General

To all of our global readers we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will resume posting material following the festive period on 9 January 2024 although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.

To all of our global readers we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will resume posting material following the festive period on 9 January 2023 although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.

Institutional investors collaborate with each other when communicating with investee companies’ management regarding, for example, ESG matters. Such shareholder collaboration leads to challenges in multiple legal areas. Minimising such legal risk is key.

NRF’s Shareholder Collaboration Tool allows Institutional investors to confidently collaborate, while reducing the burden on legal teams to manage the associated risks.

Avis du ministère de la Justice américain sur une violation en vertu de la FCPA – est-ce que cela se produirait au Canada?

En janvier, le ministère de la Justice américain (Ministère) a rendu un avis à une société américaine sur la question de savoir si le fait de payer un tiers pour

To all of our global readers we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Easter.

We will resume posting material on 26 April although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.

To all of our global readers we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will resume posting material following the festive period on 6 January 2021 although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.

Webinar on 2 September 2020 at 8:45am to 10:00am (BST)

We are evolving our successful 40 minute briefings into webinars for financial services professionals. This includes senior management and those in legal, compliance and risk teams who have or are developing financial services expertise. The webinars will be led by senior members of our financial

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has recently issued a ruling regarding the regulatory treatment of Limited Recourse Capital Notes (LRCNs) which are currently being adopted as new financial instruments by Canadian banks.  An LRCN is a subordinated note issued by a federally regulated financial institution (FRFI) that is secured by preferred

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently addressed a letter to deposit taking institutions (DTIs), including domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) and small and medium-sized banks (SMSBs), regarding the use of Pillar II capital buffers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The key takeaways are below:

  • Capital expectations framework for DTIs. The current DTIs