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SEC Chief Accountant on Fostering a Healthy “Tone at the Top” at Audit Firms

Reynolds Holding

The leaders of audit firms, and the tone that they set, play a central role in ensuring that professionals within audit firms do not sacrifice integrity and professionalism for profit and growth. Audit firms are private businesses with the same legitimate interest in making a profit that all private businesses have. [1]

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Comment on VA Appraisal Request Form at Heart of AIR Violation Class Action by Baggins

Appraisers Blog

It’s considered a violation of appraisers ethic for an appraiser to advocate for a consumer in a position like this, which is why you’re inundated with more questions than answers from the appraiser respondents to your post. An appraiser is limited by ethical constraints which are enforceable by their respective state boards.

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Exploring key 2024 tax bill proposals

ThomsonReuters

Under this act, if a corporation’s CEO or highest-paid employee’s compensation exceeds 50 times the median worker’s pay, the corporate tax rate would be increased by a penalty determined by the legislation. The penalty would be expressed in percentage points and would vary based on the pay ratio.

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Wachtell Lipton Puts Spotlight on Boards: Spring 2022 Update

Reynolds Holding

As boards of directors seek to provide effective oversight and guidance, their mandate is being further shaped by the wide embrace of ESG, stakeholder governance and the focus on sustainable long-term investment strategies.

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Brian DeChesare

As with investment banking in Hong Kong , I can summarize private equity in China in one sentence: “If you’re not Chinese, don’t even think about it, and even if you are Chinese, it’s best if you have great connections within the CCP and want to stay in China long-term.” This may change due to factors like the “decoupling” with the U.S.,

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Skadden Discusses DOJ Leveraging of Private Sector to Achieve Enforcement Goals

Reynolds Holding

Pursuant to these policies, companies that identify and voluntarily self-disclose misconduct will improve the terms of any resolution for the conduct that they disclose. The DOJ also wants compliance professionals to be involved in due diligence to identify, report and remediate issues at target companies early on.

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ESG Investing Clearly Serves Pecuniary Interests

Reynolds Holding

6] As the Kentucky AG notes when citing this piece of scholarship, “ESG investing is an ‘umbrella term that refers to an investment strategy that emphasizes a firm’s governance structure or the environmental or social impacts of the firm’s products or practices.’” [7] What goes unsaid is a complete depiction of the umbrella.