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Accounting for Bank Failure

Harvard Corporate Governance

Could better accounting rules have saved Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)? On the other hand, greater accounting transparency can unnecessarily cause bank depositors to panic at the first sign of trouble, threatening the stability of the banking system. When tech investment dried up, SVB’s business customers spent down their cash.

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SEC Risk Factors Disclosure Analysis

Harvard Corporate Governance

Kristen Jaconi is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Accounting and Executive Director at Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management at the USC Marshall School of Business. This post is based on their recent Deloitte report.

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Disclosure of the Extent to which Firms Invest in their Workforce

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Colleen Honigsberg (Stanford Law School) and Shivaram Rajgopal (Columbia Business School), on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Editor's Note: Colleen Honigsberg is an Assistant Professor at Stanford Law School; and Shivaram Rajgopal is the Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School.

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Macroprudential Financial Regulation Is a Myth

Reynolds Holding

If you follow the financial press, you have probably seen coverage of the new bank capital requirements that federal regulators proposed last year. In a new article, we show that even if the banking agencies finalize these rules over the banking sector’s fierce opposition, financial regulators’ job is far from finished.

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Takeover Law and Practice: Current Developments

Harvard Corporate Governance

The substantial growth in hedge funds and private equity, developments in governance and ESG concerns, the growing receptiveness of institutional investors to activism and the role of proxy advisory firms have also had a significant impact.

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Treasury, Fed, and FDIC Issue Joint Statement on Actions Relating to Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank

Reynolds Holding

economy by strengthening public confidence in our banking system. banking system continues to perform its vital roles of protecting deposits and providing access to credit to households and businesses in a manner that promotes strong and sustainable economic growth. Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S.

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Provident Financial Services, Inc. and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. Extend Merger Agreement

Benzinga

NYSE: PFS ) ("Provident"), the parent company of Provident Bank, and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. NASDAQ: LBAI ) ("Lakeland"), the parent company of Lakeland Bank, today announced that the two companies have agreed to extend their merger agreement to March 31, 2024, to provide additional time to obtain the required regulatory approvals.

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