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Yes, But WHY Are There So Many Fewer Publicly Traded Companies? – The D&O Diary

By Securities Docket on April 26, 2016, 10:39 am

… A recent academic paper documents the decline in the number of publicly traded companies and suggests several possible reasons for the decline. I have my own thoughts, as well. As discussed further below, these decline in the number of listed companies has important implications for the economy generally and for the D&O insurance marketplace […]

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Public Companies

Australia: Calls to recoup white collar crime earnings; bring in deferred prosecution deals — SMH

By Securities Docket on April 26, 2016, 10:32 am

The ill gotten gains of corporates and individuals who have broken the law should be clawed back and deferred prosecution agreements introduced that could see multi-billion-dollar fines for corporate wrongdoing. Those are some of the recommendations from the nation’s leading regulators in how to better tackle white collar crime. Unlike the US, Canada and the […]

Posted in Global, Top | Tagged ASIC