The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Health Insurance Innovations (HII) and its former CEO Gavin Southwell for concealing extensive consumer complaints about short-term and limited health insurance...
The Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2022 proposed amendments to the rule that governs the process for including shareholder proposals in a company’s proxy statement. Under Rule 14a-8,...
Amendments Address Concerns by Investors and Others Regarding Rules That May Impair the Timeliness and Independence of Proxy Voting Advice The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on July 13, 2022...
Urges More Prescriptive Climate Risk and Impact Calculation and Reporting Requirements Benchmark ESG (Benchmark), a leading provider of cloud-based Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) enterprise software solutions, last month filed...
On June 23, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to require certain documents filed by investment advisers, institutional investment managers, and certain other entities to be filed or...
The SEC has proposed rule and form amendments that, would require additional disclosures regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment practices by RIAs, registered investment companies, and business development companies....
Climate proposals in the U.S., Europe, and internationally converge amidst public consultation A new report “The Evolution of Sustainability Disclosure” released today by the Sustainability Institute by ERM (ERM) and Persefoni reveals that there is...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on June 9 at 10 a.m. ET. The meeting will be webcast on the SEC website. The committee will...
Amendments Will Help Modernize How Information Is Submitted to Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it adopted amendments to require certain forms that currently are permitted to...
Action adds to probes by SEC and federal prosecutors in the U.S. into asset manager’s claims of sustainable investing The Frankfurt offices of Deutsche Bank AG and its asset-management subsidiary DWS Group were...
Accounting to recent report by Reuters, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed a pair of rule changes aimed at stamping out unfounded claims by funds on...
Wolters Kluwer senior legal analyst highlights recent developments on the SEC’s proposed disclosure rules in light of the public comment period’s new June 17 deadline What: ESG Spotlight Why: On March 21, 2022, the Securities...
On May 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has extended the public comment period on the proposed rulemaking to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors...
The SEC is considering a proposal to mandate climate risk disclosures by public companies. A statement from SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that the proposal, “would provide investors with consistent, comparable, and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule changes that would require registrants to include certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports, including information about climate-related risks that...
SEC disclosure rule proposal expected by early next year (Roll Call) – Lobbyists have ramped up advocacy on environmental, social and governance issues nine months into the Biden administration, as...