On April 28, the SEC announced it had reopened the comment period for its proposed amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Forms, which require any investor who beneficially owns more than five percent of a covered class of equity securities to report such ownership by publicly filing either a Schedule 13D or a Schedule 13G.
Listing in America. Why More European Companies May List in the U.S.
Could Europe’s loss be America’s gain? Big name companies across the pond have raised eyebrows by choosing New York-based stock exchanges rather than European counterparts.
DFIN Software Excels Amid Economic Headwinds
Software once again was a standout performer in DFIN’s quarterly earnings results, released this week.
Against a backdrop of macroeconomic headwinds and market volatility, with IPO transactions at near record-lows and M&A activity far below historical levels, we achieved positive momentum in our software offerings, delivering year-over-year net sales growth of nearly 4% on an organic basis. Software solutions net sales represented 35.3% of total net sales, an increase of approximately 220 basis points from last year’s software sales mix.
An Early Lesson in Leadership Changed My Perspective on How to Treat Others
Featured in Strategic CHRO, Dawnet Beverley, Executive Vice President of Global Capital Markets at DFIN, shares her insights on treating people with kindness in the workplace and how it can impact your employees and your business.
The Financial Data Transparency Act Takes Center Stage at Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference
Momentum around the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) continues to grow. Last month, our team traveled to Washington, D.C. for the RegTech 2023 Data Summit. As the title sponsor, DFIN was well represented and had the pleasure of leading many FDTA-themed discussions.
In this video, Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN, discusses how the Force Management Command Center allowed the company to be initially all virtual and then hybrid, while delivering engaging content in one location, providing the sales team with necessary resources.
In this video, Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN, highlights DFIN’s five-year transformation journey from RR Donnelley’s legacy of print to the company’s strategic focus on software.
Amidst economic uncertainty, civil unrest, the pandemic, and more, DFIN has been able to create sales success in software utilizing Force Management through the following avenues:
Double-Digit Increases in Sales Metrics
DFIN Drives Revenue after Digitizing Its Product-Line
“Force Management gave us a galvanizing moment to memorialize our purpose…It's a framework we use with almost everything within the sales motion.”
- Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN
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Hester Peirce’s RegTech Speech is Good Sign for Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) Success
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce made an important speech at the RegTech 2023 Data Summit earlier in the week. Everyone who has a stake in financial transparency and regulation should read it, as it adds context to the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), passed late last year.
Commissioner Peirce laid out four guiding principles for implementing FDTA, which modernizes the collection and dissemination of financial data by adopting structured data formats:
What is a Foreign Private Issuer?
Foreign companies that want exposure to American markets sometimes go through the process of getting listed as a public company in the U.S. Other times, they become what is known as a foreign private issuer, or FPI for short. Foreign private issuers have the benefit of access to U.S. markets and certain friendly accommodations without having to go through the entire process of getting listed.