Finance Law

Rich Ricci, who jointly runs Barclays’ (BCS) corporate and investment banking business, has said companies need to “embrace” the concept of a long-burgeoning European bond market to reduce their reliance on bank funding. Ricci, who is co-chief executive of the unit formerly known as Barclays Capital, this morning said that companies needed to reduce their [...]

NEW YORK, NY (May 21, 2012) – Medley Capital Corporation (NYSE: MCC) (the “Company”) today announced that Brook Taube, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Wells Fargo Securities 2012 Specialty Finance Symposium on May 23, 2012 in New York, NY. The Medley Capital Corporation presentation is scheduled to begin [...]

By MATT GOURAS HELENA, Mont. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. The states led by New York are asking the high court to preserve Montana’s state-level [...]

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Medallion Financial Corp. /quotes/zigman/60066/quotes/nls/taxi TAXI +0.30% , a specialty finance company with a leading position servicing the taxicab industry and other niche markets (the “Company”), today announced that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price [...]

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC and NEW YORK, NY, May 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – KIT digital, Inc. /quotes/zigman/113079/quotes/nls/kitd KITD +1.64% , a leading video management software and services company, today announced two senior appointments to its corporate finance team as previously announced during its Q1 2012 earnings call. Avi T. Aronovitz has been named Senior [...]

BEIJING -A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China’s biggest corporate takeover in the United States to date. Dalian Wanda Group Co.’s purchase reflects the global ambitions of a wave of cash-rich Chinese companies that are using acquisitions to speed their expansion [...]

BY SCOTT THURM Chief executives increasingly are being paid based on their companies’ financial results and share prices, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. CEO pay during 2011 was more firmly correlated to how well companies fared in the stock market, a change from 2010, when pay and performance were not directly related. On [...]

The Irish Times – Monday, May 21, 2012Taking on a non-executive director role can be a low-reward, high-risk venture, given the time and attention such a role carries if one is to meet corporate governance requirements. However, for many it is an attractive prospect to be involved in offering strategic advice, without having to worry [...]

HELENA, Mont. — Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. The states led by New York are asking the high court to preserve Montana’s state-level regulations on [...]

HELENA, Mont. –  Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. The states led by New York are asking the high court to preserve Montana’s state-level regulations on [...]