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Ontario’s Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce Releases Final Report
The Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce released its final report today . The report makes a number of recommendations designed to amplify growth and competitiveness in Ontario’s capital markets and to address the decline in new issuers and initial public offerings. The Taskforce aims to reverse this trend and encourage more head offices, more entrepreneurs and more growth investment opportunities in…
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OSFI Consultation on Climate-Related Risk Will Shape Regulation of Financial and Pension Sectors
The Office of The Supervisor Of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”), Canada’s regulator of financial institutions and federally regulated pension plans, has launched a consultation on climate related risks in the financial sector. OSFI identifies climate risk as potentially impacting the safety and soundness of federally regulated institutions and pensions. OSFI sees severe climate events increasingly driving…
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Pivoting north
Held in February 2021, Pivoting North was an online conference addressing what actions Canada must take now to affirm its sovereignty, address the health, welfare, and future of Indigenous peoples, and develop a sustainable economy in Canada’s North. Featuring leaders from politics, business, resource development, national security, and Indigenous peoples, such as: These leaders will…
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The digital currency arms race: Central banks enter the fray to protect national sovereignty
