GMI Ratings, a noted independent provider of research and ratings on environmental, social, governance (ESG) and accounting-related risks affecting the performance of public companies, has weighed in on...

The SEC charged eight individuals living in the Griffin, Ga., area for their involvement in an insider trading ring that generated more than $500,000 in illegal profits based on nonpublic information...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. The SEC recently announced a second round of charges in an insider trading case involving former professional baseball players and the former top executive at a...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. Federal securities class action activity decreased in the first six months of 2012 compared with 2011, according to Securities Class Action Filings—2012 Mid-Year...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. The SEC recently announced Thomas P. Flanagan, a former Deloitte and Touche LLP partner, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal securities fraud for engaging in insider...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. Part One Here Part Two Here We conclude our series on the recently-concluded Proxy Season ’12  with a review of recent trends in “say on pay” and corporate...

The SEC filed settled fraud charges, among others, against New York-based fund adviser Peter Siris in connection with its investigation into China Yingxia International, Inc., a now defunct Chinese...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. Part One Here We continue with a look the recently-concluded Proxy Season ’12  with a review of recent trends in shareholder activism taken from a presentation...

By Gene Marbach, SVP, Makovsky+Co. Part Two Here My good friend, Keith Gottfried, Partner at the law firm of Alston + Bird (www.alston.com), shared with me the highlights of a presentation he recently...

The SEC alleges that Apparao Mukkamala learned confidential information from board meetings and other communications about the anticipated acquisition of American Physicians Capital Inc. (ACAP) by another...

We’ve all learned over the past few years that having two executives fill the roles of chairman and CEO is considered a good corporate governance practice; however, an interesting study from GMI...

There are quite a few theories for forecasting the direction of the market.  The Hemline Theory is one. According to its devotees, when women’s hemlines are up, so goes the market and when they are...