The US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. The final rules, which were adopted on Wednesday,reflect the Commission’s efforts to respond to investors’ demand for more consistent, comparable, and reliable information about the financial effects of climate-related risks on a […]
The United States’ (U.S’) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced three awards totaling more than $40 million to four whistleblowers, who provided information and assistance in three separate covered actions. In the first order, the commission issued an award of approximately $37 million to two joint whistleblowers, who provided key evidence that contributed […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed amendments to Form N-PX to enhance the information mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and certain other funds report about their proxy votes. A statement the commission indicated that proposed rulemaking would require funds to tie the description of each voting matter to the issuer’s form of proxy and […]
London-based WPP Plc, the world’s largest advertising group, has agreed to pay more than $19 million to resolve charges that it violated the anti-bribery, books and records, and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday made the disclosure, having earlier charged the […]