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The settlement agreement recently entered into between Staff of the OSC and David Horsley, former CFO of Sino-Forest Corporation, provides meaningful guidance on the responsibilities of senior executives, particularly those serving for issuers with overseas business operations.

The Québec Financial Markets Tribunal ruled on a transnational pump-and-dump scheme in Solo International Inc., finding violations of securities laws and imposing administrative penalties.

The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to render on Friday its highly anticipated judgment regarding the constitutionality of the proposed cooperative pan-Canadian securities regulator,

The migration to a standard T+2 settlement cycle on September 5, 2017 is part of the impetus for amendments proposed by the CSA to National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement...

The protection of confidentiality, according to the AMF, is the primary motivation for whistleblowers to report incidents.

The key driver in a SPAC IPO's success is the expertise of the founders. Founders of SPACs generally have more latitude to consider opportunities than traditional private equity firms...

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published relief from certain conditions of the listed issuer financing exemption (Exemption). Every member of the CSA implemented the relief...

An issuer seeking to voluntarily delist its securities from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is now faced with new rules aimed at providing protection to its security holders...

The OSC uses data gathered through the RAQ to apply a risk ranking to firms. Firms with higher risk rankings are more likely to be targeted by the OSC for compliance reviews.

The TSX today published notice that it is adopting amendments to its Company Manual that would require issuers to (i) elect directors annually; (ii) elect directors individually; (iii) publicly disclose the votes received for the election of each director; (iv) disclose whether a majority voting policy has been adopted and if not, explain the practices for electing directors and the reason for not adopting a majority voting policy; and (v) disclose to the TSX if a director receives a majority of

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has adopted amendments to TSX Form 11 – Notice of Private Placement (Form 11) to clarify the type of "significant information" to be disclosed therein.

A discussion of the recent amendments to the TSX Company Manual regarding director elections and majority voting became effective.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has published for comment proposed rules regarding dividend/distribution reinvestment plans (DRIPs).

The pandemic lockdown has occurred during the annual disclosure and proxy season for many Canadian public companies.

Three years following implementation of mandatory disclosure of women on boards and in executive officer positions, the new rules have marginally improved female representation.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published final amendments relating to the modernization of the continuous disclosure regime for investment funds, impacting National Instruments such as National Instrument...

On November 5, 2016, the United States Department of Labour's Fiduciary Rule for retirement accounts survived the first of a series of legal challenges at U.S. District Court in California.