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Registration reform comes into force this month

Starting September 28, Canada’s long-awaited consolidated National Instrument 31-103 will come into force, replacing the myriad regulations and policy statements found in different sets of provincial securities acts. Initiated by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the revised proposals relate specifically to registration requirements for dealers, advisors and investment fund managers, and constitute an overhaul of […]

By Kanupriya Vashisht |September 15, 2009

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Jantzi Research announces merger

Jantzi Research, one of Canada’s leaders in responsible investment research, has announced that it will join forces with Sustainalytics, a European provider of ESG research to the financial sector. The new company will operate as Sustainalytics globally and Janzti-Sustainalytics in North America. “The merger combines two trailblazers in responsible investment research,” the two companies said […]

By Doug Watt |September 14, 2009

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Finding global solutions in Toronto

It’s been one year since the catastrophic collapse of Lehman Brothers, which marked the beginning of the most drastic decline in global equity markets. And many of the problems that led to Lehman’s demise have not yet been solved. Toronto played host last week to the CFA Institute’s Capital Markets Policy Council (CMPC), which addressed […]

By Mark Noble |September 14, 2009

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Fifty-nine percent of Canadian employees would have trouble making ends meet if their paycheque were delayed by even a week, according to the 2009 National Payroll Week Employee Survey, conducted by the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA). “We were shocked by that number. So many Canadians are now living so close to the line that, if […]

By Staff |September 14, 2009

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