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The U.S. and China have reached a preliminary agreement to allow U.S. regulators to inspect the audits of China-based companies whose stocks are traded on U.S. exchanges

An agreement reached Friday between the United States and China would permit American accounting officials to visit Hong Kong to review the audit records of Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges. 

The SEC fires a warning shot at the cryptocurrency industry with an insider trading case that says several digital assets are securities.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a tall order: work out a regulatory framework for an industry that has been around for over a decade and prides itself on being unregulated.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Small and large carriers alike are wondering how the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed climate disclosure rules could affect their businesses.

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed expanding investors’ ability to resubmit proposals on environmental, social and governance issues as the 2022 proxy season sees record levels of votes and Republicans ramp up criticisms of the agency.

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed expanding investors’ ability to resubmit proposals on environmental, social and governance issues.

As financial markets have weakened in 2022, trading volumes have fallen across all asset classes, according to a new report by Bank of America analyst Craig Siegenthaler.