The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published temporary exemptions from certain base shelf prospectus requirements for qualifying well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs). The exemptions allow an issuer, that meets WKSI qualifications and certain conditions, to file a final base shelf prospectus with its principal regulator and obtain a receipt for that prospectus on an accelerated basis without first filing a preliminary base shelf prospectus.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) plans to establish an Investor Advisory Panel (CSA IAP) to represent the interests of retail investors in pan-Canadian policy development activity. This initiative will further the CSA's focus on its investor protection mandate.
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IR teams consider a range of factors when deciding which brokers to partner with, finds Tim Human.
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Eight Canadian oil and gas companies are expected to storm into the all-important S&P/TSX Composite Index next month in a massive index change that analysts believe will spark a buying spree in energy stocks by index-focused funds.
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The flurry of initiatives unveiled at the Glasgow Climate Summit was almost dizzying. With the dust now settling, it seems clear that while significant progress was made, the math still does not add up - we still have not committed to global pathways that will limit warming at or below the 1.5 degrees needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The recent devastation in British Columbia has given us a taste of what may be in store if action continues to fall short.
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The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a set of recommendations applicable to ESG Ratings and Data Product Providers. The recommendations include promoting more transparency regarding the methodologies that ESG ratings and data product providers use in developing their products; ensuring their procedures for managing conflicts of interest are appropriate and improving communication channels between providers and the entities covered by their ESG ratings or data products without undermining their impartiality.
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GRI responds to IFRS Foundation’s creation of a new sustainability board and consolidation of CDSB and VRF into the foundation.
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