eVestment to Join Nasdaq’s Global Information Services Group The Nasdaq Stock Market is moving to acquire vendor eVestment, a content and analytics provider, in a bid by the exchanges company to “deliver attractive shareholder returns” via a company whose client base includes asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners, officials report. Nasdaq will pay $705… Read More >>
SEC Bids Farewell to More High-Level Staff
Departures are in full swing at the SEC since SEC Chair Mary Jo White announced this past November that she will be stepping down from the top post, sparking an exodus of high-level personnel (http://bit.ly/2ggL1lI). In her wake, Michael Piwowar has been serving as the SEC acting chairman. Not long after White’s announcement, Andrew J…. Read More >>
SEC Spat over Regulation SBSR Goes Public
Two Republican commissioners of the SEC publicly criticized the agency’s handling of its newly passed Regulation SBSR last week, the latest in an ongoing spat over the regulation. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, SEC Commissioners Daniel M. Gallagher and Michael S. Piwowar released an open letter criticizing the SEC for adopting Regulation SBSR even though shortly… Read More >>
