This past year, over 95% of all of the shares voted through Broadridge were voted electronically. To make proxy voting even simpler and more convenient for shareholders, companies are adding QR codes to allow investors to vote right from their Smartphones. Computershare, a leading financial services provider for the global securities industry, introduced an industry-first […]
Archives for August 2012
CEO Confidence
The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which had improved in the first quarter of this year, decreased in the second quarter. The Measure now reads 47, down from 63 last quarter (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses). Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board […]
Coming Up: SEC Market Technology Roundtable
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will host a technology roundtable in September to discuss ways to promote stability in markets that rely on increasingly complex and interconnected trading systems. Nearly all trading in the equity and options markets depends on the reliable performance of highly automated systems used by investors, broker-dealers, exchanges […]
Crowdfunding and Title V of the JOBS Act
The intent of Title V of the new JOBS Act is to encourage companies who were not yet willing or able to take on the additional burdens of becoming a public reporting company to seek to raise capital and expand their businesses. Opponents are concerned that the crowdfunding exemption will give rise to abuses of […]
The JOBS Act
The recently passed bipartisan JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) was designed to improve access to the public capital markets for “emerging growth companies,” a new class of issuer that will enjoy relaxed financial, compensation, and other disclosures for up to five years after its initial public offering (“IPO”). Other notable aspects of the JOBS […]