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April 29, 2025

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Canadian Regulators Hit Pause on Mandatory Climate Reporting Requirements

Canada’s securities regulators announced that they are pausing their work on the development on key sustainability reporting initiatives, including a new mandatory climate-related disclosure rule and amendments to diversity-related disclosure requirements.

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Understanding the CFO's Role in AI Adoption

As companies prioritize cost efficiency, CFOs have become central to AI adoption, expanding their traditional role of evaluating investments to include emerging technologies.

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CSA Updates Market on Approach to Climate-related and Diversity-related Disclosure Projects

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is pausing its work on the development of a new mandatory climate-related disclosure rule and amendments to the existing diversity-related disclosure requirements. This is being done to support Canadian markets and issuers as they adapt to the recent developments in the U.S. and globally.

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How Climate Risk Disclosure Became a Battleground for the Clean Economy

Making companies report their climate risks is vital to the energy transition, but powerful forces are trying to stop it.

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Delay that Financial Guidance

Trade wars and other business dramas are making leaders struggle to provide realistic financial forecasts. Should they skip them?

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Securities Regulators Reduce Friction for Capital Raising with Incremental Changes to Prospectus Rules

Canadian securities regulators recently implemented three blanket orders introducing exemptions intended to reduce friction for capital raising.

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Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Actions to Support Competitiveness of Canadian Markets

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recognizes the current uncertainty in global markets, and the impact this is having on companies and investors’ decisions to participate in Canadian capital markets. In response, the CSA is introducing measures to support market participants that choose to go public, maintain a listing, and contribute to capital formation in Canada.

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Board Focus: Huddling in the Boardroom About the Trade War

While CEOs must focus on short- to medium-term trade-war scenarios, boards must still try to scan the horizon.

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A New Playbook on Activists

Savvy boards are tackling this issue head-on.

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