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Sarbox fueling acquisitions of overseas companies?
Tomas Jandik, associate professor of finance at the University of Arkansas, has looked at Sarbanes Oxley from a foreign company perspective and found that the law may be one factor boosting... Read more...
What exactly is material from a Sarbox perspective?One of the big complaints about AS2 was about the way it defined materiality. It's "more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the financial statements will not be prevented or... Read more... PCAOB not going quietlyThe Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been much maligned recently. The constitutional attacks, the fiasco of AS2, the semi-confusion over AS5 are big problems. But the board is not... Read more... What to make of the SEC's Sarbox recommendationsThe SEC's Sarbox proposals last week contained few surprises. Broadly speaking, the SEC indicated its support of a new compliance philosophy, one that encourages auditors to focus on areas that... Read more... What to make of the vaunted report?
Well, the "Interim Report of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulations" has already come and gone. With somewhat predictable conclusions and
More on the politics of SarboxRepublicans and Democrats agree that Sarbox is in need of reform. But there is a fine line between relief for Corporate... Read more... The politics of Sarbanes-OxleySarbox isn't exactly a political issue. But you get the sense that there is a fairly strong movement afoot to ensure the law evolves in ways that are slightly more favorable to companies. That... Read more... Can the Committee succeed in reforming law?Will the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation--which boasts an impressive roster of luminaries--be able to do anything about Sarbox? It's too early to tell, but the fact that Henry Paulson... Read more... Avoiding Sarbox: worth the reputation hit?We've noted the London's Stock Exchange's AIM (Alternative Investment Market), whose rising popularity seems to be at the expense of the NASDAQ. By one measure, raising $50 million on NASDAQ costs... Read more... | Press ReleasesCommercial Real Estate Loan Prices Rise in JulyPrices Increase For Fourth Straight MonthBOSTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The aggregate value of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans priced by DebtX that collateralize CMBS increased to 79.4% as of Read more >> Fitch Expects to Rate Stanley Black & Decker's Proposed Senior Unsecured Notes Offering 'A-'CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings expects to assign an 'A-' rating to Stanley Black & Decker's (NYSE: SWK) proposed offering of senior unsecured notes. The new issue will be equal in right Read more >> Fitch Expects to Rate Stanley Black & Decker's Proposed Senior Unsecured Notes Offering 'A-'CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings expects to assign an 'A-' rating to Stanley Black & Decker's (NYSE: SWK) proposed offering of senior unsecured notes. The new issue will be equal in right Read more >> Veteran Capital Markets Attorney Joins Chadbourne & Parke's Moscow OfficeAddition of Simon H.P. Morgan Strengthens Firm's Banking and Finance Practice in Russia and Central and Eastern EuropeNEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm Chadbourne & Read more >> DTCC and Chilean Depository Sign Agreement to CollaborateNEW YORK & SANTIAGO, Chile--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Depósito Central de Valores, S.A. (DCV) of Chile and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) of the U.S. announced today they have Read more >> |
