SEC Chairman Supports Foreign Rule Changes
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering softening new American corporate governance rules to ease the burden on foreign companies, its chairman said Tuesday.
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The House of Representatives voted to revise rules for foreign investments in the U.S., seeking to make them clearer for businesses while preserving national security.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to adopt a rule that for the first time will require hedge fund advisers to register with the agency and submit to SEC examinations.
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Proposed S.E.C. rules will allow foreign companies to raise money in the American capital market without having to comply with U.S. rules.
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ESSEN, Germany  - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made clear on Saturday that he thinks any risks posed by lightly regulated hedge funds can be handled through market discipline without adding heavy government regulators.
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The House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a business-backed bill that  would tighten rules for federal review of foreign takeovers of  U.S. companies without discouraging such investments.
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The body that decides who will set accounting rules in the United States plans on Tuesday to propose changes aimed at enabling the Financial Accounting Standards Board to act faster.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission voted 5-0 on Wednesday to adopt a temporary rule  letting Wall Street brokers continue to promote themselves as  investment advisers without registering with the commission  under adviser regulations.
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Responding to complaints that the United States is losing its edge to foreign markets, a panel set up by the nation's biggest business lobby has recommended structural changes at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the end of quarterly earnings guidance and a boost in the nation's retirement savings, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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The S.E.C. next week is expected to propose a rule that would allow foreign companies using international accounting standards to stop reconciling their financial statements to American rules.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. will strengthen corporate governance provisions to ease concern among investors who threatened to vote against the company&#39;s proposed move to the US if shareholder rights were diminished.
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As president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donohue has long been obliged to talk tough against federal regulation, especially by the Securities and Exchange Commission. But now, it's personal.
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Federal regulators proposed a plan on Tuesday to strengthen governance at stock exchanges and move them toward separating their self-policing functions from business operations to ensure that they serve investors&#39; interests.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson said yesterday that a controversial proposed rule to give shareholders more power to elect corporate directors has no chance of passing in its current form and will have to be rewritten.
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The head of Saudi Arabia's stock market regulator on Thursday said his agency was open to ideas mooted by western institutions to allow foreign investors to tap into the Middle East's largest bourse.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson said yesterday that he wants to move ahead this year with a plan that would allow dissatisfied shareholders to propose board candidates under limited conditions.
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Securities regulators yesterday voted to overhaul a corporate rule covering financial risks, reacting to intense pressure from Congress and years of criticism from industry groups who claim the directive proved too expensive and burdensome.