What ‘Improving Communication’ to Investors Really Means
The SEC is working now to draw up new rules for audit committee and executive compensation disclosure. Why? To make corporations more transparent with investors about what they already know. The thing is, Compliance Week columnists Stephen Davis and Jon Lukomnik write, companies can start that better communication themselves. This ...
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