Governance, Regulation & Compliance

Environmental, social and governance concerns are becoming central to corporate finance.

Upstart ratings agency to challenge the big three by relying on AI for risk assessment.

Recent audit failures are bringing new scrutiny to the dominance and business practices of the Big Four accounting firms. 

The high court ruled that online retailers must collect state sales tax from consumers but the international implications of this are unclear.

Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of the Center for the Globalization of Education and Management at the NYU Stern School of Business Steven A. Altman is our guest for this month's Salon.

Campbell Soup CEO ousted as company fails to maintain sales amid consumer shift to healthy, natural, and organic foods.

Traditional banks and upstart challengers alike are pushing innovations to create the bank of the future. What might such a bank look like?

Malaysian election may mean near-term volatility in economic policy and performance.

Indian start-up founders sell decade-old company to Walmart for $16 billion.

Cryptocurrencies face increasing regulation.

With fintechs and tech firms competing with banks for knowledgeable finance staff, the global hunt for talent is tougher than ever.

Irish government's legal and planning processes spur Apple to cancel data center construction plan.

Statistics emerging from dictatorships and autocratic nations are not necessarily trustworthy.

New Lowe's CEO faces a heavy lift.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policies and regulatory regime are overturning long-established practices in the Japanese financial system.

New EU rules on data privacy come into effect this month.

Rising interest rates show no sign of dampening dividend payouts or stock buybacks. Not yet, at least.

WPP chairman Martin Sorrell’s successor Roberto Quarta inherits a company in crisis in a troubled industry.

Financial innovation on the rise in nations where cryptocurrencies and related technologies are regulated rather than banned.

The few corporations that have embraced cryptocurrencies tend to be small or troubled. However, spinoff technologies from digital currency such as blockchain are likely to play a major role in corporate finance and international banking.