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EMDA CFO Education Series: Regulatory Financial Reporting Certificate Program - VANCOUVER |
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EMDA CFO Education Series: Regulatory Financial Reporting Certificate Program - VANCOUVER
14/11/2012
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November 14, 2012
9:00 AM
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Where: |
Office of MNP Corporate Finance, Mount Baker Room
2300 - 1055 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1J1
Canada
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Contact:
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Elena Mazur
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| Registration Information |
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Online registration is closed.
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EMDA CFO Education Series:
Regulatory Financial Reporting
Certificate Program Location: Vancouver |
| Presented by EMDA Founding Sponsors: |  | |
| Who should attend |
| First of its kind program in Canada specifically designed for:
- Exempt market dealers (EMDs)
- EMD officers and directors
- CFOs, CMAs, CGAs
- Controllers
- Finance professionals and auditors in the exempt market
- Professionals providing financial and regulatory compliance services to EMDs
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| Program details |
| The Regulatory Financial Reporting Certificate Program is a unique learning
opportunity tailored to the exempt market industry. The sessions will include an overview of the exempt
market securities industry and its regulatory environment, financial reporting case studies
and excess working capital calculations and common financial reporting
and regulatory challenges including:
- Books and records requirements
- Internal controls
- Financial and margin regulatory reporting requirements for Form 31-103F1
- Common
IFRS financial and regulatory reporting challenges, focusing on income
taxes, broker warrants and thinly traded securities
- Underwriting revenue recognition
- Related party transactions and constructive obligations
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| Program agenda
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| | 8:45 am | Registration | | 9:00 am | Welcome and Introductions | | 9:15 am | Overview of the Exempt Market in Canada | | 9:30 am | Books and Records Requirements and Operations | 10:30 am
| Break
| | 10:45 am | Financial and Regulatory Reporting Requirements | 12:00 pm
| Lunch | | 1:00 pm | Calculation of Excess Working Capital Overview | | 1:30 pm | EWC Case Study | 2:15 pm
| Break
| | 2:30 pm | IFRS Specific Topics:
• Current and deferred taxes
• Broker warrants
• Related party accounting and disclosures
• Fair value of financial instruments
• Constructive obligations | | 4:30 pm | Question period and wrap up | 5:00 pm -
7:00 pm | EMDA Cocktails & Conversations
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| Program developers and faculty team
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Doug Bedard, MBA
Program Developer
Senior Vice President and Director, MNP Corporate Finance Inc.
Director, EMDA Canada
Contact: doug.bedard@mnp.ca
Doug Bedard, MBA, is a Senior Vice President and Director at MNP Corporate Finance Inc. in Calgary and a member of the Board of Directors of the Exempt Market Dealers Association of Canada. Specializing in debt and equity services, he assists clients with capital markets transactions and provides customized financing and business plan advice.
Doug has more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector, advising clients in a diverse range of industries including oil and gas, forestry, financial institutions, health services, and aboriginal business. Working collaboratively with clients to find the best financial solutions, Doug has assisted with debt structuring, raising private equity, and arranging financing from private and institutional sources, as well as from multiple government and international sources. He is particularly skilled at managing complex engagements that require significant due diligence and involve stakeholders in the public and private sector.
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Stephen Warden CA, CMC
Program Developer
Program Instructor
Director, EMDA Canada/Partner, MNP LLP.
Contact: stephen.warden@mnp.ca
Stephen Warden is a Partner in the Public Company Group in MNP LLP’s
Toronto office. MNP is Canada’s 7th largest accounting firm. He serves
as an audit partner and business advisor for publicly traded and
regulated financial services companies in the mid-market, specializing
with Exempt Market Dealers, IIROC Investment Dealers, Mutual Fund
Dealers, FINRA regulated broker dealers, investment fund/asset fund
managers, private equity and alternative investment funds. His has deep
experience with the financial services, energy, mining and technology
sectors serving mid-market clients operating across Canada and globally.
Stephen prides himself on understanding his client’s business and
industry in order to provide each with high quality service.
Relationships connect and define his actions, keeping Steve and his team
focused on what matters most - helping people achieve their goals, one
handshake and smile at a time.
He serves as a Director, Audit
Committee Chair and Compensation Committee member of a TSX listed
financial services company operating in Canada and the US. Stephen
was with KPMG Canada for over 25 years including 18 years as an audit
partner in the Toronto office where he was National Director of KPMG’s
Investment Dealer Practice for seven years. He is the only non-Big 4
accounting firm member of IIROC’s Panel Auditor Committee. He is the
course co-leader for the CICA’s In-Depth Brokers & Investment
Dealers Program and the EMDA’s CFO Education Series: Financial
Regulatory Reporting Certificate Program. In addition, Stephen has
published many articles and been a conference speaker on financial and
tax matters impacting dealers. Since 1996, he has been a member of the
Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association Legal &
Compliance Division. Outside of MNP, Steve has served on boards and
committees for many community and charitable organizations. He is a
Chartered Accountant, Certified Management Consultant and received his
Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.
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Sean Du Plessis, CA (SA)
Program Instructor
IFRS Group Leader
Partner, MNP LLP
Contact: sean.duplessis@mnp.ca
Sean Du Plessis, CA, is a Partner with MNP and leads the firm’s
International Financing Reporting Standards (IFRS) group in Calgary. With more than 13 years of experience in both industry and public
practice, Sean has led IFRS conversions for numerous companies in a
variety of industries, helping them manage the process as efficiently as
possible. Sean delivers a range of services that include: preliminary
impact assessments, detailed evaluations and assistance with
implementing strategies. He has facilitated internal IFRS training
sessions and has delivered IFRS training for the Canadian Institute of
Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
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For EMDA Members: |
Regular price: $395/person
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For Non-Members: |
Regular price: $495/person
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Space is limited. | Cancellation and Refund Policy
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refund will be made if notice of cancellation is received in writing ten days prior to the program date. We regret that no refund will be
given after this period. Substitution of registrants is permitted at any
time. The EMDA reserves the right to
change program date, meeting place or content without further notice and
assumes no liability for these changes. |
Program organizers
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About the Exempt Market Dealers
Association of Canada
The Exempt Market Dealers Association of Canada (EMDA)
is a not-for-profit industry association that brings together exempt
market dealers, exempt market product issuers, and professional advisers
to the exempt market. The EMDA is a national industry voice for the
exempt market to securities regulators, government agencies and the
capital markets and provides valuable services and benefits to its
members, including: exclusive customized insurance programs for exempt
market dealers, regulatory and compliance guidance, opportunities for
professional development and continuing education, and access to a
network of exempt market
professionals from coast to coast. For more information please visit About Us section on our website. |
About MNP Corporate Finance Inc.
Since 1988, MNP Corporate Finance Inc. has been committed to helping
Canadian companies reach their full potential. Whether you need capital
to fund your growth strategy, assistance selling your company, divesting
of assets or other merger and acquisition activity, our professionals
deliver customized strategies to help businesses prosper. As a
registered exempt market dealer, MNP Corporate Finance has extensive
experience working with securities across Canada. MNP Corporate Finance
is a subsidiary of MNP LLP, one of Canada’s largest chartered accounting
and business consulting firms dedicated to the needs of clients in the
public, private and not-for-profit sectors. MNP Corporate Finance Inc.,
together with MNP LLP, is proud to be a founding sponsor of the Exempt
Market Dealers Association of Canada (EMDA). For more information please
visit the website: www.mnpcorporatefinance.ca.
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About Walton Capital Management Inc.
The
foundation of trust that we have built with our clients and partners in
business is the cornerstone of our success. And with more than 30 years
of experience, Walton has grown to be one of North America’s leading
real estate investment groups, creating land-based real estate
investments for individual and institutional investors worldwide. For
more information please visit the website: www.waltoninternational.com |
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