As the worldwide economy began to recover last year, CEO turnover at the world’s largest 2,500 public companies returned to rates seen during the pre-recession years, according to Booz & Company’s...

The SEC has approved two proposals submitted by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) that are designed to address extraordinary volatility in...

Much has been written of late about how retail investors have been fleeing the stock market, shunning stocks for the safety of fixed income vehicles. Yesterday’s stock declines are no exception, as...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged a Manhattan resident with carrying out a complex market manipulation scheme in biopharmaceutical stocks after he was kicked out of the...

You know Mr. Murphy, don’t you?  He’s the fellow closely associated with that...

In its continuing crackdown, the SEC recently charged a former executive at Yahoo! Inc. and a former mutual fund manager at a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial Inc. with insider trading on confidential...

Sooner or later it was bound to happen.  The “it” in question: The dissemination of sensitive corporate information by a high ranking company officer via social media channels.  Just such an...

The SEC recently suspended trading in the securities of 379 dormant companies before they could be hijacked by fraudsters and used to harm investors through reverse mergers or pump-and-dump schemes. The...

Someone padding a resume?  “I’m shocked, shocked…,” as Captain Renault might have said (for those unfamiliar with the reference, see the movie Casablanca). Well that’s just one of the issues...

According to a report by Ernst & Young, early filings reveal emerging trends in proxy statement disclosure: S&P 500 companies are showcasing shareholder outreach efforts in the area of executive...

An increasing number of corporate directors and officers are showing more interest in the insurance programs their companies use to protect them against potential litigation, an indication they are...

When the news is good – such as when a company beats consensus estimates – the quarterly conference call is typically a victory lap for the CEO and his team.  Analysts offer their congratulations on...