CIRI Launches the First of Three Online Publications Today, we are excited to unveil the first of our three primary publications - wIRed, IR leader (formerly Newsline) and IR focus. | Complete Article |
Congratulations CPIR Graduates! CIRI congratulates the Certified Professional in Investor Relations (CPIR) graduates. | Complete Article |
Top Stories Canadian Regulators Publish Consultation Paper on a Statutory Best Interest Duty The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment CSA Consultation Paper 33-403 The Standard of Conduct for Advisers and Dealers: Exploring the Appropriateness of Introducing a Statutory Best Interest Duty When Advice is Provided to Retail Clients. The Consultation Paper explores the potential benefits and competing considerations of introducing a statutory fiduciary, or ‘best interest’, standard for advisers and dealers when they provide advice to retail clients. | View Original | Canadians Go to the Polls to Provide Input on Auditor Reporting Issues In September, over 1,000 attended a webinar on new auditor reporting proposals. Their responses to a series of polling questions make for interesting reading. | View Original | Staff Commentary - Newly Issued IFRSs: Early Adoption and Advance Disclosure Issues When does a newly issued or amended IFRS become effective in Canada? Read this AcSB staff commentary for answers to this sometimes complex question. | View Original | Foresight Project Pronounces HFTs Mostly A O.K. High-frequency trading gets a clean, but qualified, bill of health from a just released study sponsored by the British government. | View Original | New Director Election Requirements for TSX Companies Earlier this month, the Toronto Stock Exchange adopted new rules relating to the election of directors and at the same time, proposed for public comment a rule requiring companies to adopt majority voting for the election of directors. | View Original | Proxy Contests: Lessons from 2012 Proxy Season The 2012 proxy season was an active one in Canada and provided valuable guidance for both issuers and shareholders to consider as the 2013 proxy season approaches. | View Original | Why Has Corporate Social Responsibility Stalled? CSR has come a long way in a very short time. But while CSR remains a high priority, social performance has been lackluster and corporate leaders want to know how to increase the value of their investments in this area. | View Original | Will Canada Make Room for Crowdfunding? When the U.S. recently changed its securities laws to enable equity crowdfunding, advocates of the practice to the North started urging Canadian securities administrators to follow suit. | View Original | Giving Good Guidance: What Every Public Company Should Know Every public company must decide whether and to what extent to give the market guidance about future operating results. | View Original | Advocates Overrating the Benefits of Buybacks A 20% boost in share price from buying back stock may sound attractive, but over five years it’s a below-average return. | View Original | Throwing Out Insiders Won't Fix Corporate Boards There's little or no evidence that the modern criteria for good corporate governance actually lead to better-governed corporations. | View Original | High-Speed Trading No Longer Hurtling Forward The hottest new thing on Wall Street is cooling down. | View Original | Are Public Corporations Passé? On its face, the number is stark: From the end of 1997 through this August, the number of companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States plunged by 44%. | View Original | Battle Lines Drawn in Proxy Access Votes Shareholders in the United States advocating so-called ‘proxy access’ are virtually certain to continue pressing for the controversial new rules next year, after winning a small but significant portion of votes at annual meetings this past spring. | View Original |