Do the U.S. securities law accommodations through the “foreign private issuer” (FPI) construct benefit the intended entities? That’s the fundamental question that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is analyzing...more
7/9/2025
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Capital Markets ,
China ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
GAAP ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is pausing its work on climate-related and diversity-related disclosure rules in order “to support Canadian markets and issuers as they adapt to the recent developments in the U.S....more
Canadian securities regulators recently implemented three blanket orders introducing exemptions intended to reduce friction for capital raising. Key among these improvements is an exemption that eliminates the requirement for...more
4/22/2025
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Capital Markets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Statements ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Prospectus ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation
Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which the U.S. Senate passed earlier this year, is a provision that, if enacted, will eliminate exemptions relied upon by insiders of dual-listed Canadian...more
11/1/2023
/ Canada ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disgorgement ,
Electronic Disclosure ,
Foreign Issuers ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
NDAA ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Short Sales ,
Short-Swing Trading