Washington finally seems to be gearing up for its full-court press of corporate governance reforms.
Rumors flew around the Beltway last week that both the Securities and Exchange Commission and key Congressional lawmakers were poised to unveil their long-awaited reforms. No such pronouncements actually arrived, but few doubt they are coming soon and will transform the corporate governance and compliance environment companies had grown accustomed to since 2000.
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Foremost, the SEC plans to revisit shareholder access to the proxy statement sometime this month and to act on a controversial New York Stock Exchange proposal that would end broker-voting in all ...