Legislative and regulatory letters
General Information
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2020
Regulatory letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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December 22, 2020 | Erkki Liikanen, Chair International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation | Sustainability Reporting – Establishing a Sustainability Standards Board |
October 5, 2020 | Employee Benefits Security Administration | Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights |
September 28, 2020 | The Financial Conduct Authority | UK Proposals to Enhance Climate-related Disclosures |
September 5, 2020 | Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Task Force | Sign-On Letter - Improving Issuers' ESG Performance & the Regulatory Structures |
September 1, 2020 | European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) | European Supervisory Authorities Joint Consultation on ESG Disclosures |
July 30, 2020 | U.S. Department of Labor, Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Assistant Secretary | DOL Amendments to How Retirement Plans Use ESG Funds |
July 21, 2020 | Federal Reserve System, Honorable Jerome H. “Jay” Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors | Sign-on Letter Regarding Financial Regulators for Action on Climate Risk |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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December 23, 2020 | Vanessa A. Countryman, Secretary | Adopt Nasdaq Stock Exchange Board Diversity Listing Standards |
August 21, 2020 | Chairman Clayton and Secretary Countryman | Modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 - Follow-Up Letter |
February 3, 2020 | Securities and Exchange Commission – Vanessa A Countryman, Secretary | Proposed Rules on Proxy Advisors and Shareholder Proposal Submission Thresholds |
2019
Legislative letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 18, 2019 | Committee on Financial Services | Letter of Support for the Investment Adviser Alignment Act |
January 23, 2019 | Committee on Financial Services | H.R. 625 Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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October 26, 2019 | Securities and Exchange Commission – Vanessa A Countryman, Secretary | Modernization of Reg. S-K, Items 101, 103 & 105 – Human Capital Management Metrics |
October 15, 2019 | Securities and Exchange Commission | CII Sign-on Letter Regarding Proxy Advisor Regulation |
September 23, 2019 | Securities and Exchange Commission – Division of Corporation Finance | Letter to Director William Hinman on Rule 14a-8 No-Action Requests |
2018
Regulatory letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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September 10, 2018 | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | PCAOB Draft Strategic Plan 2018-22 |
Stock exchange letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 20, 2018 | New York Stock Exchange | Request NYSE to Amend Listing Standards on Multi-class Shares – Sunset Provisions |
November 20, 2018 | Nasdaq | Request Nasdaq to Amend Listing Standards on Multi-class Shares – Sunset Provisions |
April 30, 2018 | Tokyo Stock Exchange and Financial Services Agency | Revision of Japan’s Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes |
April 25, 2018 | Singapore Stock Exchange | Proposed Listing Framework for Dual Class Share Structures |
April 3, 2018 | Monetary Authority of Singapore | Proposed amendments to the Singapore Exchange Listing Rules and Corporate Governance Code |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 30, 2018 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Roundtable on the Proxy Process, File Number 4-725 |
February 1, 2018 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank Act Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers |
2017
Legislative letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 9, 2017 | Committee on Financial Services | Sign-on Letter regarding Proposed legislation Relating Proxy Advisory Firms |
June 5, 2017 | United States House of Representatives | Letter of opposition to the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 |
May 17, 2017 | United States House of Representatives | Sign-on Letter to CII’s opposition to the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 |
April 25, 2017 | United States House of Representatives | Letter to Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, House Committee on Financial Services |
January 10, 2017 | United States House of Representatives | H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act |
Regulatory letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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December 29, 2017 | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | Financial Sector: Asset Management & Custody Activities |
December 15, 2017 | International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants | Code Pertaining to the Offering and Accepting Inducements by Auditors |
September 9, 2017 | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | Proposed Auditing Standard for Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Measurements |
September 9, 2017 | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | Proposed Amendments to Auditing Standards for Auditor’s Use of the Work of Specialists |
August 31, 2017 | MSCI Equity Index Committee | MSCI Consultation - Non-voting Shares |
August 9, 2017 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | EPA Oil and Natural Gas Sector Emission Standards |
July 13, 2017 | Financial Services Agency | Japanese Disclosure System Questionnaire |
May 6, 2017 | Financial Services Agency | Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors, Japan Stewardship Code |
Stock exchange letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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August 17, 2017 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | New Board on HKEX, Changes to GEM and Main Board Listing Rules |
August 1, 2017 | Nasdaq | Nasdaq Shareholder Approval Rules Rule 5635(d) |
April 14, 2017 | Singapore Exchange Limited | SGX's Public Consultation on Dual Class Share Structure |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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December 4, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Sexual Harassment and Misconduct |
August 23, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | SEC PCAOB Audit Report Adoption |
July 10, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Human Capital Management Disclosures Rulemaking Petition |
July 6, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Human Capital Management Coalition |
June 27, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Human Capital Management Coalition |
March 22, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Pay Ratio Final Rule Implementaion |
January 9, 2017 | Securities and Exchange Commission | S7-24-16, Proposed SEC Rule, Universal Proxies |
2016
Legislative letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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June 13, 2016 | House Committee on Financial Services | HR 5311 – Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms |
Regulatory letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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December 15, 2016 | Regierungs-kommission – German Commission | German Corporate Governance Code (sign-on) |
August 12, 2016 | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | Auditor Reporting – Enhancements - Expanded Reporting |
May 16, 2016 | International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board | Professional Skepticism |
April 18, 2016 | Bundestag – Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany (Kunast) | Corporate Governance standards (sign-on) |
April 18, 2016 | Bundestag – Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany (Hirte) | Corporate Governance standards (sign-on) |
January 14, 2016 | International Corporate Governance Network | Global Stewardship Code |
Stock exchange letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 29, 2016 | Tokyo Stock Exchange | Increasing Flexibility of Earnings Reports and Quarterly Earnings (sign-on) |
February 18, 2016 | Nasdaq | Improve Shareholder Approval Rules |
February 5, 2016 | Taiwan Stock Exchange | Stewardship Principles |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission letters
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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November 18, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Disclosure Update and Simplification (Regulation S-K) |
October 31, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K Disclosure Requirements |
July 21, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | S7-06-16 Business and Financial Disclosure Required by Regulation S-K |
July 21, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Climate Risk Disclosures Required by Regulation S-K (Sign-on) |
April 14, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Transfer Agent Regulations |
March 10, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Market Alternatives (Exchange), Investors’ Exchange (IEX) |
March 8, 2016 | Securities and Exchange Commission | Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers |
2015
Regulatory letter
Date | Addressed to | Subject |
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August 27, 2015 | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | Form AP Auditors Signature |
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