Frauds & Scandals

LafargeHolcim Informed of Lafarge SA Being Placed Under Investigation in France

June 28, 2018/LafargeHolcim Today, the examining magistrates in Paris, France, presiding over the case relating to the operation of the Jalabiya cement plant in Syria by Lafarge Cement Syria between 2011 and 2014 have decided to put the company Lafarge SA under investigation. The legal charges put forward against individual […]

NEM Insurance Plc 48th AGM and Associated Governance Issues

June 27, 2018 An integral component of the long-term strategy of any company is corporate governance, epitomised by transparency and accountability. By extension, it is also the single most important means of sustaining the vibrancy and relevance of any capital market in the world. Furthermore, it has been observed that […]

SEC Charges Credit Ratings Analyst and Two Friends with Insider Trading

June 26, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a credit ratings agency employee with tipping two friends about The Sherwin-Williams Co.’s confidential plans to acquire The Valspar Corp., which he learned of through his work. The SEC also charged the two friends with trading on the illicit […]