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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