I have long been a champion of shareholder engagement. Since as far back as the 1980s, I have believed that companies and investors alike greatly benefit from engagement; I even advocated
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Show me the money: Increased funding limits for exempt offerings may increase access to capital
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The SEC recently increased the funding limits for several types of exempt offerings. The increases were fairly substantial, and we believe they may create increased opportunities to raise external financing. Smaller…
ESG Considerations for Equity Incentive Plans
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Environmental, Social and Governance considerations (ESG) are expected to play an increasing role in equity pay determinations for executive officers. About 50 percent of S&P 500 companies used ESG metrics…
Living in a material world
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My apologies to those of you who thought I would expound on the corporate governance implications of Madonna’s early oeuvre; but I want to write about materiality, and I’m a sucker…
A Modest Proposal II: Don’t eat children; put them on boards instead!
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In 1729, the great satirist, Jonathan Swift, penned an essay called “A Modest Proposal.” The essay suggested that rather than allowing poor, starving children to be a burden on society, they…
Ups and Downs
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First, Broc Romanek
I don’t often write about the people I’ve come across in the course of my absurdly long career, but there are some exceptions. One exception was a…
The Best of Books in the Worst of Times
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I never thought I’d find myself quoting Her Majesty, Elizabeth II (even though we do share the same birthday), but 2020 was truly an annus horribilis. However, now that…
The SEC Harmonizes the Private Placement Exemption Rules
By Milton Vescovacci & Jin Xin
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On November 2, 2020, the SEC announced the adoption of extensive amendments to the rules governing exempt offerings, more commonly known as “private placements.” The announcement stated that the amendments…
Say on What???
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In case you missed it, there was a rather provocative article in a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal entitled “How to Give Shareholders a Say in Corporate Social Responsibility”…
Has the great governance trickle-down begun? Nasdaq pushes for board diversity
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It’s no secret that the smaller a company’s market cap, the less likely it is to be concerned with governance “nice-to-haves,” such as independent board leadership, annual elections of directors,…