IR Leader
February 27, 2018

Top Stories

10 Habits of Highly Effective CFOs

Would you believe that striking a healthy work-life balance is one of them?

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Business Wire's Best Practices for Enhancing Earnings Releases

In today's rapidly changing communications environment, investor relations professionals face a wide range of issues to consider in providing maximum transparency and outreach with their company news and specifically, the critically important earnings news release. In this white paper we review current best practices for enhancing earnings releases, including proper use of hyperlinks and engagement tips and techniques.

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Preparing for the 2018 Reporting Season

A broad range of corporate governance considerations will influence this year's reporting season. Read our detailed review of what Canadian public companies should have on their watchlist for 2018.

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Ottawa's 'Sudden Death' Plan Would Sow Confusion and Chaos in Corporate Canada

Majority voting is an unnecessary change that will further fragment the regulation of Canadian capital markets and create a risk of unnecessary governance distractions.

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A Sense of Purpose

Larry Fink's annual letter to CEOs.

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What's the Best Time to Announce Earnings?

Earnings announcements made in pre-trading hours lead to greater stock-price volatility than do those made in post-closing hours.

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Investor Activism and ESG No Longer an Oxymoron?

ESG issues will play an ever-greater role in public campaigns as the activists' core constituency - the institutional investor community - is clearly interested in them.

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2018 Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Guidelines: Canadian Highlights

As an early step in preparing for the upcoming proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis). This bulletin addresses certain of the updated topics covered by the ISS benchmark policy recommendations and Glass Lewis proxy guidelines and shareholder initiatives guidelines, in each case regarding issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) for the 2018 and 2019 proxy seasons.

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