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The CSA and AMF have announced extensions to the comment period regarding the CSA proposal for a new rule to govern poison pills and the AMF's alternative approach to amend the take-over bid regime, as well as the comment period relating to the proposed changes to the early warning system.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published amendments to National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements and other rules and related policies. The amendments will increase the range of permissible 'pre-marketing' and 'marketing' activities in connection with prospectus offerings by issuers other than investment funds.
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This publication highlights the key takeaways from interviews with Canadian professional investors about their experience regarding: the transition to IFRSs; how they use financial reports; the information they use in decision making; their views on non-GAAP measures; and areas of reporting that should be improved. Conducted in conjunction with PwC and Veritas Investment Research, this publication summarizes over 30 interviews with chief investment officers, portfolio managers, and buy- and sell-side analysts.
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On 18 April 2013 the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") Derivatives Committee (the "Committee") published the CSA Consultation Paper 91-407 Derivatives: Registration ("CSA Consultation Paper 91-407") requesting comment. According to the Committee, CSA Consultation Paper 91-407 is intended to provide an overview of the Committee's proposal for the regulation of key derivatives markets participants through the implementation of a registration regime.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has proposed a new rule governing shareholder rights plans - or 'poison pills' - that would provide target boards with the ability to delay a takeover bid unilaterally for a minimum of 90 days.
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Big firms that sell recommendations on how to vote in corporate elections are losing some of their relevance, as companies more aggressively court key investors ahead of big votes and those investors handle more of the voting analysis themselves.
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Direct investment in renewable energy projects has been an anticipated financing option among editorialists and bloggers the past year, and seems to finally be gaining traction in the United States.
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