Posts from Anne Cotter
ISS Issues 2012 Policy Updates
Executive Compensation, Public Companies and Securities ISS has issued its 2012 Policy Update. Pay-for-Performance (P4P) ISS’ revised analysis will consider the following factors: Peer group alignment. The degree of alignment between the company’s Total Shareholder Return, or TSR, rank and the CEO’s total pay rank within a peer group, as measured over one-year and three-year periods (weighted 40 percent/60 percent); The [...] Read more →
SEC Staff Issues First Whistleblower Report
Public Companies and Securities Section 924(d) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower to report annually to Congress on its activities, whistleblower complaints, and the response... Read more →
FDIC to Review Regulations in Light of Dodd-Frank
Banking On July 11, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13579, “Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies.” The FDIC, in response, has noted it has a long-standing... Read more →
CFPB to Streamline Consumer Regulations
Consumer Protection Raj Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, recently provided written testimony to the Subcommittee on... Read more →
SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cybersecurity
Public Companies and Securities For a number of years, SEC registrants have migrated toward increasing dependence on digital technologies to conduct their operations. As this dependence has increased, the risks... Read more →
SEC Report Indentifies Concerns at Ratings Agencies
Public Companies and Securities The staff of the SEC has issued a report summarizing the staff’s observations and concerns arising from the examinations of ten credit rating agencies registered with the... Read more →
SEC Comments on Regulation G
Public Companies and Securities Prior to Sarbanes-Oxley, it was fashionable for public companies to issue press releases with “pro-forma earnings,” which generally excluded certain GAAP charges from the... Read more →
SEC and CFTC Solicit Comments on Whether Stable Value Contracts Are Swaps
Public Companies and Securities Section 719(d) of the Dodd-Frank Act mandates that the CFTC and the SEC jointly conduct a study to determine whether stable value contracts, or SVCs, fall within the definition of... Read more →
MSRB to Provide Written Verification of Municipal Advisor and Dealer Registration Status
Municipal Advisors The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, or MSRB, has announced it will provide written verification of the registration status of municipal advisors and dealers so state and... Read more →
GAO Study on Residential Appraisals
Banking, Uncategorized Real estate valuations, which encompass appraisals and other estimation methods, have come under increased scrutiny in the wake of the recent mortgage crisis. The Dodd-Frank Wall... Read more →