been the subject of significant debate within the financial industry in recent years, with concerns often raised over potential conduct and market integrity issues. The regulatory landscape remains fragmented,...more

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Hedging: Favorable Tax Treatment Requires Careful Compliance

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It is a common practice for businesses to manage their business price risks by entering into derivative contracts. Because their business activities generate ordinary income and loss, they want to obtain ordinary tax...more

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New Scrutiny for Hedging Policies

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New SEC disclosure rules regarding hedging are now in effect. As a technical matter, these rules do not require a publicly traded company to implement a hedging policy. They merely require a company to disclose information...more

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Hot Topics: Dodd-Frank Act Hedging Policy Disclosures Begin

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Although final rules were published in December of 2018, July 1st marked the date that issuers (other than smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies) must begin complying with the Dodd-Frank Act’s hedging...more

White and Williams LLP

SEC Adopts New Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had approved and adopted final rules requiring public companies to disclose, in proxy or information statements for election of directors,...more

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Hard at Work Closing Out an Already Active 2018

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SEC Adopts Hedging Rules, Extends Regulation A to all Public Companies and Solicits Comments on Earnings Releases and Quarterly Reports. SEC Adopts Rules for Public Companies to Use Regulation A - Keeping up with the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New SEC Rules Will Require Disclosure of Hedging Policies

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules that will require public companies to disclose their hedging practices and policies for employees, officers and directors in proxy and information statements...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved final rules to require disclosure of hedging practices, implementing a Dodd-Frank Act mandate. New Item 407(i) of Regulation S-K requires a company to describe in its...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Adopts New Hedging Disclosure Requirement

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In an effort to provide greater transparency to stockholders regarding employee and director incentives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a final rule implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank...more

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