Link: https://www.pionline.com/governance/senate-republicans-oppose-nasdaq-diversity-rule
Excerpt:
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was among a group of Republicans calling on the SEC to reject Nasdaq’s board diversity proposal.
Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee told the Securities and Exchange Commission to reject a Nasdaq proposal allowing it to require listed companies to publicly disclose the gender and racial diversity of their boards and eventually to have at least two diverse directors, citing a connection between diverse boards and corporate performance.
Author(s): HAZEL BRADFORD
Publication Date: 12 February 2021
Publication Site: Pensions & Investments