Corporate governance - Vigil

Basel III’s finalized regulatory standards will have less impact than was first assumed, but banks still need a holistic approach to capital management

The International Monetary Fund projects moderate economic growth for Canada this year and next, albeit at a rate lower than last year’s and significantly slower than in the United States.

A $6.9 billion Fidelity Investments fund is adding to its position in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. as a pipeline spat increases the likelihood that energy companies will need rail to get their oil to market.

Firms are increasingly aware that 'without a diverse workforce, we can’t design a product for everyone out there'

Factor analysis, the time-tested method for assessing stocks, can be used for Bitcoin and others.

The U.S. banking industry has exhibited increasing vulnerability to economic cycles since the easing of post-depression era measures designed to insulate banking from economic instability. Between 1934 and 2017 there were 2,758 commercial and savings bank failures.[1] Nearly 80 percent of all post-depression bank failures occurred after the deregulatory period started in 1980.

A CEO’s job starts out tough--and then gets tougher. Here’s advice for the early, middle, and late stages of a CEO’s tenure.

When the messaging app Telegram set out to raise billions of dollars this year for a project to launch a cryptocurrency, it shunned the stock market and instead invited a select group of firms to invest in its virtual coins.

Despite the efficiencies and benefits associated with the collaborative economy, there are concerns about how it can be properly regulated. The difference in regulatory regimes for online and offline services can lead in some cases to situations of unfair market competition.

Le Québec s’attire des critiques du reste du Canada pour s’être immiscé dans la dispute historique entre l’Alberta et la Colombie-Britannique sur le projet d’expansion du pipeline Trans Mountain.

The mobile phone has changed my life more than any other innovation...

Bankrupt retailer Toys “R” Us has rejected an $890 million bid for some of its U.S. stores and locations in Canada from the CEO of Bratz doll maker MGA Entertainment Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Congress—in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2010—enacted a law requiring public companies to identify the compensation of their median-paid employee, compare that to the CEO as a ratio, and disclose it each year. As noted by the SEC in enacting rules to implement the legislation, Congress provided no rationale for the rule, although presumably it was intended to highlight perceived inequities between executive and average worker pay.

Faced with a backlash against globalization, executives share how they are responding to the new dynamics of international trade to maintain competitiveness.

Nearly 15 years after Google’s initial public offering, the debate about listed companies that offer unequal voting rights to outside investors rages on. A number of high-profile technology companies including Dropbox Inc., Spotify and Snap Inc. have recently listed shares with unequal voting rights, adding fuel to the debate.2 Meanwhile, investors are trying to determine if they should shun the stock issued by these companies or include them in equity portfolios.

SINCE the heady days of late 2017 and January of this year, crypto-currencies have gone into retreat. Bitcoin, the best-known example, is now worth just a third of its value at its peak