The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced that it is undertaking a review of Automatic Securities Disposition Plans (ASDPs). ASDPs enable insiders to make preplanned sales of securities of an issuer through an arms-length administrator, according to a predetermined set of instructions.
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Investor relations officers (IROs) are increasingly recognizing the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for their investors.
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A cooperative securities regulator, an idea that has been around for a long time, is much closer to becoming a reality. Last November, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutionality of the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System (Cooperative System), paving the way for the governments involved to move ahead with a more unified securities regulator.
CIRI recently posed a number of questions to Mr. Cowan about the progress being made to create the Capital Markets Regulatory Authority (CMRA).
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Activism and threat of short-sellers dominate conversations at first Corporate Secretary Think Tank in Canada earlier this month
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Ontario and Quebec have once again determined who holds the levers of power, and who is left standing in line, or out in the cold altogether.
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Catherine Banat discusses the benefits of including values in corporate strategy.
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Here are eight critical considerations for combating the creativity crisis in accounting.
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Despite countless studies, there has never been conclusive evidence that socially responsible screens deliver alpha. A better model exists,
argue Harvard Business School luminaries Michael Porter, George Serafeim, and Mark Kramer.
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All public corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act will be subject to expanded diversity disclosure requirements.
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A Canadian legal requirement to present an advisory "Say-on-Pay" shareholder vote - a shareholder vote approving a company's approach to executive compensation - is potentially on the horizon for certain Canadian public companies.
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Virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) have been discussed and considered by several issuers in Canada over the past few years, but, so far, only a few Canadian companies have actually held virtual-only meetings.
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The Corporate Reporting Dialogue participants have released a report showing high levels of alignment between their reporting frameworks on the basis of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.
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Under heightened industry and media scrutiny, TSX-listed companies continue to make progress - albeit limited - in their bid to increase diversity on boards and executive teams.
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