The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have released their annual review of disclosure regarding women on boards and in executive officer positions at Toronto Stock Exchange-listed issuers, showing positive trends in the growth of women’s representation over the last nine years.
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently published its proposed Statement of Priorities for 2024-2025 (the “Statement”), outlining the initiatives on which the OSC intends to focus its resources and actions over the next fiscal year.
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Glass Lewis has published its 2024 Canadian Benchmark Policy Guidelines which include key updates concerning Board accountability for climate-related issues, human capital management considerations and cyber-risk oversight as well as a new section outlining Glass Lewis' approach to executive ownership guidelines. These new and updated Guidelines apply to shareholder meetings beginning on January 1, 2024.
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The ISSB has today published amendments to the SASB Standards to enhance their international applicability and has completed its project on this topic. These amendments remove and replace jurisdiction-specific references and definitions, without substantially altering industries, topics or metrics.
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In a positive development since our earlier bulletin, the U.S. House and Senate have decided to retain the exemptions from obligations imposed under section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are relied upon by insiders of dual-listed Canadian public companies and other foreign private issuers.
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