Section: July 23, 2026 | Vol 31, Issue 28
New Evidence on Board Refreshment
Using a sample of S&P 1500 firms, a recent study provides insights into which boards change their composition and the impacts these changes have.
Reforms Considered to No-action Process for Shareholder Proposals
Amid commentary from SEC leadership about the value of Rule 14a-8 and the agency’s holistic review of it, investors are actively considering ways to amend the rule, which has origins tracing to 1942, to allay calls for recission or other drastic changes.
Compelling Program, Dynamic Speakers Set for Fall Conference in Boston
The program kicks off with two former SEC commissioners, one appointed by a Republican administration and the other by a Democratic one, offering their perspectives on the commission during their tenures and now.
DTCC Processes First Live Trades of Tokenized Securities, With Nasdaq as Trading Venue
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced July 15 that it successfully converted securities held at The Depository Trust Company (DTC) into tokens that were then used in live production trades, which the announcement described as the largest tokenization production initiative to date in breadth of use cases, asset classes and participants.