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The choices for replacements will have implications to financial industry regulation.
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Exchange-traded funds sure have changed since being introduced to Canadian investors more than 20 years ago. Once the sole domain of market-cap weighted offerings that simply tracked the performance of popular indexes such as the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P 500, ETFs have evolved to now include a slew of products designed to provide returns that go above and beyond mere indexing.
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In comments sent to the commission, some groups said rules don't go far enough.
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Year after year, as executive pay continues its inexorable climb, it's amusing to watch corporate directors try to justify the piles of shareholder money they throw at the hired help. Check out any proxy filing for these arguments, which usually center on how closely and carefully the executives' incentive compensation is tied to the performance of company operations.
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On March 6, 2014, the Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada ("IIROC") issued a request for comment on proposed guidance (the "Proposed Guidance") regarding due
diligence conducted by underwriters on public offerings of securities in Canada. The Proposed Guidance is meant to foster
consistency and enhanced standards amongst IIROC Dealer Members. The Proposed Guidance was developed to address variations and inconsistencies in due diligence and record keeping practices of Dealer Members.
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When Mary Jo White appeared before the Senate in March 2013 seeking confirmation as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, she told lawmakers that understanding high-frequency trading's impact on the stock market would be a "very, very high priority." She spoke about the "sense of urgency" the SEC needed to bring to the issue so that "appropriate regulatory responses can be made." More than a year later, lawmakers, investors, and SEC commissioners are still waiting to see what that response will be.
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Hedge-fund managers may gain more than shareholders.
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As we have long discussed on this Blog, corporate boards are not diverse. In 2013, approximately 14% of directors were women and/or minorities. In the S&P 500, the average number of women on a board is two (although approximately 9% have no women). In the S&P 1500, the average is one.
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