Heinz Marketing recently listed a Direct Mail comeback as #1 on their list of the 10 most important Business-to-Business marketing trends in 2012. “With increasingly better abilities to cost-effectively reach micro-segments of prospects and customers with unique, traceable messages, B2B marketers are making direct mail a more prominent part of their marketing mix again.” Heinz […]
Archives for January 2013
NYSE proxy fees
The Proxy Fee Advisory Committee (PFAC), formed by the New York Stock Exchange, published its 2012 recommendations for changes to the fees paid by public companies to banks and brokers for the distribution of proxy materials to shareholders who hold their stock in street name. The 2012 Report and Recommendations propose to encourage and […]
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an important development in U.S. efforts to improve tax compliance involving foreign financial assets and offshore accounts. Under FATCA, U.S. taxpayers with specified foreign financial assets that exceed certain thresholds must report those assets to the IRS. In addition, FATCA will require foreign financial institutions to report […]
Crowdfunding Revisited
In a previous blog, we discussed some of the plusses and minuses of Title V of the JOBS Act which includes a crowdfunding component. We talked about concerns that the crowdfunding exemption would give rise to abuses of the law without adequate oversight. Let’s take another look at more of the specifics of this controversial […]
Abandoned Property Law Updates
65 new state law changes have been enacted regarding examinations and audits of abandoned property as of September 2012. States looking for additional revenue are passing laws that will allow them to dip into those funds earlier than previous laws allowed. Abandoned property (sometimes referred to as unclaimed) refers to accounts in financial institutions […]