Why Firms Disclose a Supplemental CEO-to-Median Worker Pay Ratio

By Sun Moon Jung, Natalie Kyung Won Kim, Han Seong Ryu and Jae Yong Shin September 5, 2018 by renholding

Pay disparity between executives and employees has been criticized as evidence of corporate greed. It can also create perceptions of unfairness and dissatisfaction among employees, weakening their commitment and performance. To provide more information about pay disparity, the U.S. Congress …

How Vulnerable Are U.S. Banks to Commercial Real Estate?

By Jonathon Adams-Kane August 24, 2018 by renholding

Commercial real estate (CRE) lending is a risky activity that still dominates the business model of many modestly capitalized small and medium-sized banks. Bank supervisory and regulatory reforms recently enacted have reflected some of the lessons from the Great Financial …

Measuring Regulation Based on Industry Response

By Michael Simkovic August 9, 2018 by renholding

Despite the central role of government regulation in academic inquiry and policy evaluation, there is no universally accepted way to measure how changes in regulatory complexity and intensity affect private industry at different times. This lack of a standard methodological …

How External Whistleblower Rewards Affect Internal Reporting

By Masaki Iwasaki July 6, 2018 by renholding

Does paying employees for blowing the whistle on corporate crime to regulators discourage internal reporting and undermine corporate governance? The answer is not as simple as it might seem. My research shows that, as the amount of reward increases, the …

SEC Proposes Changes to Whistleblower Rule

By Securities and Exchange Commission June 29, 2018 by renholding

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on June 28, 2018, to propose amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. The whistleblower program was established in 2010 to incentivize individuals to report high-quality tips to the Commission and help the

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SEC’s Jackson Calls for Curbing Executives’ Ability to Cash Out on Buybacks

By Robert J. Jackson, Jr. June 12, 2018 by renholding

Thank you so much, Neera [Tanden], for that very kind introduction. I’ve long admired all that you and everyone here at the Center for American Progress do to promote a progressive economic agenda. And I share your commitment to making

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Financial Enforcement Actions and the Role of Whistleblowers

By Andrew C. Call, Gerald S. Martin, Nathan Y. Sharp and Jaron H. Wilde June 6, 2018 by renholding

In our recent paper, we investigate the association between employee whistleblowers and outcomes of financial misrepresentation enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ). We examine SEC and DOJ enforcement actions for financial misrepresentation …

Cleary Gottlieb Discusses New Law Revising Dodd-Frank Act

By Derek M. Bush, Hugh C. Conroy Jr., Allison H. Breault, Zachary L. Baum and Rebecca F. Green May 30, 2018 by renholding

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), which became law on May 24, contains the first major package of revisions to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The Act …

Wachtell Lipton Discusses Risk Management and the Board of Directors

By Martin Lipton, Wayne M. Carlin, Daniel A. Neff, Sabastian V. Niles and Andrew R. Brownstein April 4, 2018 by Carly Goeman

The past year has seen continued evolution in the political, legal and economic arenas as technological change accelerates. Innovation, new business models, dealmaking and rapidly evolving technologies are transforming competitive and industry landscapes and impacting companies’ strategic plans and prospects …

Did Dodd-Frank Help Reduce Systemic Risk?

By Qiubin Huang March 30, 2018 by renholding

In response to the 2008 financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) was enacted on July 21, 2010 to overhaul the U.S. financial regulatory system. Dodd-Frank contains 390 rulemaking requirements, of which 274 (70.3 percent) …

Whistleblower Provisions of Dodd-Frank Deter Aggressive Financial Reporting

By Christine I. Wiedman and Chunmei Zhu March 5, 2018 by renholding

In 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced a Whistleblower (WB) program as part of the Dodd-Frank Act to protect investors through greater deterrence of securities law violations and more effective enforcement. The program offers financial incentives to provide …

SEC Chair Talks Blockchain Scrutiny, Dodd-Frank Rulemaking, and Expectations for Gatekeepers

By Jay Clayton January 23, 2018 by renholding

Thank you for that warm welcome.[1] I am delighted to join you today by videoconference. I know Meredith [Cross] has prepared questions. I look forward to answering those, as well as questions from this distinguished audience. When I was

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Financial Reporting Choices of Large Private Firms

By Jennifer J. Gaver, Paul Mason and Steven Utke January 17, 2018 by renholding

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of firms opting to either forgo the public equity market or exit the market in favor of private financing.[1] Increasingly, financing for private firms comes from private funds, …

Do Corporate Whistleblower Laws Deter Accounting Fraud?

By Heemin Lee November 17, 2017 by renholding

Whistleblowers play a significant role in detecting corporate fraud. For example, recent high-profile financial frauds such as the Enron scandal and Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme were brought to light by whistleblowers. To encourage more whistleblowers to come forward, the Securities …

The Case Against Activity-Based Financial Regulation

By Jeremy Kress November 16, 2017 by renholding

An October 2017 Treasury Department report on the asset management and insurance industries includes an important—and fundamentally flawed—recommendation that could change the way U.S. regulators monitor risk in the financial system. The Treasury report recommends that regulators focus on identifying …

Arnold & Porter Discusses SEC’s Pay Ratio Guidance

By Joel I. Greenberg and Sara Adler October 31, 2017 by charlesbluesky

Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K was adopted in 2015 to implement the pay ratio disclosure provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and will require pay ratio disclosure with respect to the first fiscal year beginning …

SEC Commissioner Piwowar Speaks on Market Structure

By Michael S. Piwowar October 30, 2017 by renholding

These days you rarely hear the name Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) in this town [Washington, D.C.] [1] without some mention of “FINRA 360,” the comprehensive self-evaluation initiated by FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook. From what I have seen …

How to Cure Too Big To Fail

By Sanjai Bhagat September 20, 2017 by renholding

The Dodd-Frank Act’s worthy objectives were to improve the safety, resilience, efficiency, and transparency of our financial system. Yet the law has drastically diminished the credit available to low-income Americans – the very people it was supposed to help. Equally …

The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 and the Future of SEC Administrative Enforcement

By John C. Coffee, Jr. June 22, 2017 by renholding

Professor John C. Coffee, Jr. of Columbia Law School is scheduled to speak on June 22 before the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee, which asked him to address the CHOICE Act’s impact on the SEC’s enforcement powers. These …

Skadden Discusses Potential Impacts of the Financial CHOICE Act

By Brian V. Breheny and Marc S. Gerber June 14, 2017 by renholding

On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed, by a 233-186 vote (with all Democrats and one Republican voting against), the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, a bill principally designed to reverse many features of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street …

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