
TD breaks social media ground in Canada’s dull bank sector
WHILE other countries’ banks have been snapping like twigs under the stresses of the financial crisis, Canada’s conservative financial institutions have been as steadfast as giant Douglas-firs in an old-growth forest.
Toronto exchange buys full-service IR firm
IN A deal that makes absolutely no sense to me, TSX Group Inc. has acquired The Equicom Group Inc., a full-service Canadian investor relations and corporate communications firm.
Canada to test XBRL filings
CANADA’s securities regulators are launching a voluntary eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) pilot program to gain real-world experience with interactive financial data.
Do Canada’s securities regulators condone selective disclosure?
I WAS reading a hefty academic research report on the Canadian disclosure system when I came across something that stopped me dead in my tracks. The piece that caused my jaw to drop concerned Canada’s repository for regulatory filings. This is called SEDAR, and it’s a sad effort by the country’s provincial securities regulators to [...]