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July-25-12 Part Two - Introduction to Fee-Tails. What are they? » By: David Brown, EMDA Director and Founding President and Partner at WeirFoulds LLP In the last edition of Exempt Market Update, in the article Engagement...
July-24-12 Gold Bullion - A Viable Investment for EMD clients » Bullion Basics – Part One By: Mark MacDonald, EMDA Director,Vice-President of Shareholder Relations, Bullion Management Group Inc. Dealers of Bullion Bars are not to be...
July-24-12 EMDs and Conflicts of Interest Related and Connected Issuer Disclosure » By: Brian Koscak, EMDA Chairman and Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP An exempt market dealer ( EMD) must not make a recommendation in any...
July-23-12 CSA Provides Guidance for Preparing and Filing an Offering Memorandum Under NI 45-106 » By: Brian Koscak, EMDA Chairman and Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Afzal Hasan, Articling Student, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Capital markets participants...
July-20-12 CSA Staff Notice 45-308 » Guidance for Preparing and Filing Reports of Exempt Distributions Under NI 45-106 By: Brian Koscak, EMDA Chairman and Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Background...
July-20-12 EMDs have been IFRS’d! » By: Stephen Warden, CA, EMDA Director and Partner, parker simone LLP Exempt Market Dealers (EMDs) with fiscal year ends commencing January 1, 2011, have already...
July-19-12 6 Reasons to Work With an Exempt Market Dealer (EMD) » By: Jacoline Loewen, EMDA Director and Director, Loewen & Partners Inc. Before we talk about reasons to working with an EMD, let’s first discuss why...
May-14-12 Advisors such as EMDs Need to Reduce Risk - Make transparency Your Goal » Advisors such as EMDs Need to Reduce Risk - Make transparency Your Goal In this 4-part series produced by Investment Executive , Ellen Bessner, a...
April-17-12 Exempt Market Dealers and Broker Warrant Compensation » By: Brian Koscak, EMDA Chairman and Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP David Gilkes, EMDA Director and President of North Star Compliance & Regulatory Solutions...
April-16-12 6 Bear Traps When Negotiating the Term Sheet » By: Jacoline Loewen, EMDA Director and Director, Loewen & Partners Inc. A term sheet is just a stepping stone towards an actual deal. Exempt Market...
April-14-12 Engagement Letter Best Practices - Part One » By: David Brown, EMDA Director and Founding President and Partner at WeirFoulds LLP One of the first steps a company (the Issuer) seeking to raise...
April-13-12 Compliance with the Accredited Investor Exemption - A Nine-Point Plan for EMDs » By: Brian Koscak, EMDA Chairman and Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP David Gilkes, EMDA Director and President of North Star Compliance & Regulatory Solutions...
April-12-12 Just Who is an Accredited Investor? » By: David Gilkes, EMDA Director and President of North Star Compliance & Regulatory Solutions Inc. National Instrument 31-103 (NI 31-103) is not just a registration...
April-11-12 IFRS Disclosure Expectations - EMDs should heed recent OSC advice! » By: Stephen Warden, CA, EMDA Director and Partner, parker simone LLP In an effort to provide timely input to issuers, last week on February 28,...
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