Five key takeaways from SEC's proposal for climate disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a 500-plus-page proposed rule Monday that would mandate corporate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a 500-plus-page proposed rule Monday that would mandate corporate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
Leading securities practitioners discuss this year’s Institute on Securities Regulation, which includes around 20 panel discussions on the hottest securities regulatory and corporate governance topics.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C., Jan. 19, 2021 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Shelley E. Parratt, Acting Director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, is retiring next month after 35 years of service to the Commission. Ms. Parratt joined the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance in 1986, served as its deputy director since 2003, and served as Acting Director of the Division three separate times. "Shelley has been an impactful leader at the Commission for decades and her contributions to the Division of Corporation Finance du...
we've evolved and how the changes we've made will benefit the markets we regulate and the investors we protect. 20 years ago when i first served as an sec commissioner, the financial world was a very different place. the dow was inching toward the 3,000 mark, derivatives were barely a blip on the radar, a portable macintosh weighed 16 pounds, and all you could do on a cell phone was talk. for most of the sec staff, the biggest market disruption in living memory was the black monday crash of 1987. a near cataclysmic experience, to be sure. so when president obama asked me to return as...
their very hectic and demanding and important schedules to be with us this morning. the hearing is entitled management and structural reforms at the sec, in progress report. this is a very critical hearing because we understand the important role of the sec in the regulations of our securities markets. we have had local concerns about regulation, overregulation, but it appears, indeed, the revenues and the secur...