IR Leader
December 23, 2014
CIRI Staff extends Best Wishes to you and your family for a safe, healthy and happy holiday.

The CIRI office will be closed on December 24, reopening on January 2. Watch for CIRI wIRed to resume on January 6.
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Top Stories

Terence Corcoran: 70 Thumbs Down for New National Securities Regulator Plans

What seems clear right now is the creators of PCMA/CMAS/CCMRS/CMRA have gotten it wrong.

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Regulating the Regulators: Why Canada's Current Regulatory System Works

Politicians are ill-equipped to oversee securities law - the best regulators have been other regulators.

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New Transparency Laws For Extractive Sector

The Canadian federal government has brought in a new Act to require greater reporting obligations around payments made to governments by Canadian oil, gas and mining companies. The Act emphasizes the importance of monitoring and controlling payments to governmental entities and individuals.

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The Term-Limit Era Has Begun

The new "comply or explain" regime for gender diversity on boards and in senior management that comes into effect for 2015 also requires issuers to embrace board renewal. For some, it will be a challenge - and that's the point.

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Money Talks, Excessive Pay Walks

SPECIAL REPORT: PREPARING FOR PROXY SEASON An effective proxy season strategy takes in many elements. But these days, nothing within the board's oversight is more critical to the process, and to AGM voting itself, than executive compensation.

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Risky Business: BLG Sees Cyber Risks Underlining Challenges to Canadian Businesses

Borden Ladner Gervais outlines 2015's top 10 business risks.

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The Unspoken Signals in Earnings Releases

A recent study suggests that keeping an eye on the earnings calendar could have a big payoff for investors.

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Pay, Governance Disclosure Evolve to Meet Shareholder Challenges, Report Says

Compensation and governance issues in the coming year are expected to center around executive pay, director qualifications, shareholder activism and company outreach, according to a recently released report.

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Gender Diversity Survey - 2014 Proxy Season Results

The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides exclusive insight into women's participation at the most senior levels of companies in the Standard & Poor's 100 Index (S&P 100) and the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150). This unique body of information covers gender diversity trends among the board members and executive management teams of publicly traded companies for the period from the 1996 proxy season through the 2014 proxy season.

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