IR Leader
August 15, 2023

Top Stories

ChatGPT Finds Capex Plans in Earnings Calls

For CFOs, this ChatGPT method could help them track when competitors boost or cut growth investments.

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Canadian Securities Regulators Initiate Review of Exchange-Traded Funds

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is launching a review of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are an increasingly popular investment vehicle, offering exposure to a variety of underlying assets and investment strategies, with intraday liquidity on the secondary market. ETFs comprise approximately 15% of total publicly offered investment fund assets in Canada, and are expected to continue to grow.

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Proposed SEC AI Regulations a Prototype for Canada

Combatting bias, discrimination, and conflicts of interest in AI-enhanced investment decisions and ?investor interactions.

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Five Steps Small Businesses Can Take Toward Sustainability

As we all delve deeper into this topic, it becomes clear that ESG is about so much more than just protecting the environment — it’s ultimately about financial viability. Our mission is to help organizations realize the financial value embedded in ESG to unearth a more resilient business that will thrive in a low-carbon economy.

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CSA and CIRO Release Results of Review and Guidance of Conflicts of Interest Obligations

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) today published joint Staff Notice 31-363 Client Focused Reforms: Review of Registrants’ Conflicts of Interest Practices and Additional Guidance (Notice).

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TopGun Investor Relations Officers – Global Energy, Pipelines and Utilities Sectors – 2023

The investor relations challenge at world leading companies is to maintain and extend their competitiveness as investment targets. For aspiring growth and turnaround organizations, the equally demanding task is to instill investor confidence in management and an unfolding story. Such demands are best met by a class of investor relations professionals who are rated in the top decile worldwide.

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TopGun Investor Relations Officers – Global Precious Metals and Mining Sectors – 2023

The investor relations challenge at world leading companies is to maintain and extend their competitiveness as investment targets. For aspiring growth and turnaround organizations, the equally demanding task is to instill investor confidence in management and an unfolding story. Such demands are best met by a class of investor relations professionals who are rated in the top decile worldwide.

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Is AI Moving Too Fast for Regulators to Keep Up?

As the first laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence start to emerge, industry expert Olivier Blais explains how to prepare for their implementation.

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Will Canada Import America's Anti-ESG Campaign?

Opinion: The backlash has limited prospects for four reasons.

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Canada and the UK Compare AI Governance Efforts and Reflect on Regulating AI

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes mainstream, policy makers in jurisdictions across the world are considering their role in ensuring the safe and responsible oversight of these technologies to maximise their potentially beneficial use in society and to ensure the public is protected from potential harms.

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