This study by the CFA Institute examines ways to ensure that so-called independent directors are, in fact, independent.

The Financial Reporting Council has published an Update for Directors of Listed Companies in the UK to assist them in responding to increased country and currency risk in their annual and half-yearly financial reports.

The UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skill have released a consultation paper which explores wider questions on the role of shareholders and remuneration committees in the process of setting pay and how pay is structured to incentivise and reward.

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") has updated its Governance Risk Indicators model, which is the tool it uses to measure governance-related risk.

In response to investor feedback on the issue of pay-for performance, which indicated a preference for putting the focus on long-term alignment, board decision-making, and pay relative to both market peers and to absolute shareholder returns, Institutional Shareholder Services has published a white

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. has released 2012 updates to its U.S., Canadian, European, and international benchmark proxy voting guidelines.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued its report on the reliance on credit ratings, as required by Section 939A(c) of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission jointly study the feasibility of requiring the derivatives industry to adopt standardized computer-readable algorithmic descriptions which may be used to describe complex and standardized financial derivatives, and t

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking consultation on methods to improve the timing, content, and format of disclosures to investors regarding financial intermediaries, investment products, and investment services.

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.