The Toronto Stock Exchange will be requiring TSX-listed companies to provide new disclosure relating to security-based compensation plans, as well as post and maintain their governance documents on their websites.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange has published final amendments to the Company Manual which will introduce new website disclosure requirements for TSX-listed issuers and amend the existing disclosure requirements related to security based compensation arrangements.
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A call from the financial services industry for more disclosure to better manage the impact of climate change. Document signed by 30 institutions representing approximately CAD $1.2 trillion in assets under management with support in principle from 13 organizations.
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Today, following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued three related no-action letters. These letters are designed to provide market participants with greater certainty regarding their U.S. regulated activities as they engage in efforts to comply with the European Union's (EU) Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) in advance of the Jan. 3, 2018, implementation date.
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The Canadian securities regulators recently reported on their three-year review of women on public company boards and in executive officer positions. While progress has been made for female representation on boards and in the Canadian C-Suite, the overall pace of change has been slow.
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The proposed amendments to the Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers intended to protect whistleblowers could have significant and potentially problematic consequences under certain circumstances.
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