Sarbanes-Oxley news from FierceFinance

The internal villain in the rather damning 2,200-page coroner's--uh, examiner's--report on Lehman Brothers (Lehman Brothers news) was undoubtedly then CEO Richard Fuld (Richard Fuld news). But then... Read more...

Is Jamie Dimon--who benefited greatly from the crisis; he's now seen as the government's go-to guy--trying to ward of more regulation? It's been suggested that a new Sarbanes-Oxley-like set of rules... Read more...

Despite some rhetoric about getting tough on the rich, candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have not sought to make an issue out of alternative investments and their tax treatments. But of... Read more...

Money from initial offerings is set to hit levels last reached during the dotcom era, according to the Financial Times. NYSE and NASDAQ deals have raised $51 billion this year, compared with $46... Read more...

The drumbeat of criticism of those high-paid directors at Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and others banks is picking up. Regarding Citigroup, some have noted irony in the fact that Robert Rubin, the man... Read more...

The credit crisis left many hedge fund investors with a sense that there's a black box at every fund that governs valuations. As long as those valuations reflect soaring gains, that's not a problem.... Read more...

Company News:> RBS faces task of integrating with ABN. Article > U.S. Bancorp profits slip. Read more...

We've been following the rise of trading platforms for unregistered securities and have become convinced that this will rival the ECN market in terms of significance. How else to explain the many new... Read more...

China has been a real bright spot for U.S. exchanges. They seem to value the liquidity and prestige of a U.S. listing at levels that exceed the pain of Sarbanes... Read more...

We've noted that in the Sarbanes-Oxley era, private placements have really taken off. Last year, private placement offerings raised $162 billion versus $154... Read more...