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How ESG Ratings Can Affect a Firm’s Cost of Equity

Reynolds Holding

2019) , for example, strong ESG performance correlates positively with higher equity returns and a reduction in downside risk. In a new paper, we address the impact of ESG ratings on a firm’s financial performance by studying how those ratings affect the cost of equity (COE). Sussman (2019). Nuttall (2019).

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Credit Hedge Funds: Full Guide to the Industry, Strategies, Recruiting, and Careers

Brian DeChesare

Anyone who’s ever traded stocks can understand long/short equity , and even simple global macro trades are easy to explain to the average person. Long a Credit Pool and Short Specific Tranches – For example, you could long a mortgage-backed security pool but bet against specific tranches by shorting them or using CDS.

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SEC Chair Gensler Speaks on Emerging Trends in Asset Management

Reynolds Holding

Despite the investor protections recently enacted under the ’33 and ’34 Acts, there still were specific risks to investors who were dealing with investment advisers and investment companies. [3] 10, 2019), available at [link] See U.S. 12, 2019), available at [link]. 2008), available at [link]. [24] See also U.S.

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update

Reynolds Holding

Notably, at 110, filings in the first half of 2022 barely top 50% of the average semi-annual filing rates seen between 2017 and 2019, though this deficit is largely driven by a substantial decrease in M&A filings. For the third six-month period in a row, new filings remained below the historical semi-annual average.

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Appraiser Newsroom - Untitled Article

Appraiser Newsroom

He is a frequent presenter on valuation topics, and is currently a subject matter expert on the Appraisal Foundation’s working group preparing a Valuation Advisory on the Company-Specific Risk Premium. Michael is part of the industrial products industry group of the firm and co-head of U.S. Tax Valuation Services.

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Updating Annual Report Risk Factors

Harvard Corporate Governance

1] Although each company will need to assess its own material risks and tailor its risk factor disclosure to its unique circumstances, this alert provides a list of 10 key developments in Part I and four important drafting considerations in Part II that all public companies should consider as they update their risk factors.

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Year-End Securities Litigation Update

Reynolds Holding

We continue to monitor the emergence of a potential circuit split regarding whether the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Lorenzo allows scheme liability under Rule 10b-5(a) and (c) without alleging dissemination and based solely on the same conduct as Rule 10b-5(b) misrepresentation claims.