The securities regulatory authorities of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon (CSA members), today published a response to the Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce (Taskforce) Final Report (Report) issued January 22, 2021.
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Every year, reporting issuers are faced with the task of tailoring the disclosure for their annual general meeting to an ever-evolving list of changes in corporate and securities laws, updates to stock exchange rules, new guidance from proxy advisors and regulators and developing corporate governance trends.
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Today, BCI published new Proxy Voting Guidelines detailing our evolving expectations regarding the governance practices of the publicly traded companies in which we invest. The new guidelines raise our expectations on increasing board diversity, addressing climate change risk, and reviewing executive compensation in the context of COVID-19 and its impact on human capital.
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In mid-to-late January 2021, GameStop Corp. saw its American stock price increase by approximately 1600%. This surge occurred, in part, as an attack against hedge funds, including some which attempted to profit by taking a short position in GameStop and making public statements intended to decrease the stock price.
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The IFRS Foundation Trustees have agreed to conduct further analysis as they consider whether to establish a new Board that would issue global standards for sustainability accounting and reporting.
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This year, CFOs should prepare their companies for increased scrutiny on environmental, social and governance performance, if they haven't already.
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Wall Street analysts say CFOs give off red flags during earnings calls when they say - or don't say - certain things. Virtually all of those things have to do with transparency.
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