Certified Professional in Investor Relations
Recognizing the need for formal education in the field of investor
relations, CIRI and the Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey) have
developed a program that covers all relevant areas of this
multi-disciplinary role including capital markets, corporate
governance, securities law, finance and communications.
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Bloomberg Contributing Editor Fabio Savodelli discusses activist investing with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves."
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Some suspect the final SEC regs may go too far in lowering regulatory barriers to private-company capital formation.
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On June 12, 2013, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the introduction of a new transparency initiative in Canada that will require Canadian companies in the extractive industries, including mining, oil and gas, to disclose their payments made to domestic and foreign governments.
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On May 30, 2013, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published the final version
of the amendments to the rules related to "pre-marketing" and "marketing" activities in connection with prospectus offerings (the "Final Amendments"). The amendments to
the rules were originally published for comment by the CSA on November 25, 2011
(the "Original Amendments").
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Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) giving a green light to disclosure via social media, the vast majority of investor relations (IR) departments are neither using social media today nor do they have any intention of doing so any time soon.
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TOBACCO and alcohol brands face heavy restrictions when it comes to advertising. Hedge funds and other purveyors of alternative investments have suffered similar prohibitions on marketing their products. That ban may soon be lifted in America. (Europe's pending new regime for alternative investments is stricter, although it has lots of loopholes.) Long consigned to silence, the money men are starting to practise their sales pitches.
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The public announcements by Loblaw and Canadian Tire that they will soon transfer a major portion of their real estate portfolio to a real estate investment trust ("REIT") are indicative of the changes in strategy and means of financing of certain businesses, namely corporations owning mature real estate properties. Other corporations are currently considering the possibility of creating such an investment vehicle.
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CIRI's CEO at Canada's 2013 IR Conference.
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Commissioner Gallagher recently lamented that the SEC has played a "significant role" in the rising influence of proxy advisory firms and the increasing willingness of investors to rely on them. He blamed the rules adopted in 2003 under the Investment Advisers Act, which focused on an investment adviser's fiduciary obligation to its clients when the adviser has the authority to vote its clients' proxies.
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Companies should anticipate and respond to shareholder concerns before they come to a head.
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