24 Oct, 2023 It’s All in the Name: SEC Targets Misleading Fund Names in Push for Increased Investor Protection By Brad Caswell Raza Naeem On September 20, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of...
06 Jun, 2022 ESG webinar: US SEC investor protection proposals vs. EU SFDR and UK SDR By Raza Naeem Brad Caswell Benjamin Maconick Recently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules in the ESG space designed to prevent against greenwashing, enhance...
12 Aug, 2021 SEC approves Nasdaq’s comply-or-explain board diversity requirement By Menaka Nayar Under newly approved amendments, many companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange (“Nasdaq”) will soon be required to have, or explain...
17 Jun, 2021 U.S. states weigh in on climate change initiatives By Menaka Nayar As the Biden administration continues to ramp up efforts to address climate change at the federal level, numerous U.S. states are...
08 Jun, 2021 SEC Commissioner suggests tailoring ESG disclosure requirements in light of "inevitable" costs By Menaka Nayar In remarks before the ESG Board Forum on June 3, 2021, Commissioner Elad Roisman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
08 Jun, 2021 SEC will not enforce proxy rules that could limit ESG initiatives By Menaka Nayar Last week, the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, announced that the SEC would not enforce rules...
25 May, 2021 SEC Commissioner takes aim at ESG disclosure "myths" in recent remarks By Menaka Nayar Commissioner Allison Herren Lee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in her May 24, 2021 remarks at the 2021 ESG Disclosure...