Under Canadian securities laws, reporting issuers are required to make periodic disclosure and timely disclosure upon the occurrence of specific events.

Prior to 2008, it was not uncommon for a bank to assign its risk oversight responsibilities to the audit committee of its board of directors, or in some cases, to even divide those tasks between a number of other committees.

Now that we have entered the second half of 2015, it's helpful to take a look at M&A numbers from the first half of the year and predictions for what lies ahead.

Sell-side due diligence is best commissioned by a seller before a potential buyer has been identified.

Earlier this month, Intralinks published the latest edition of its Deal Flow Predictor report (the Report), which tracks global, early-stage M&A activity in order to predict M&A deal volume in the coming quarters.

Intralinks publishes a Deal Flow Indicator report on a quarterly basis with a view to predicting global M&A trends based on comprehensive tracking.

As a result of the rising tide of shareholder activism in Canada, a number of defensive tactics have been developed by corporate management.

Securities regulators announced that amendments to NI 58-101 and Form 58-101F1 would include stringent requirements pertaining to female representation on boards and in executive officer positions.

Crowdfunding has officially been launched in Ontario as of January 28, 2016, enabling Canadian businesses to raise capital at a low cost by reaching out to a large number of investors over the Internet.

The end of last month saw the signing of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement following nearly ten years of negotiations.

In this article, we highlight joint tax elections companies should consider filing in asset purchase transactions in Canada.

Last week, Glass Lewis & Co., a top governance analysis and proxy voting firm, released its 2016 proxy season guidelines for Canada and the United States, as well as its guidelines for evaluating shareholder initiatives.

Yesterday, Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (Glass Lewis) released a new version of its Proxy Paper Guidelines (the Guidelines) (updated as of December 30, 2014), previously released on November 5, 2014.

The recent crisis in Ukraine has sent the Russian markets tumbling. In the aftermath of prolonged protests in Kiev, which led to the ousting of Pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, Russian forces have entered Crimea and threatened to push further into eastern Ukraine.

There are arguments against dissident shareholders providing their director nominees with a future incentive if share price increases following such nominee’s election to the board.

Embarking on an international M&A transaction can be an exhilarating time for any company, although there are a host of business and legal issues involved.

There is no doubt that technological innovation has impacted the way that corporations interact and do business.

People often engage in reflexive behaviour without thinking about the function underlying such behaviour.

The economic fundamentals that drive M&A are back at pre-crisis levels, states a new survey published by KPMG.

The Province of Ontario has been first for a number of things. It was one of Canada's first provinces.