By Ed Zwirn (originally published in the May 2017 issue of CFO Magazine)
Despite the superabundance of data companies already disclose, institutional investors are looking for more. Continue reading
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Hipster startup found the SEC loophole
By Ed Zwirn
(originally published in the Sunday New York Post on May 29, 2016)
Josh Cook is looking to capture some organic growth through crowdfunding for his Nextdoorganics food store in Brooklyn.
A Very Crowded Trade
:The editors of the Sunday New York Post made Business Page history on April 24 by harnessing the combined star power of Ed Zwirn and Kanye West to dominate the weekend business news cycle.
By Ed Zwirn
Entrepreneurs across the country will soon have to dream a little bigger.
US regulators will soon allow them to compete with more established players — like hip-hop star Kanye West — for crowdsourced investors.
Dodd-Frank’s Next Act: Executive Pay
The SEC’s proposed disclosure rules have drawn criticism from proponents and opponents alike.
By Ed Zwirn (CFO Magazine July 2015)
Nearly five years after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was signed into law, the Securities and Exchange Commission has entered the final stretch of the rulemaking required of it under the act.
The agency is drafting new provisions regarding executive compensation disclosure, and like previously implemented Dodd-Frank rules — such as those involving whistleblowers, derivatives, conflict minerals, and proprietary trading by banks — the new provisions have generated much controversy.
According to a proposal released by the SEC for comment in April, companies will be required to disclose the relationship between executive pay and performance, starting with 2016 annual schedule 14A and schedule 14C proxy and solicitation statements issued prior to shareholder meetings… Continue reading