Applications are now being
accepted for the September 2014 CIRI/Ivey Investor Relations
Certification Program and Certified Professional in Investor Relations
(CPIR) designation.
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The Annual General Meeting of the members of CIRI will be held at 8:00 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario.
Let your voice be heard. Vote your proxy today!
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Canada's finance minister believes the government's long-sought goal of a single national securities regulator could become a reality by the next federal election, scheduled for the fall of 2015.
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Shareholders should have the right to determine if they'll tender their shares in a takeover bid.
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On February 13, 2014, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) released amendments to the TSX Company Manual (Amendments) that require each director of a TSX-listed issuer, other than a listed issuer that is majority controlled, to be elected by a majority of the votes cast with respect to his or her election other than at contested meetings.
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We've had a very active IPO market during the past year. A couple of reasons explain this phenomenon. First, institutional investors pulled back from the more risky initial public offerings after the crash of 2008. As the market recovered, the pension funds, mutual funds, and other institutional buyers focused their new investments on less risky large cap stocks. As a result, the large cap market recovered nicely. Institutional investors then started to look for opportunities for greater upside and discovered the IPO market.
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The Dodd-Frank Act permits certain end-users to elect to use an exception to the swap clearing requirements under certain conditions, which is referred to as the end-user exception. For public companies, the ability to elect the end-user exception requires a committee of the public company to review and approve the decision to use uncleared swaps.
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On May 22, 2014, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the 'CSA') published for comment
proposed amendments to National Instrument 51-102
Continuous Disclosure Obligations (referred to in Québec as Regulation 51-102
respecting Continuous Disclosure Obligations) (collectively, 'NI 51-102'), National Instrument 41-101
General Prospectus Requirements (referred to in Québec as Regulation 41-101
respecting General Prospectus Requirements) (collectively, 'NI 41-101') and National Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees (referred to in
Québec as Regulation 52-110 respecting Audit Committees) (collectively, 'NI 52-110'). The
CSA concurrently published for comment proposed amendments to the companion policies or policy statements for NI 51-102 and NI 41-101.
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Exchanges risk making it harder for investors to get the best price by facilitating ever-faster trading, according to academics who examined Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. venues.
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Issue #2 - Express vs. Implied Consent to receive a CEM
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Do CEOs need an allowance? Scores of corporate boards believe they do, and provide executives extra pocket money that would surely make your kids' allowances look like chump change.
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