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During the current turbulent financial markets in which publicly-traded securities may not reflect their underlying value, companies may want to consider whether they should initiate a share buy-back program.

The regulatory capital requirements are in place to mitigate the risk that federally regulated financial institutions face in loss scenarios.

This is a follow-up to a recently posted blog on January 30, 2014 titled, "Changes Proposed for Exempt Offerings of Short-Term Debt and Securitized Products in Canada."

The March 29, 2012 federal Budget indicates that the Government of Canada will be moving ahead with a few important financial sector initiatives, but the Budget was short on detail.

On September 30, 2008 the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board jointly released an interpretive memorandum regarding "mark-to-market" accounting.

On June 10, 2021, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the "Basel Committee") released a public consultation paper on the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures (the "Report")...

On April 4, 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) announced new measures aimed at alleviating the impact of COVID-19 on the global banking system.

Voluntary semi-annual financial reporting (SAR) for public companies in Canada is now live, at least for eligible venture issuers.

December has just arrived and the year is almost over. Many capital market participants are waiting for the Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) to publish a draft of the proposed prospectus exemptions it is considering as previously published on August 28, 2013 (See OSC Notice 45-712 Progress Report on Review of Prospectus Exemptions to Facilitate Capital Raising).

In the midst of the ongoing restructurings of Nortel and AbitibiBowater, the New Democrats introduced Bill C-501 in the spring of 2010 to amend the "Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act" (the "BIA") and the "Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act" (the "CCAA") with the goal of better protecting employees’ interests in the context of formal insolvency proceedings, including pension interests.

In Bank of Nova Scotia v. Williamson, The Bank of Nova Scotia (the "Bank") advanced loans to Ancon Industries Inc. ("Ancon"). The loans were guaranteed (the "Guarantee") by an individual guarantor (the "Guarantor") who was an officer, director and shareholder of Ancon.

On April 21, 2021, Northland Power Inc. completed its bought deal offering 22,500,500 common shares, including 2,045,500 Shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters...

In preparation for the introduction to Canada of International Financial Reporting Standard 17 Insurance Contracts ("IFRS 17"), the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI")...

A number of payment scams have been propogated recently which focus on lawyers.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered two companion decisions concerning priority disputes between security taken pursuant to the Personal Property Security Act (Saskatchewan) and security taken pursuant to the Bank Act (Canada).

There has been published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2295 of 4 September 2017 supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards...

One of many lessons learned from the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the relationship between systemic risk and liquidity.