House Bill 417 falls far short of the structural reforms Illinois pension systems require. A constitutional amendment is needed after courts blocked a real reform effort in 2018.
Three new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions, charging eight separate financial firms with violations of Regulation S-P, indicate a seismic shift in SEC focus and provide a slew of critical takeaways for any SEC-registered entity, says cybersecurity consultant John Reed Stark.
The powerful sovereign wealth fund says it will pin its investments to a series of expectations on biodiversity and ecosystem. That could have consequences for the Fund’s investments in the Arctic, including in Russian energy companies.
When Fred Alger Management lost 35 team members in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan 20 years ago, it was never a consideration for the remaining survivors not to try and rebuild the firm.
Between 1.9 million and 3 million service members have served in post-9/11 war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, with the recent withdrawal from Afghanistan providing a stark reminder of the two decades of military presence following the Sept. 11 attacks.