Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 25, 2022

This post is based on their recent paper , forthcoming in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. IPOs , which was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy , we investigate the use of accounting discretion by initial public offering (IPO) firms with political money contributions (PMCs).

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Finance Banking 189

Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Turner, Queen’s University Belfast, on Monday, February 5, 2024 Tags: Banks , British , Extended liability , Insurance firms , Limited liability , Shareholder , Shareholder liability , UK , United Kingdom Exxon proxy suit highlights divide between ESG investing and activism Posted by Amy D. Posted by John D.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ESG Trends – What the boards of all companies should know about ESG regulatory trends in Europe. 2022 ISS Global Benchmark Policy Survey. Posted by Subodh Mishra and Georgina Marshall, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. , Remarks by Chair Gensler Before the Practising Law Institute’s 54th Annual Institute on Securities.

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Banking Technology 223

Law 360 M&A

MARCH 15, 2023

While regulators alleviated some immediate concerns related to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, even companies with minimal exposure to the failed institutions should monitor unfolding policy changes, cash management issues and increasing scrutiny on risk disclosures for public companies, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Banking 40

Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

With (minority) shares now concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of institutions, institutional investors are expected to play an ever-increasing role in the governance of listed companies worldwide. We find that bank-owned asset managers are the largest category among the largest EU asset managers.

Banking 64

Banking Finance Equity Marketability 64

Reynolds Holding

JULY 9, 2023

The Recovering Executive Compensation Obtained from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act, designed to hold senior executives at banking organizations accountable, has broad and unusual bipartisan support, passing out of the Senate Banking Committee by a 21-2 bipartisan vote.

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Banking Finance 45

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The Proposed Guidelines aim to improve the safety and soundness of covered institutions through governance and risk management following the bank failures this past spring. assets of $100 billion or more. Comments on the Proposed Guidelines are due by December 10, 2023. Board of Directors Composition.

Banking 40

Banking Compliance Technology Marketability 40

Reynolds Holding

MARCH 19, 2023

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank to find a buyer opens up the possibility (and the need) for a new kind of bank that is focused on financial stability as well as the traditional banking functions of lending and running payment systems. First is putting deposits with a Global-Systemically Important Bank.

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Banking Finance Marketability Equity 114

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has proposed enforceable guidelines on corporate governance and risk management that would apply to all state non-member banks with assets greater than $10 billion (the Proposed FDIC Guidelines). Other banking agencies have dealt with this issue.

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Banking Finance 45

Reynolds Holding

MAY 13, 2024

We argue that bank regulation and supervision interfere with pricing risk by creating opacity. This would make capital markets more effective in addressing future banking problems and reducing reliance on bank regulators who have arguably failed the public. Given periodic banking crises in the U.S.,

Banking 64

Banking Equity Marketability Finance 64

Benzinga

MAY 3, 2024

The Company's tier one leverage and risk-based capital ratios were 11.58% and 28.84%, respectively, and the Company is considered to be "well-capitalized" at March 31, 2024. NASDAQ: HOPE ) and the Company signed a definitive merger agreement. Ratio of non-performing assets to total assets of 0.10% at March 31, 2024.

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IVSC

MAY 2, 2023

Panellists Megan Greene United States Global Chief Economist, Kroll Institute. Newly appointed Bank of England MPC Member Louis Kujis Hong Kong Chief Asia Economist at S&P Global Ratings Alistair Darling United Kingdom IVSC Chair. Register now to secure your spot. Financial Times columnist. Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Banking Marketability 246

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 30, 2024

investment banking pioneer John Pierpont (JP) Morgan could arguably lay claim to being America’s (if not the world’s) original private equity trailblazer in the late-nineteenth and early-20th century. Indeed, in many ways, the great U.S. experience is remarkable.

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Equity Corporate Finance Banking Finance 59

Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over the last two decades, the dramatic increase in institutional investors’ ownership of rival companies has raised questions about collusive corporate policies. [1] public firms, it is conceivable that institutional shareholders are widely represented in the boardroom of U.S. Our second finding is that common (i.e.

Finance 64

Finance Banking Equity Marketability 64

Reynolds Holding

JULY 20, 2022

public stocks and constitute the largest shareholder in 88 percent of the companies in the S&P 500. airline , banking , and pharmaceutical ) industries. These institutional investors face large information costs in effecting anti-competitive outcomes. executive compensation, exit rights, board elections, etc.)

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Marketability Banking 119

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Investors are most supportive, followed by NGO/Third sector and then Companies. It beggars belief,” they write , “that Congress would have delegated to the Commission the authority to set substantive climate policy through entrusting to it the authority to prevent fraud and ensure orderly markets.”

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Banking Finance Corporate Finance Accounting Firms 200

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Policy discourse on this topic has centered around which – rather than whether – financial regulators should be in charge of crypto trading. In advancing this view, Congress and the regulators appear to be following a path laid out by crypto companies seeking legitimacy through inclusion (on their own terms), in regulated finance.

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Finance Banking Marketability Treasury 145

IVSC

JANUARY 24, 2024

Align the IVS with the valuation processes that valuers perform to provide clarity, understandability and relevance to stakeholders, including financial institutions, investors, and regulators. The impact of significant ESG factors should be considered in determining the value of a company, asset or liability.

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Intangible Assets Compliance Marketability Banking 279

Reynolds Holding

MARCH 28, 2024

Currently, the definition of “financial institution” encompasses several categories of financial businesses, including banks, broker-dealers, and mutual funds. RIAs and ERAs) to the definition of “financial institution.” However, the definition does not cover RIAs or ERAs.

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Compliance Banking Treasury Venture Capital Fund 45

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the agencies) are issuing the following statement on crypto-asset1 risks to banking organizations. financial system. financial system.

Banking 49

Banking Finance Compliance Marketability 49

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 24, 2023

On April 3, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a policy statement regarding what constitutes an “abusive” act or practice (the “Policy Statement”). [1] Nevertheless, the Policy Statement will be published in the Federal Register, and comments may be submitted until July 3, 2023. [5]

Banking 45

Banking Marketability 45

Reynolds Holding

MAY 23, 2023

banking has always been a risky business. The financial panics of 1819, 1837, 1873, 1907, and 1931-32 all sparked banking crises, recessions, or full-scale depressions. Depositors lost everything every time a bank failed. But the Great Depression was the trigger for a seismic change. At the same time, the U.S.

Banking 52

Banking Equity Start-ups Finance 52

Appraiser Newsroom

MAY 16, 2024

a Software as a Service company. She has served as Pennsylvania’s representative to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Real Property Valuation Committee and has also served on the Federal Financing and Housing Policy Committee, and actively lobbies for needed changes to the real estate profession. Petersburg, Russia.

Business Valuation 52

Business Valuation Appraisal Intangible Assets Finance 52

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Thank you for inviting me to talk with you today – this is an important audience for the Department of Justice because your voice – and your work – to promote a culture of compliance across your companies is more important today than ever. Today, companies confront a complex geopolitical environment. And we’re not done.

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Compliance Start-ups Banking Finance 40

Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 19, 2022

FSG Investment Banking: What the Financial Sponsors Group Does The Financial Sponsors Group vs. the Financial Institutions Group The Financial Sponsors Group vs. Leveraged Finance vs. Debt Capital Markets Recruiting: Who Gets Into the Financial Sponsors Group? Table Of Contents. So what’s the difference?”.

Private Equity Firm 77

Private Equity Firm Banking Equity Finance 77

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 18, 2024

We experienced perfect storms of risk during the SPAC boom with frauds like the one that the SEC alleges was perpetrated by Trevor Milton and the EV company, Nikola. [6] Every day, we see companies attempting to not only develop AI capabilities, or harness it to improve their productivity and growth, but also to attract and retain investors.

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Compliance Technology Start-ups Marketability 45

Reynolds Holding

MAY 25, 2023

Investment Company Act of 1940 There is a saying when you’re in the woods. It also helps explain why savers might try to cash out of deposits before that proverbial bear catches them at the bank. 21] Liquidity and dilution management has been a bedrock principle of open-end funds since the passing of the Investment Company Act.

Banking 40

Banking Treasury Marketability Start-ups 40

Reynolds Holding

MAY 16, 2024

has long benefitted from robust competition between nonbanks and banks in our $110-plus trillion capital markets. In fact, each of the registered funds and private funds sectors surpasses the size of the banking sector. This all compares to the $23 trillion banking sector. [4] Second, the U.S. Further, U.S. 3] This includes $6.5

Treasury 45

Treasury Banking Marketability Finance 45

Reynolds Holding

MARCH 16, 2023

Non-bank financial intermediation (NFBI) – encompassing a broad range of capital sources, including broker-dealers, private funds, and open-end funds (OEFs) – is vital for the financing of the real economy, serving as a critical complement to the traditional banking sector. 6] The FSB, however, has not said so in its work agenda.

Banking 59

Banking Treasury Marketability Finance 59

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 13, 2023

Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (the “Note”) summarizing voluntary self-disclosure (“VSD”) policies applicable to U.S. Companies can also expect coordination by the agencies to continue when it comes to conducting investigations and taking enforcement actions.

Treasury 40

Treasury Compliance Banking 40

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 18, 2023

DIMA) for material misstatements and shortcomings in its policies and procedures related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing. [1] DIMA marketed certain mutual funds as “ESG integrated” because they were subject to the Global ESG Integration Policy of its parent company (DWS).

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Compliance Banking Marketability Equity 40

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 27, 2023

In recent years, mainstream financial services companies have acquired many of the early climate-analytics startups and weather-modeling firms. In the accelerating “climate intelligence arms race,” companies increasingly claim to use better science, better methods and models, and more comprehensive data than their competitors. [1]

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Banking Finance Equity Technology 83

Brian DeChesare

MARCH 13, 2024

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Most companies are already profitable, the potential returns are lower, and there’s usually a large secondary component (i.e.,

Equity 95

Equity Start-ups Marketability Banking 95

Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 28, 2022

With respect to public companies, the Commission proposed to add an entirely new section to Regulation S-K for climate disclosure. Larger public companies would be subject to an attestation requirement for some of the proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions metrics disclosures. Today, SRI has transformed into ESG.

Banking 203

Banking Enterprise Value Marketability Compliance 203

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 19, 2023

Just before this event, I was lucky enough to meet with students in Professor O’Sullivan’s class, and I am proud to say that they continue to represent the best traditions of this institution. Since at least 2018, we have applied this policy to all corporate cases prosecuted by the Criminal Division.

Compliance 45

Compliance Start-ups Banking Marketability 45

Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, arguing that a syndicated bank loan is not a “security” under the state securities laws and that a loan syndication is not a “securities distribution.”

Banking 40

Banking Business Enterprise Marketability 40

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Nor does it blame supervisory deficiencies on a less-assertive supervisory culture instituted by former Vice Chair for Supervision Quarles. Such flattening would do nothing to reduce the risk of future bank failures and related contagion. Bank supervision is critically important for the stability of the banking sector.

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Banking Start-ups Venture Capital Fund Equity 40