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March 8, 2011 - Effective January 1, 2011, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) replaced Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for most public companies. The changeover has ...
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February 16, 2011 - Tipping is closely related to illegal insider trading (commonly known simply as “insider trading”). In general, insider trading involves buying or selling a security of ...
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November 29, 2010 - A cease trade order is a trading ban. It prohibits people or companies from trading in securities. Cease trade orders are one of the tools securities regulators use to ...
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November 22, 2010 - Bankruptcy may not be top of mind when buying shares, but it can happen to any company, especially during an economic downturn.
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July 26, 2010 - Canadian securities regulators recently published proposals that would introduce regulatory oversight of credit rating agencies. The proposals are consistent with ...
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July 26, 2010 - Credit rating agencies assign credit ratings to issuers of fixed income securities and to specific securities. A credit rating can provide information about a company’s or government’s ability to ...
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July 13, 2010 - The Ontario Securities Commission is cautioning investors about companies that promise high returns on investments in land development projects.
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June 8, 2010 - On May 31, 2010, a group of Canadian securities regulators released for public comment Multilateral Consultation Paper 51-403 Tailoring Venture Issuer Regulation ...
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January 27, 2010 - On January 22, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators published a new national rule ...
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November 26, 2009 - Why are disclosure documents important? Disclosure documents provide key information to investors ...
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September 17, 2009 - What is IFRS? IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards ...
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