In a tumultuous year, investors stuck with proven research providers, according to the All-Canada Research Team.
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Four concrete reasons why D&I is important from an investment management perspective.
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Osler's sixth annual comprehensive report on diversity disclosure practices now covers disclosure by TSX-listed companies and Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) corporations subject to diversity disclosure requirements. New disclosure requirements under the CBCA were added this year regarding visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) recently proposed amendments (the Proposed Amendments) to the offering memorandum exemption (the OM Exemption) in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (the NI 45-106) and the Companion Policy to NI 45-106 (the Companion Policy). The Proposed Amendments require enhanced disclosure for issuers engaged in 'real estate activities' and issuers considered 'collective investment vehicles,' both new definitions under the Proposed Amendments as well as making several general amendments designed to clarify or streamline particular aspects of NI 45-106.
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on financial markets. Many businesses were (and some still are) closed on a temporary or permanent basis, causing stock market volatility. At the beginning of the pandemic, we saw markets tumble and many companies lose considerable value in their market capitalization, and, in some cases, in the actual value of the company. While the markets rebounded as the pandemic progressed, with a second wave upon us, COVID-19 is once again negatively affecting the markets broadly and the stock prices of individual companies.
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By the start of 2020, shareholder activism had become a fixture in Canadian capital markets. Although activism levels had been declining to some degree in recent years, most public companies are now conditioned to the reality that an activist could emerge at any time; the breadth of activism has widened and an increasing number of shareholders, including institutional shareholders, have been willing to speak out.
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Summary of alignment discussions among leading sustainability and integrated reporting organisations CDP, CDSB, GRI, IIRC and SASB
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