The Canadian Securities Administrators have published amendments to National Instrument 51-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities and the related companion policy to NI 51-101.
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National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities is amended by this Instrument.
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2014 was another year of considerable regulatory change for Canadian financial institutions. In recent years, Canadian regulators have been focused, to some extent, on adapting the initiatives of international bodies with regulatory responsibilities to the Canadian regulatory environment, and so we start with an outlook into the expected activities of these bodies in 2015.
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The State of Corporate Governance for 2015.
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It is once again time for public companies to march into proxy season. While the SEC has not adopted any significant new rules or amendments that are effective for the 2015 proxy season, you should keep the following items in mind as you prepare.
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For many new retirees, the biggest worry isn't about how they'll keep themselves busy after years of the 9-to-5 grind. It's whether they'll have enough money to get by during their golden years. Not so for Gregg Steinhafel, who stepped down as chief executive officer of Target last May following a massive credit card data breach. The 35-year veteran of the retailer received retirement plans valued at more than $47 million - 1,044 times the average balance of $45,000 that workers have saved in the company's 401(k) plan.
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A normally academic question about corporate governance has erupted into a nasty, often personal battle among elite professors, regulators and white-shoe lawyers that has raised the suggestion of securities fraud on one side and abuse of authority on the other.
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A January 2nd report from FactSet Insight offers some thought provoking analysis of the various reasons that U.S. firms chose to adopt poison pills in 2014. The report highlights that 54 companies introduced 57 new poison pill provisions into their by laws in 2014.
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An overview of the Glass Lewis Approach to proxy advice.
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Not all activists are bad and not all companies are good - but an early warning system without a 5% disclosure threshold leaves issuers unfairly disadvantaged and underprotected.
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