January 31, 2013 –
Get your securities fill: ‘The Securities Edge’ January wrap-up

Welcome to the first monthly recap of The Securities Edge.

What is The Securities Edge? It’s a blog written for executives of middle market businesses. There is no agreed upon definition of “middle market,” but we like to think middle market means public companies with market capitalizations between $25 million and $5 billion and private companies with revenue between $25 million and $1 billion.

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Here are our top 4 January posts:  

SEC advisory committee to recommend formation of small company securities exchange

This securities exchange, along with certain components of the JOBS Act, could provide significant opportunities for small companies to generate liquidity in their securities and raise additional capital for growth. (photo: Michael Daddino)  Read more >>
Proposed campaign contribution disclosure rules may be coming as early as April (but not likely)

Enacting political disclosure rules would be an interesting move by the SEC, considering that rules required to be adopted under the Dodd-Frank Act have yet to be fully implemented.  Read more >>

Are investors’ interests served by proxy advisory firms?

The unintended consequence of Dodd-Frank was to strengthen the unregulated proxy advisory firm industry by allowing these firms to be the near-final arbiters of whether executive compensation should be approved by shareholders.  Read more >>

Starting the New Year off right: In-house counsel disclose their New Year’s resolutions

Read the six strategies corporate secretaries/ securities counsel want to improve upon in 2013.  Read more >>