Default

Top Stories

The Risk of Cutting Dividends

Pandemic-hit firms are cutting some of their $300 billion in global quarterly dividends. That has impact - seen and unseen.

| View Original |

Canadian Securities Regulators Provide Update on Changes to Regulatory Work in Light of COVID-19

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is currently focusing its regulatory efforts on helping market participants and investors address challenges created by COVID-19.

| View Original |

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

ISS Policy Guidance

| View Original |

CSA Staff Notice 51-360: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Filing Extension Relief Granted By Way of a Blanket Order in Response to COVID-19

The Canadian Securities Administrators have published responses to frequently asked questions raised in connection with the temporary blanket relief for market participants from certain regulatory filings.

| View Original |

Share Buybacks During COVID-19: Considerations for Public Companies

The Canadian and global financial markets are witnessing unprecedented levels of sell-off and volatility in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we reported in our earlier article, Canadian regulators and exchanges have introduced numerous measures to mitigate market disruptions, including reporting deadline extensions and raising limits on daily trading volume. As Canadian public companies approach their first cycle of quarterly blackout periods, they will need to consider a number of issues relating to implementing share buybacks.

| View Original |

CIRI Postpones 2020 Annual Conference

With the health and safety of CIRI members, speakers, sponsors and conference participants at the forefront of our minds during the COVID-19 global crisis, CIRI has decided to postpone its Annual Conference. CIRI is currently working on rescheduling the date of the Conference to the second half of November, with Calgary remaining the host city. The date and location will be communicated once they have been confirmed.

| View Original |

To Postpone or Go Virtual? Companies Adapt Investor Day Plans due to COVID-19 Lockdown

Companies with planned investor days weigh options.

| View Original |

Holding a Shareholder Meeting when Shareholders Can't Meet

Many issuers have been considering how to hold their annual shareholder meetings this year, given the various cautions and prohibitions against meetings of more than a small number of people as a result of the coronavirus.

| View Original |

Activists Will Show Their True Colors in COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of public companies have seen their market capitalization and value of their common stock decline precipitously. Fortunately for many companies who are not currently facing an activist attack, director nomination and business matter proposal deadlines for annual meetings have passed for the current proxy season.

| View Original |

Immediate Glass Lewis Guidelines Update on Virtual-Only Meetings due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to people and companies around the world. In order to ensure the health and safety of employees and shareholders, and to comply with government-issued orders and guidelines, a number of North American companies are breaking with convention to hold their shareholder meetings on a virtual-only basis, including when a proxy statement has already been filed.

| View Original |

Crisis Management and the Heightened Risk of Insider Trading and Tipping

The circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic is giving rise to unprecedented consequences in global securities markets. The unfolding crisis will likely give rise to material impacts to the business operations of many public issuers.

| View Original |

7 Things You Need to Know About ESEF As An Investor Relations Manager

The European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) may sound like something technical that only the finance department or corporate secretary should worry about. But in reality? It impacts Investor Relations, too.

| View Original |