The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended its rules to implement the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 relating to shareholder approval of executive compensation and “golden parachute” compensation arrangements.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rules of NASDAQ, NYSE, and NYSE Amex that toughen the standards that companies going public through a reverse merger must meet to become listed on those exchanges.

The Irish Takeovers Panel has proposed its third set of changes to the takeovers rules in the past year.