ArticleThe ROI Of A.I.-Powered Legal TranslationLaw firms lose thousands of billable hours every year to manual translation processes that drain productivity and increase costs.CanadaFinance and BankingApertera
ArticleTMX Select To Begin Trading July 11As we discussed in October, the TMX Group announced last year that it intended to begin operating a new alternative trading system (ATS) in 2011.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Addresses Dividend Reinvestment Plans In Proposed AmendmentsThe Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has proposed new standards and practices applicable to dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs). CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Clarifies Rules Regarding Appeals Of Listing DecisionsThe TSX has announced the adoption of amendments to its Company Manual and to the TSX Rules.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Issues Guidance Regarding When Effective Decrease In Conversion Price Of Convertible Securities Will Be Considered New Private PlacementOn August 8, the Toronto Stock Exchange issued guidance stating that it considers any arrangement or agreement that decreases the effective conversion price of a previously issued convertible security to be subject to section 610(c) of the TSX Company Manual. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Proposes New Listing Category For Resources Companies; Broader Application Of Insider Participation Aggregation And Tightening Of 2% Limit On Compensation Arrangements Used As Employment InducementsThe Toronto Stock Exchange today released proposed changes to its Company Manual for public comment that would, among other things, create a new subcategory for oil and gas issuers in the development stage. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Proposes Prioritizing Dark Orders With Minimum Size ConditionsEarlier this month, the TSX released proposed amendments to its Rules that would allow dark orders with a minimum size condition to have trading priority over dark orders without such a condition, as long as the dark orders were at the same price. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Removes Security Certificate Requirements For Exempt CompaniesThe Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) will be eliminating the costly security certificate requirements that apply to Exempt Industrial Companies.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSX Seeks To Strengthen Market Making SystemLast week, the Toronto Stock Exchange announced that it had approved amendments to its rules to assist TSX market makers in light of the emergence of multiple marketplaces and an increasingly electronic trading environment.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleTSXV Extends Minimum Pricing ReliefRelief permitting issuers to list shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) at a minimum of $0.01 has been extended to December 31, 2020.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleUMIR Definition Of "Short-Marking Exempt Order" Broadened To Include Certain ETF OrdersThe Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR) definition of "short-marking exempt order" will be broadened effective April 11, 2016 to include certain orders for an Exempt Exchange-traded Fund...CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleUpdate On Ontario PPSA Computer ConversionIn an earlier edition of "Fully Secured", we reported on the Ontario Government’s deferral of the August 1, 2007 amendment to the Ontario PPSA.CanadaFinance and BankingGowling WLG
ArticleViews From The Market Podcast - Episode 89 – Private Debt: How It Works And Why It's A Growing Presence In CanadaMario's guest on this edition of the podcast, Brandon Lalonde of FrontWell Capital Partners, discusses FrontWell's emergence as a key facilitator of private debt. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleWhat's New In The World Of Asset Managerment Planning?The multimillion-dollar question—why are municipalities experiencing shortfalls in money for infrastructure?CanadaFinance and BankingWeirFoulds LLP
ArticleWorking Group Releases Paper on Incorporation of Individual Representatives of Dealers and AdvisersOn December 20, 2010, a provincial/territorial government working group released a consultation paper to elicit feedback on potential options respecting the incorporation of individual sales representatives of registered dealers and advisers.CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleRiverFort Global Capital And Lions Bay Capital Inc., A TSXV-listed Company, Enter Into An Amended Secured Loan Facility For US$2 MillionWe advised RiverFort with a team led by Jodi Katz, and included Thomas Wexler and Gabrielle Motuz.GlobalFinance and BankingFasken
ArticleAmendments To Canada´s Competition LawsSignificant amendments to Canada's competition and foreign investment laws passed third reading in the Senate and received royal assent late yesterday. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawDentons Canada LLP
ArticleCanadian Competition Bureau Wins Contested Merger Case For Non‐Notifiable TransactionAs reported in our year‐ end review (Competition and Foreign Investment Review in Canada: Taking Stock of 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012, the Commissioner of Competition challenged the completed merger of two landfill companies in northern British Columbia, CCS Corporation and Complete Environmental – the first contested merger case since 2005. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawDentons Canada LLP
ArticleCompetition Act And Investment Canada Act Amendments Now In ForceOn February 9, we reported that the federal government had tabled Bill C-10, which, in addition to implementing the government's January 27 budget, would amend the Competition Act in a number of important areas, including merger notification and review, agreements between competitors, and pricing and distribution.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawTorys