Some of Canada’s largest pension plans made significant changes to their equity holdings during a first quarter that saw markets plunge in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, recent filings suggest.…
By Aaron Wudrick and Franco Terrazzano Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen to make life more expensive for Canadians by raising the federal carbon tax by 50 per cent amidst…
On March 5, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) introduced a harmonized process for the full review of prospectuses of non-investment fund issuers on a confidential pre-filing basis under CSA…
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian investors divested a record-breaking C$42.2 billion ($30 billion) in foreign securities in March amid heightened market volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Statistics Canada data showed…
The federal government has enacted measures valued at more than $250 billion to mitigate the financial impacts of Covid-19. The highlights below cover employment benefits, business loans and wage subsidies, retirement accounts…
A federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by Covid-19 will last at least through the summer and the federal government is asking companies to rehire laid off…
Co-Author by Rudyard Griffiths How will the private equity industry change post-pandemic? Guy Berman and Stefan Stauder give their insights into effects of the COVID‑19 crisis on the private equity…
Two new reports from the team behind the annual Global Risks Report identify the headline risks, challenges and, encouragingly, the opportunities the world is facing as a result of the…
Millions of Canadians across the country have been working from home for the first time as the pandemic upends the workplace – even the Supreme Court of Canada is going virtual.…
In an announcement on Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the first clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine have been officially approved by Health Canada. The trials will…
