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Category: SEC

Cat's Paw and Clawbacks

SEC Unveils Compensation Clawback Rules

Cat's Paw and Clawbacks

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued its long-awaited rules on clawbacks for executive bonuses based on mistakes in financial reporting. Long-awaited by everyone except corporate executives, of course. The SEC first proposed ru...

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Corporate Cybersecurity Concerns Mount as Threats Grow

Rocket Fireworks Bottle Arching through Night

In the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, businesses quickly realized they had a shared problem: terrorism insurance. Or, more accurately, a lack of it, as premiums for commercial insurance against acts of terrorism skyrocketed – in the...

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Ivy's adorning street for corporate sustainability

Uncertainty Creeps into ESG Reporting

Ivy's adorning street for corporate sustainability

You’ve probably heard of greenwashing – token environmental sustainability programs that help corporations launder their reputations. Now there’s “green hushing.” Green hushing isn’t quite the inverse of greenwashing, but it’s close. Essent...

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Puppeteer's control, strings of power

Report Says Big Polluters Shield CEO Pay from Climate Incentives

Puppeteer's control, strings of power

Forget about hearts or stomachs; the way to achieving a company’s ESG goals runs through the CEO’s pocketbook. It’s a popular line of thinking, anyway. Making CEOs’ compensation dependent on their companies reaching environmental, social an...

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Audit Failures Lead to SEC Action Against Deloitte-China

FINE Blocks logo with Deloitte partnership

Some auditors in the Chinese affiliate of Big Four accounting firm Deloitte have apparently been taking a unique approach to their work. Rather than evaluating their clients’ financial reporting, they let the clients audit themselves, accor...

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