CIRI is offering two events that you don't want to miss!
2014 IR Compensation & Responsibilities Survey Discussion
Wondering how your responsibilities and salary compare to that of your
peers? Find out how you stack up at CIRI’s 2014 Investor Relations
Compensation & Responsibilities Survey Discussion. During this
event, we will discuss what tasks IROs are responsible for, how their
roles are changing given today’s market environment and how they are
being compensated.
Click here to register for this event.
Webinar: Trends and Best Practices in Investor Presentations
Looking for ways to refresh your investor presentation? Join our panel
of IROs as they share with you how they create current and relevant
investor presentations. Panelists will also discuss how messages are
incorporated and the use of videos, graphics and other images. Join us
to get a fresh perspective on investor presentations!
Click here to register for this event.
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Enter before July 10, 2015.
Top notch corporate reporting is important to your investors. Enter the
Awards of Excellence in Corporate Reporting this year and see how your
reporting measures up against other listed Canadian companies.
Here are three excellent reasons to enter:
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Demonstrate your commitment to high quality reporting;
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Send a strong confident message to investors by putting your reports up against the best in the country; and
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Receive a confidential assessment, including comments from the judges.
“The awards showcase the best reporting models in the country but the
program is about more than just bragging rights,” explains Kevin Dancey,
president and CEO, CPA Canada. “It’s about participants striving to be
the best through continuous improvement. In addition to recognizing
winners and their leadership, the awards also provide an excellent
platform from which to develop even stronger corporate reporting
practices.”
Entries close July 10, 2015. Please visit the CPA Canada website for more information.
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CIRI is one of the three judging organizations for the CPA's Awards of
Excellence in Corporate Reporting and we are looking for CIRI members to
volunteer as judges to take part in this year's competition. As a CIRI
judge, you'll be asked to spend a few hours over the summer reviewing
some of Canada's best annual reports and have the chance to pick up some
good ideas for your own report along the way.
To find out more, please contact Jane Maciel, CIRI Head Judge, at (416) 364-8200 or jmaciel@ciri.org.
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Should Canadian investors be denied access to the vastly more liquid and dynamic U.S. investment market?
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Today the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its 2015-2017 OSC Strategic Outlook (Strategic Outlook). Also being published in final form today is the 2015-2016 OSC Statement of Priorities (Statement of Priorities).
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They're also more interested in qualitative information, relative to quantitative data, than is commonly assumed.
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This Guide summarizes how federal regulation of securities has evolved in the face of growing use of social media by investors, securities issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies. Given the fast pace of changes, this Guide is a work in progress.
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On June 11, 2015, Quebec's Minister for Mines introduced a bill before the Quebec National Assembly that proposes to impose mandatory reporting requirements on businesses operating in the mining and oil and gas sectors. The bill, titled An Act respecting transparency measures in the mining, oil and gas industries (Bill 55), would require subject entities to declare all payments made to government bodies and eventually to aboriginal communities. Bill 55 mirrors closely the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, adopted by the Canadian government, which came into force on June 1, 2015.
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The last year has seen an increase in shareholder activism in the chemicals and materials sector with varying degrees of success. In late 2014, the board of chemicals giant Dow Chemical negotiated a settlement with hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb of Third Point Management after Loeb threatened a proxy war. The settlement led to, among other things, two independent Third Point nominees joining the company's board.
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The Good Governance plan for shareholder involvement in director choice undermines corporate model.
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