Securities Regulation
Disclosing a CEO’s Illness: Was United Too Late?
After Oscar Munoz missed a summit with United Airlines union leaders, the carrier told employees that their new chief executive officer "was unable to attend." He had suffered a heart attack, a ...
Target Will Not Face SEC Enforcement Action Over Data Breach
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won't pursue an enforcement action against Target Corp. after hackers stole data on 40 million credit and debit cards during the 2013 holiday shopping ...
FDIC Sues 3 U.S. Banks Over Shoddy Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
The FDIC, a U.S. bank regulator, has sued three large U.S. banks to recoup some of the more than $695 million it lost from selling shoddy residential mortgage-backed securities once owned by a Texas ...
AIG Expands Its Use of ILS Financing Into Mortgage Insurance
American International Group disclosed that it is expanding its already robust use of insurance linked securities into its mortgage insurance business. To do this, AIG's mortgage arm – United ...
New SEC Rule: Companies Must Report CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the chief executive officer and their typical worker, handing a new weapon to ...
Allianz Exec Views Hedge Funds as Insurance Industry Asset
Chris Fischer Hirs, the head of Allianz SE's specialty insurance business, said he welcomes the growing participation of Wall Street in the insurance industry as an opportunity, not a threat. "Hedge ...
‘Clean’ Audit Reports Have Hidden Warnings That Investors Miss
Investors may be overlooking information about financial misstatement risk in unqualified audit reports, according to research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at ...
Swiss Re CFO: Regulators Should Keep Cat Bonds From Risky Repackaging
Swiss Re AG, Europe's second-biggest reinsurer, said regulators should prevent catastrophe bonds from being repackaged like subprime mortgages. "It's important for traditional players like us and ...