Following its 2012 public consultation on emerging market issuers (EMIs) the Toronto Stock Exchange has published a staff notice on the application of the TSX original and continued listing requirements to EMIs. EMIs are generally considered by the TSX to have higher risk profiles than other issuers. The staff notice sets out the TSX's expectations when it is considering listing an EMI and should be read in conjunction with the requirements of the TSX Company Manual.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 51-344 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, which summarizes the results of the CSA's continuous disclosure (CD) review program.
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Canada's new regime for the mandatory reporting of payments to government, the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), came into force on June 1, 2015.
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Ontario should allow shareholders to vote No in director elections to make it easier for investors to reject unwanted board members, an expert panel has recommended in a new report.
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As previously discussed, Canadian venture issuers are now subject to a more streamlined continuous disclosure regime. The amendments, which came into force on June 30, 2015, aim to focus venture issuers' continuous disclosure and ease the burden of costly continuous disclosure obligations.
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The revenue recognition rule doesn't mean that companies should wait to start their implementation efforts.
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Citing challenges for financial statement preparers, FASB voted Thursday to delay the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard by one year, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date.
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A new study shows that shareholder opinion is making companies work harder to tie CEO pay with performance.
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New research finds executive pay is more shareholder-friendly, and experts say HR leaders need to be intricately involved with their board's compensation committee and in encouraging annual reviews of executive compensation.
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Although the 2015 annual meeting season is still winding down, there is no doubt that proxy access has gained considerable momentum and will remain a front-and-center corporate governance issue for the foreseeable future. For the boards of directors of the many companies who were bystanders on this issue for the 2015 proxy season, the question will be whether to act now or wait and watch for further developments. In any event, as proxy access is likely to be a topic of discussion during companies' 'off season', shareholder engagement efforts, companies and their boards should understand how the proxy access landscape has evolved.
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Eumedion, which represents institutional investors' interests in corporate governance in the Netherlands, have found that "more than one-third of Dutch listed companies are working on preparations for changing over to Integrated Reporting." Six listed companies declared that their 2014 annual reports had been prepared in accordance with the International Framework with further organizations publishing integrated reports without explicitly referencing the International Framework as inspiration for their reports.
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Securities regulators around the globe have been focused on the
underrepresentation of women in the C-Suite. Most notably, the United
States, United Kingdom and Australia require disclosure of diversity
practices and board nomination and selection procedures. At the
direction of the Ontario provincial government, the Ontario Securities
Commission (OSC) launched a public consultation process in 2013 to
explore a model of disclosure intended to advance gender diversity on
boards and in senior management.
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Just because DuPont shareholders told billionaire Nelson Peltz last month to take a flying leap, don't assume the tide has turned against so-called activist investors when it comes to corporate proxy fights.
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