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.

On July 22, 2011, in Business Roundtable & Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Securities & Exchange Commission, No. 10-1305 (D.C. Cir. July 22, 2011), a three-judge panel of the U.S.

In accordance the requirements of Sections 404 and 406 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a new rule requiring certain advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to report information for use by the Financi

As required by Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission together with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, has voted to propose a rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting public comment on the treatment of asset-backed issuers as well as real estate investment trusts and other mortgage-related pools under the Investment Company Act.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on a wide range of issues raised by the use of derivatives by mutual funds and other investment companies regulated under the Investment Company Act.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will adopt a new rule establishing large trader reporting requirements to enhance the agency’s ability to identify large market participants, collect information on their trading, and analyze their trading activity.

Q & A Session from the second seminar of UNSW Law's series "In Who or What Do We Trust?" UNSW's Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation presents Prof Lynn Stout, the Paul Hastings Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Securities Law at UCLA.