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By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read April 8, 2020

COVID-19 market impacts and the risk of opportunism

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a sledgehammer to stock markets, with the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P 500 each plunging approximately 20% during the first quarter of 2020. While boards and management must contend with a long list of pressing and unprecedented issues affecting business operations, they should also consider that the current drop in stock prices may fuel a wave of activism and opportunistic M&A activity once the immediate crisis subsides, and prepare accordingly.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / board of directors, investments, Mergers and acquisitions, private equity, proxies, risk of opportunism, shareholders, shareholders rights, shareholders’ agreement Leave a Comment

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read January 20, 2014

Federal government seeks input on Canada Business Corporations Act

The Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) last underwent significant change in 2001, and Industry Canada believes conditions have changed enough since then that it's time for another review. The department is accepting input until March 11, 2014, on the following topics...

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting / accountability, arrangements, beneficial owners of shares, board accountability, board diversity, Canada Business Corporations Act, CBCA, consolidation of shares, corporate social responsibility, corporate transparency, CSR, dissolved corporations, diversity, executive compensation, going-private transactions, incorporation structure, Industry Canada, legal compliance, non-distributing corporations, property vested in the Crown, proxies, proxy circular, revival of dissolved corporations, rights of registered shareholders, securities, securities transfers, shareholder and board communication, shareholder rights, shareholder threshold, shareholder voting, shareholders' right of dissent, socially responsible enterprises, soliciting proxies, squeeze-out transaction, threshold exception, transparency

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