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ARTICLE · 04 JANUARY 2021

Does Board Diversity Lead To Better M&A Outcomes?

Board diversity has been at the forefront of the Canadian governance landscape for a number of years, and has recently been the subject of increased stakeholder focus

CanadaCorporate/Commercial Law

Board diversity has been at the forefront of the Canadian governance landscape for a number of years, and has recently been the subject of increased stakeholder focus. While gender and racial parity are ends in themselves, recent research shows that board diversity may be particularly beneficial in the M&A context.

The current state of affairs

Since 2014, Canadian securities regulators have required certain issuers to publish data on the representation of women on their boards and disclose the details of their gender diversity policies (or, if they do not have one, explain why not).

More recently, the federal government amended the CBCA to require publicly listed companies to provide diversity disclosure to their shareholders in advance of annual meetings, and also recently launched the "50/30" challenge (an initiative aimed at attaining gender parity and at least 30% representation of minority groups on boards and in senior management positions).

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