Regulatory & compliance archive

Middle Eastern banks shrug off turmoil by tightening corporate governance structure

May 12, 2011

2 min read

The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) has become the first company in the Middle East to invest in a new ‘Boardworks’ system, which...

Regulatory & compliance

Suicides and default rates trigger action in India's microfinance lending crisis

May 11, 2011

By Juliette Fairley

3 min read

Attempting to restore peace to the embattled microfinance lending sector, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accepted...

Regulatory & compliance

Tackling e-discovery in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

May 08, 2011

By Tami Kamin-Meyer

5 min read

The landscape of electronic discovery is about to undergo major changes that litigators and judges agree are sorely needed. At...

Regulatory & compliance

Computershare to acquire BNY Mellon's investor services business

May 03, 2011

By Aarti Maharaj

4 min read

Computershare announced last week that it plans to acquire Bank of New York Mellon’s investor services business for a whopping...

Regulatory & compliance

NASDAQ/ICE go hostile for NYSE

May 03, 2011

By Tim Human

2 min read

NASDAQ OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) have taken their bid for NYSE Euronext direct to the exchange’s shareholders...

Regulatory & compliance

'Friends of E-discovery' encourage discussion and collegiality

Apr 26, 2011

By Tami Kamin-Meyer

3 min read

The organization is the brainchild of Pete Pepiton, associate general counsel of Mimecast, an email management solution company in...

Regulatory & compliance

Sabre attacks US Airways suit, calling it 'another misguided attempt'

Apr 24, 2011

By Aarti Maharaj

4 min read

US Airways confirms that it has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Sabre Holdings in an effort to end ‘anticompetitive and...

Regulatory & compliance

Business expects tougher stance on corruption

Apr 21, 2011

By James Chambers

2 min read

The crack down on corruption is on the rise, according to 78 percent of business professionals taking part in a Deloitte webcast...

Regulatory & compliance

Wisconsin returns almost $500,000

Apr 19, 2011

By Aarti Maharaj

1 min read

The Wisconsin Office of the State Treasurer last week returned more than $460,000 in unclaimed property to its rightful owners...

Regulatory & compliance

NASDAQ's bittersweet deal: what will happen next?

Apr 18, 2011

By Aarti Maharaj

3 min read

Translation: the two companies are not giving up in their joint bid. NASDAQ and ICE have strengthened their initial proposal by...