Investors recognize that a transition to a low-carbon economy is happening, bringing significant investment opportunities and risks. Are you prepared to respond with the information they need?
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On April 12, 2019, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) released TSX Staff Notice 2019-0002, providing guidance on its new 'Sandbox' initiative. This initiative is intended to facilitate the acceptance of: (i) original listing applications; and (ii) transactions involving changes in capital structure (including equity, debt, structured products and other securities), which may not fulfill all of the TSX's prescribed listing requirements, but which may nevertheless warrant acceptance if certain other conditions are met.
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Investing in green energy companies will mitigate risk of climate change.
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The implementation of MiFID II last year pushed the already rapid adoption of transaction cost analysis (TCA) systems by institutional investors into overdrive.
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As a result of ongoing consolidations in a number of industries where issuers are selling off assets or as a result of successful operations, some issuers are facing the challenge of having excess cash sitting on their balance sheets with no reasonably priced alternatives for deployment. In those circumstances, an issuer might consider a normal course issuer bid or, where there is sufficient cash to be distributed, a substantial issuer bid.
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The federal government introduced Bill C-97 on April 8 to implement measures announced in its 2019 budget.
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The newest SEC Commissioner, Elad Roisman, who has reportedly gotten the nod to head up the SEC's efforts regarding proxy advisory firms, told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in late March that he expects the SEC to issue new guidance, sometime after proxy season this year, regarding the use by institutional investors of proxy advisory firm recommendations, as reported in The Deal.
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