Download PDF Chester S. Spatt† It is a great pleasure to provide keynote remarks at this weekend’s conference on “Complexity and Change in Financial Regulation” at the Harvard Law School. In my comments tonight I will try to build from my experiences as a former Chief … [Read more...] about Complexity of Regulation
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In Dodd-Frank’s Shadow: The Declining Competitiveness of U.S. Public Equity Markets
Download PDF David Daniels* As we enter into 2011, things are looking up. The Dow Jones has recently broken through 12,000 and is climbing to pre-recession heights. The economy has emerged from the greatest downturn since the Great Depression and continues to show modest … [Read more...] about In Dodd-Frank’s Shadow: The Declining Competitiveness of U.S. Public Equity Markets
Distilling the Debate on Proxy Access
Download PDF David Page* In August 2010, the SEC issued its final rule on proxy access, which gives shareholders the right to place director nominees directly on the company’s proxy card, thereby sparing shareholders a large part of the expense of waging a traditional proxy … [Read more...] about Distilling the Debate on Proxy Access
The Rise and Fall of the Proxy Access Idea: A Narrative
Download PDF Laurenz Vuchetich* Every person involved in the creation or exercise of any discipline tends to strive toward absolutes. Is the idea of proxy access a step closer to immaculate corporate governance? According to the most recent actions of its introducers, it is … [Read more...] about The Rise and Fall of the Proxy Access Idea: A Narrative