Hester Peirce Goes Hester Prynne on ESG
Let there be no doubt about Hester Peirce’s feelings when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. During her tenure with the ...
SEC Approves First Two Regulated Crypto Coin Offerings
President Trump’s Twitter account serves as one of the commander-in-chief’s favorite forums for airing grievances. Politicians, the media, celebri...
Auditor Independence Comes to Fore in 2019
One issue that has kept financial regulators sneakily busy in 2019 is auditor independence. Both the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight B...
New Intelligize Report Details Data on Topic 606 Comments from SEC
An Intelligize report released today delves into the data from securities filings to find out how publicly traded companies and the Securities and Exc...
Living in a Material World – Facebook Forgoes 8-K on Libra
The headlines around Facebook and chairman Mark Zuckerberg have not been glowing lately. Most recently, the social media giant took heat for its handl...
Direct-to-Market Stocks: A Sign of the Future?
Remember back when it was a big deal for a company to hold an initial public offering? For starry-eyed founders, an IPO represented the pinnacle of th...