U.S. SEC to tighten insider trading rules, boost money market fund resilience
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed tightening a legal safe-harbor that allows corporate insiders to trade in a company’s shares, and other rules to improve the resilience of money market funds.
How companies can lower the bar in sustainability bond binge
Companies are selling a record number of bonds with penalties attached if they fail to meet environmental and social targets, but there’s a catch – some goals are so soft that firms can actually take their foot off the gas.
Analysis: U.S. wants more oil, but OPEC+ can’t turn on the tap much harder
U.S. pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively new problem for the producer group: it doesn’t have much extra capacity to hike output faster, even if it wanted to.
Australian trading system upgrade was not ready, report into outage finds
An independent review of the Australian stock exchange outage last November found that the bourse operator’s new trading system was not ready to go live, the country’s corporate regulator said on Monday.
Private equity’s falling out of love with plastic packaging
A decade ago, private equity couldn’t get enough of plastic packaging. They snapped up companies making bags, films and trays to contain everything from food and fashion to drink to drugs, drawn by reliable cash flows and consolidation prospects.
Does good governance matter for post-pandemic economic growth recovery?
Post-COVID economic recovery could be delayed in countries with poor track records on governance. Many researchers have examined the effects of good governance on economic growth using different methodologies and data sets, and the findings have been contradictory. In our research, we added a new dimension by asking the question: does good governance matter for recovery in growth after a mega external shock like the pandemic?
Getting higher education governance right in South Asia
By Sungsup Ra, Jung Cheol Shin, Unika Shrestha Effective higher education systems are critical for countries to advance. In South Asia, reforming governance structures and practices is a crucial step Higher education systems in South Asia have not kept pace with the changing requirements of the modern global economy. With increasing progress at the secondary level, demand for […]
