CII joined 13 associations and institutional investors in filing an amicus brief December 22 in support of the SEC in a lawsuit challenging the agency’s private fund advisor rules.

?CII updated its members-only Divestment Debate webpage with information on how investors are being influenced by recent geopolitical crises and anti-ESG legislation.

Among the most important functions of a company’s board of directors is oversight of the CEO, including ensuring continuity of the position through both short- and long-term succession planning

SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda was sworn in for his second term as a Commissioner on December 28.

When institutional investors report how they plan to vote on items appearing on companies’ proxy statements in advance of annual meetings the information sways how other investors cast their proxy ballots, finds a recent study.

New Paper Explains Updates to Federal Benefit-Cost Analysis; Executive Director Lauds Key SEC Accomplishments at Hearing, List of Public Pension Funds that Disclose Voting History is Updated, CII's Weighs in Through Correspondence and CII Releases Webinars and Podcasts

Amendments Speed Up Disclosure Turnaround for 5% Investors, Clarify “Group” Status; Light Shed on Securities Lending, Short Selling; Uyeda Suggests Reproposing Climate Disclosure Rules; Questions about Treatment of Mismarked Universal Proxy Ballots Answered; Supreme Court Considering Validity of SEC’s Administrative Law Judges; Latest Agenda Shows Plans to Delay Major Rulemakings; No Climate Disclosure Rule Could Spell Trouble for U.S. Companies, Gensler Warns; Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Buyback Transparency Rule

Hill Hearing Blasts ESG Factors as Threats to Retirement Savings; Senators Urge Gensler to Reopen SEC Climate Disclosure Rule for Further Comment, Citing Key Differences with California Laws; House Select Committee Recommends Legislation to Clamp Down on VIEs and PCAOB’s NOCLAR Proposal Comes Under Fire at Hearing