US financial reform horse trading hits investors

As elected representatives in the US enter the final stages of merging the two competing financial services reform bills, investors are becoming increasingly anxious that their key reform proposal, access to the proxy, will be rendered useless.

From the outset, both the House and Senate versions of the reform bills have either supported or …… continue reading >>

US Bill to limit exec pay voted through

US shareholders get say on pay at financial institutions – in exchange for more investor disclosure.

The US House of Representatives has passed Congressman Barney Frank’s bill to “amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and to prevent perverse incentives in the compensation …… continue reading >>

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