IR papers: Women under-represented in Canadian reports
Pictures of womenWomen are under-represented in Canadian annual report photographs and usually depicted as less powerful than men...
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Regulation Archive
Comment: A blanket ban on naked short selling is not the answer
Naked short selling might sound like a nudist flogging Bermudas in a busy marketplace, but the reality is just as bizarre. The...
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General Mills victim of phony press release
Bogus press releases have become a fact of modern life and Minnesota-based General Mills became the latest victim on the night of...
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FSA sends signal on disclosure with record fine
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK’s financial watchdog, has fined Photo-Me International £500,000 ($740,000) for...
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SEC official braces NIRI attendees for raft of regulatory changes
Issuers should be prepared for a substantial amount of regulatory change, warned Meredith Cross, director, corporation finance...
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Canada’s changeover to IFRS imminent
Canadian companies are only months away from their changeover to reporting under IFRS in 2011. Yet all indications are that many...
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Chocolate boxing: Kraft's battle for Cadbury
There was much nostalgia, genuine and contrived, around Kraft Foods’ takeover of the iconic UK brand Cadbury. When IR magazine...
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New EU commissioner for internal markets pledges reform
‘Don’t let’s pretend we are going to reform. We are going to reform,’ said Michel Barnier, the EU’s new commissioner for internal...
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Campaign contradictions
In January, five of the Supreme Court sang from one song sheet, but it was as if they were improvising. ‘With the advent of the...
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Cheat sheet on sovereign wealth funds
Given that most governments invest in assets abroad, defining a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) can be tricky. In general, SWFs are...
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