One ruling, three opinions
The OSC’s intervention in the HudBay-Lundin deal changed TSX takeover rules for everybody. But that’s just the half of it When it comes to precedents, HudBay Minerals’ bid for Lundin Mining in late...
View ArticleBeyond compliance
Public companies and their boards have been through a multi-year grind of corporate governance reform. And in the wake of the financial meltdown, they’re about to start another round. More and better...
View ArticleEnough with the oversight
Canada’s corporate directors want more of a stake in strategy Is the idea of a “compliance board” that spends too many meetings ticking boxes instead of reviewing corporate strategy—and is thereby...
View ArticleAnatomy of an American hire
Canadian banks are bulking up on once-untouchable U.S. recruits. Walter Owens is one of them It was June 2008 when Walter Owens got his first phone call from a TD Bank recruiter. The bank was looking...
View ArticleFirst we take Manhattan
Back in 2008, when the financial crisis was at its most intense and the market collapse most severe, U.S. banks and financial institutions were going cheap. JPMorgan Chase started things off, famously...
View ArticleReview: Different—Escaping the competitive herd
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd. Succeeding in a world where conformity reigns but exceptions rule By Youngme Moon Crown Business, Random House April 2010 Here’s a guarantee. Unlike many...
View ArticleTest case
What a difference a year makes. It’s late February and Allen Palmiere sits comfortably in his downtown Toronto office, where he is president and CEO of Adriana Resources (TSX-V: ADI), a junior mining...
View ArticleMarket remaker
Though its track record is short, the one thing critics, competitors and customers should have learned by now is not to take Alpha Trading Systems Inc. lightly. As fall begins, the bank-backed...
View ArticleFrank’s last payday
On the morning of May 6, 2010, the first quasi-official day of Frank Stronach’s farewell tour as controlling shareholder of Magna International (TSX:MG), the news was dominated by Greece’s economic...
View ArticleHow to land a monster
Sometimes the deal of the year actually is a long time coming. Such was the case with Kinross Gold Corp.’s $7.1-billion mid-summer bet on Red Back Mining Inc., which, through the end of November, was...
View ArticlePutting women in the picture
When Mary-Alice Vuicic met with the chair of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., Thomas O’Neill, at his posh Toronto country club for their first mentoring session over breakfast, she wasn’t sure what his...
View ArticleChange or be changed
In August of 2008, consumers of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. deli meat products began showing up at emergency wards throughout the country. By the time the contagion had run its course, 23 Canadians had died...
View ArticleDirectorship U
By now it’s well understood that director education programs inCanada, like most of their counterparts stateside, were born out of the corporate ashes of Enron. The infamous 2001 U.S. corporate...
View ArticleIs there an alternative to director independence?
By David W. Anderson Ever-tightening rules for director independence are hard at work in a full-on effort to banish conflicts of interest from the boardroom. And, in light of front-page board behaviour...
View ArticleMeasuring up: trends in director evaluation
Interview by Cooper Langford Q&A with Patrick O’Callaghan on the state of individual director evaluations in Canada Individual director evaluations have become a priority for the majority of...
View ArticleThe decision
Since day one as TransCanada’s new CEO in 2010, Russ Girling’s agenda has been dominated by the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline—a $7-billion shipping lane to move Alberta oilsands oil to Texas. Come...
View ArticleLearning to love the dragon
FELIX CHEE FEELS misunderstood—and pulled in a lot of different directions. Sure, Chee understands what it is to be busy. As the former chief investment officer at Manulife Financial and head of the...
View ArticleTwo teams, many audiences, the same message
If you think of the way your company manages corporate communications and investor relations, does the following anonymous account sound familiar? I am director of corporate communications and manage a...
View ArticleBut is it art?
On the surface, it looks decidedly simple, something so straightforward that you don’t give it a second thought. Even its name—“one-click”—suggests an easy-to-use approach. Say you decide to purchase...
View ArticlePutting risk in its place
WHEN YOU’VE SPENT close to two decades as a CEO, held more than a dozen positions on high-level boards, and have board or executive experience in four distressed situations, you’ve earned the right to...
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