Nasdaq News

Nasdaq Urges SEC Not to Move Ahead with Climate Disclosure Plan

Nasdaq Inc. is pushing back against the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s plans to make publicly traded companies reveal detailed information about their greenhouse gas pollution. The stock-exchange operator urged the SEC to shelve its plans to require businesses to …

Nasdaq to Require Increased Board Diversity Disclosure by Listed Companies

Exchange operator Nasdaq has proposed new rules for listed companies around board diversity and disclosure. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the new listing rules, approved by Nasdaq directors on Nov. 5, would require all …

Sirius Insurance Closes Deal with Easterly, Becomes Public Company

Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., a global multi-line insurance and reinsurance group, has closed the previously announced business combination with the special purpose private asset management company Easterly Acquisition Corp. As a result, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sirius Group …

Facebook IPO Lawsuits to Be Heard in Court in New York

Dozens of lawsuits against Facebook Inc., the NASDAQ exchange and various underwriters will be centralized before a federal judge in New York, who must sort through the legal aftermath of Facebook’s botched initial public offering. A panel of federal judges …

Nasdaq Offers $40 Million to Cover Facebook IPO Losses

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said it will offer cash and rebates totaling $40 million to compensate clients affected by the problems with Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, an amount well short of the losses claimed by top market makers for …

Many Gray Areas in Legal Arguments Over Botched Faceook IPO

Facebook’s initial public offering has sparked lawsuits and investigations after a botched trading debut on the Nasdaq stock market delayed the completion of many orders and questions arose about selective disclosures of the company’s financial prospects. Facebook’s shares closed on …

Facebook Market Makers’ Claims Against Nasdaq Likely to Top $100 Million

Claims by four of Wall Street’s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook’s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed …