MSWG: Efforts to lift corporate governance standards remain priority
KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts to lift corporate governance standards among local public-listed companies remain a priority in order for Malaysia to remain an attractive destination for capital investment, says...
View ArticleClearing firm agrees to pay $1 million fine in Finra settlement
COR Clearing, formerly Legent Clearing, has been censured and fined $1 million by Finra for a variety of compliance failures involving lapses in anti-money-laundering procedures, financial reporting...
View ArticleMunger's Daily Journal Misses Filing Deadline After Stock Surges
Daily Journal Corp., the California publisher that counts Charles Munger as its chairman, missed an accelerated deadline for releasing its annual filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleShow You Care Kane campaign hearing Thursday
The State Board of Elections will consider a financial reporting complaint Thursday against Show You Care Kane, a campaign that aims to pass a new property tax to support the developmentally disabled.
View ArticleTuesday preview: Bumi shareholders vote on Bakrie split
Bumi shareholders will vote Tuesday on the proposed separation of the Indonesian coal miner from the Bakrie Group.
View ArticleSebi to overhaul corporate governance code for listed firms
The code is being put in place after taking into account public comments to draft corporate governance norms released by capital markets regulator Sebi earlier this year as well as the related...
View ArticleProxy Advisory Services: Making Glass (Lewis) Transparent -- And ISS Too
With 2014 and many corporations' annual meetings just around the corner, more and more publicly-traded companies find themselves girding for costly proxy fights over corporate governance issues.
View ArticleCAQ Points to Risks in 2013 Audit Cycle
The Center for Audit Quality has published a member alert highlighting some of the main risks it sees for auditors to watch out for as they examine financial statements for this year.
View ArticleLike Madonna, CQ Roll Call Masthead Undergoes Constant Re-Invention
Today we learned that Sujata Mitra is leaving CQRC for HuffPo. That made the 7th article this FishbowlDC editor has written about CQRC staff changes in less than two months.
View ArticleFlushing Financial Corporation Adopts Majority Voting Standard
Flushing Financial Corporation , the parent holding company for Flushing Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously voted to approve a corporate governance initiative to amend...
View ArticleDisclosure woes stem from 'one size fits all' approach
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has released a report calling for vital reform of four areas of financial statement disclosure - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG THE push for more and...
View ArticleCorporate Governance: ICSAN to promote professionalism
The newly elected President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, ICSAN, , Mr. Francis Meshionye, has declared his readiness to promote corporate governance in the...
View ArticleGreater clarity needed in corporate governance rules
Proper explanations: SGX listing rules require the board of directors to provide its opinion on the 'adequacy' of the company's internal controls while the Code of Corporate Governance recommends that...
View ArticleBB&T beefs up executive team
Robert Johnson, general counsel and chief corporate governance officer, has been added to BB&T's executive management team.
View ArticleAmTrust Financial Refutes Negative Report, Says Future Has 'Never Been Brighter'
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. , a New York-headquartered insurer whose stock price fell last week in wake of a negative report from research firm GeoInvesting, is assuring investors its business is...
View ArticleBankDhofar, ahlibank, NBO win CMA corporate governance award
Muscat : The Capital Market Authority on Tuesday announced winners of the prestigious corporate governance award for 2013 at a ceremony held at Grand Hyatt Hotel .
View ArticleDP World wins top award for excellence in financial reporting
DUBAI , 18th December, 2013 /WAM/ -- DP World has won the coveted Excellence in Financial Reporting Award at the Middle East Accountancy and Finance Excellence Awards ceremony recently held at the Ritz...
View ArticleJamie Dimon's perp walk: Why it could be this year's Christmas miracle
The crowd waited impatiently outside 270 Park Avenue, corporate headquarters of JPMorgan Chase.
View ArticleQuanex Building Products Management Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call...
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View ArticleSpringfield City finances given clean audit
The city's net assets have grown and its financial reporting is in order, according to an annual review done by an independent auditing firm.
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