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		<title>Governance attachée</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/governance-attachee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who Vice-president policy and governance, RBC Global Asset Management; country correspondent to the International Corporate Governance Network. Involvement Following a decade of shareholder activism in the 1980s, the U.S.-based Council of Institutional Investors in 1993 began canvassing European pension funds &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/governance-attachee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dominic Barton: On fast bucks and real value</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/dominic-barton-on-fast-bucks-and-real-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Director's Chair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dominic Barton grew up on Canada’s west coast and, a couple of decades later, made his way to the top job at global consulting giant McKinsey &#38; Co. via postings in Seoul and then Shanghai. So it’s no surprise to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/dominic-barton-on-fast-bucks-and-real-value/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Directors wanted: operational experience required</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/directors-wanted-operational-experience-required/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annette Verschuren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Behan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn’t a lack of talent, but a myopic viewpoint that limits Canadian boards when it comes to adding new directors. That’s the take of corporate governance expert Beverly Behan. Her remarks come at a time when yet another report, &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/directors-wanted-operational-experience-required/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Loonie’s letdown for real</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/loonie%e2%80%99s-letdown-for-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beaver is cute and the maple leaf packs a certain whole-earth appeal but, when it comes to national symbols, it’s the loonie that provides the highest-profile gauge of how our national economy is faring. Over the past decade the &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/loonie%e2%80%99s-letdown-for-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Every symbol tells a story</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/every-symbol-tells-a-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iCO Therapeutics Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loyalist Group Ltd.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mosaic Capital Corp.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes junior ventures successful? Holding steady toward strategic, long-term goals was a key feature for this year’s crop of TSX Venture 50 companies. Selected from a pool of nearly 400 eligible Venture-listed companies, the 2013 Venture 50 is made &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/every-symbol-tells-a-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Director PROTIP: action beats reaction</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/director-protip-action-beats-reaction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carol Hansell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 10 months, Calgary-based fertilizer giant Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) has been the focus of a very public proxy war with New York hedge fund Jana Partners, which had sought to replace five of Agrium’s 13 board members with &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/director-protip-action-beats-reaction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canada’s boards, by the numbers</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/canada%e2%80%99s-boards-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty years can go by in a blink. And sometimes, it can seem like a century. In the two decades that title partner Korn/Ferry International and Patrick O’Callaghan and Associates have been publishing Corporate Board Governance and Director Compensation, taking &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/canada%e2%80%99s-boards-by-the-numbers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fear not</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/fear-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Hutton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late 2011 someone blew the whistle at SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., the Montreal-based engineering giant, and what a loud and piercing sound it made. Senior executives and board members received an anonymous tip that serious criminal activities had taken place &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/fear-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The long arm of the lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/the-long-arm-of-the-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch out corporate Canada, Klippensteins is gunning for you. The five-person public interest law firm has made its name defending human rights, particularly among indigenous peoples. Its high-profile cases include representing the family of slain native activist Dudley George, who &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/the-long-arm-of-the-lawsuit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Disclosure 101: care and feeding of analysts</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/disclosure-101-care-and-feeding-of-analysts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always been confused by insider trading rules pertaining to the disclosure of non- public information. Not that I was confused by the intent when I was an analyst; that made perfect sense to me. Rather, I was concerned about &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/disclosure-101-care-and-feeding-of-analysts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going forward, going private</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/going-forward-going-private/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doug McDonald]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first quarter of 2013 saw a dramatic increase in the volume of deals in which public companies were bought and taken private. At the time of writing, total global go-private deal value was more than US$50 billion—at least twice &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/going-forward-going-private/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We all have needs</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/we-all-have-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently trained a group of directors and CEOs from the banking and agricultural sectors in Texas and Arizona. We discussed mutual expectations on the part of the board and management. The following represents the output of these discussions. While &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/we-all-have-needs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting from A to pay</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/getting-from-a-to-pay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For compensation committees and senior management involved in executive compensation decision-making, the first quarter of the year can be a stressful time. Most issuers are determining bonuses for the year just ended as well as long-term incentive grants (e.g. stock &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/getting-from-a-to-pay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An eye on operations</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/an-eye-on-operations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operational risks are generally associated with the day-to-day running of the business and vary significantly depending upon industry sector. Clearly, operational risks for a manufacturing company will not be the same as for businesses in financial services or the extraction &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/an-eye-on-operations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Still quiet on the IPO front</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/still-quiet-on-the-ipo-front/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market volatility, overseas debt crises and instability in North American markets have, in part, had negative effects on the Canadian initial public offering market over the past three years. In 2010, 73 IPOs were issued on all exchanges raising $5.5 &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/still-quiet-on-the-ipo-front/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Put spontaneity in its place</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/put-spontaneity-in-its-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is fair to say that investor relations practitioners have been slower to embrace social media than their colleagues in other spheres of the communications profession. When the subject of social media comes up, IROs tend to start spouting cautionary &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/put-spontaneity-in-its-place/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poison pills get a boost</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/04/poison-pills-get-a-boost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two new, competing proposals from Canadian regulators on poison pills promise to create new guidelines that are more predictable for target companies and tougher on hostile bidders who have made Canada a corporate hunting ground in recent years. The first &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/04/poison-pills-get-a-boost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict goes up the chain</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/03/conflict-goes-up-the-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your company use conflict minerals? Where do your suppliers source their ingredients? If you haven’t heard that question a lot yet, you soon will—now that management and boards in many sectors are tracking use of minerals that might fund &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/03/conflict-goes-up-the-chain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drill-o-nomics</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/03/drill-o-nomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s blue, big as a CEO’s office and can be helicoptered or dragged through the woods to its next job. It’s also proving to be very, very hard to get rid of. The “it” in question is a $300,000 drilling &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/03/drill-o-nomics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In from the cold</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/in-from-the-cold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone looking to gain an understanding of the scope and complexity of First Nations engagement in the mining and energy sectors need look no further than the Frog Lake First Nation northwest of Lloydminster, Alta. In 2000, Frog Lake became &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/in-from-the-cold/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuilding the ranks</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/rebuilding-the-ranks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insider Richard Ross Who Executive-in-Residence and director of Schulich School of Business’s MBA in Global Mining Management; former chairman and CEO of Inmet Mining Corp. Involvement Last September, York University’s Schulich School of Business launched the first-ever MBA specialization in &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/rebuilding-the-ranks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hugh Bolton: The bottom line on oversight</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/hugh-bolton-the-bottom-line-on-oversight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hugh Bolton had a sterling career as a chartered accountant, culminating in his role as head of Coopers &#38; Lybrand Canada in the 1990s. The insights gained in that arena have also served him exceedingly well in his second career &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/hugh-bolton-the-bottom-line-on-oversight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fracking faces the future</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/fracking-faces-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few technologies have transformed an industry or become an economic game changer the way advancements in the hydraulic fracturing process, or “fracking” has. In under a decade, fracking has made vast reserves of natural gas and oil previously uneconomical to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/fracking-faces-the-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Green shoots. Eventually</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/green-shoots-eventually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last year and a half has been tough on the mining sector with falling commodity prices, worker unrest and increased wage demands as well as increased capital expenditures, weak public capital markets and increasing regulatory costs. This environment has &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/green-shoots-eventually/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think share units, not options</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/think-share-units-not-options/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few years have brought many challenges for the mining and energy sectors in Canada. Continuing global uncertainty has slowed economic growth, and with it, demand for Canada’s natural resources output. According to the Mining Association of Canada, the &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/think-share-units-not-options/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting the equator</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/shifting-the-equator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you work in mining, oil and gas, power generation or any other intensive resource-based industry, you are probably familiar with the Equator Principles—a framework used by major banks to assess the social and environmental impact of financed projects. What &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/shifting-the-equator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When good isn&#8217;t good enough</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/when-good-isnt-good-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smaller, undercapitalized exploration firms will always struggle. But when you have strong commodity prices in most extraction industry sectors and typically solid balance sheets—the norm in recent years—you don’t see many mid-size or larger producers’ viability at risk. At times &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/when-good-isnt-good-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Directors, it&#8217;s time for the talk</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/directors-its-time-for-the-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Carol Hansell, the most fundamental issue facing the directors of Canadian energy, mining and resource companies isn’t happening in the boardroom, but in countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Hansell, a senior partner in capital markets and corporate &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/directors-its-time-for-the-talk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Missing info speaks volumes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian listings of public mining companies may be centralized on Toronto-based exchanges, but with more than half of all listed Canadian mining companies located in British Columbia, the B.C. Securities Commission continues to assert its place as Canada’s leading junior &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/missing-info-speaks-volumes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whither the commodity super-cycle?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/whither-the-commodity-super-cycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iron ore, usually a sedate citizen of the commodity world, has acted like a giddy teenager in recent months. From a low of US$86 a tonne in September, the metal soared above US$158 by January as a wave of Asian &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/whither-the-commodity-super-cycle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa&#8217;s long game on takeovers</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/02/ottawas-long-game-on-takeovers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months have passed since the federal Conservative government outlined how it would amend the Investment Canada Act to clamp down on future takeovers by foreign state-owned enterprises (SOEs) while making other changes to clarify approval parameters for all &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/ottawas-long-game-on-takeovers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Miners discover profits, investor confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the back of continued share-price underperformance, the last six months has shown what appears to be a strategic shift in the mining industry’s direction. Comments from senior management abound expressing the importance of return on capital and profitability over &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/02/miners-discover-profits-investor-confidence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Personal branding tips for the C-suite</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/01/personalbrandingtipsforthecsuite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are you known for? What’s your reputation on the Street? In the boardroom community? If that question leaves you puzzled, chances are pretty good your personal brand is not everything it could be. All your attributes might be positive. &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/01/personalbrandingtipsforthecsuite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saving for a sunny day</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2013/01/saving-for-a-sunny-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a bit of cash on hand used to be considered a virtue. As the clock winds down on 2012, it’s coming to be regarded as a borderline crime. Mark Carney gave voice to the sentiment back in late August, &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/01/saving-for-a-sunny-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pack averse: having some say in your share price</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever feel like nobody cares? You work so hard, returning on equity to give your shareholders high quality earnings-per-share. But then the market tanks, and your stock gets pummeled just like everybody else. The sad reality is that &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2013/01/pack-averse-having-some-say-in-your-share-price/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Career maker—or career breaker?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/career-maker%e2%80%94or-career-breaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go for the high-impact takeover deal or play the slower, safer growth percentages? It’s a question chief executives wrestle with constantly. And, as we’ve seen elsewhere in this issue, a lot of them ultimately decide to take the M&#38;A plunge. “CEOs &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/career-maker%e2%80%94or-career-breaker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy advisers face restraints</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/proxy-advisers-face-restraints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been six months since the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) put out consultation paper 25-401 Potential Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms, which aims to address concerns about the services provided by proxy advisory firms (PAs) and their potential impact on &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/proxy-advisers-face-restraints/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for proxy season</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/preparing-for-proxy-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proxy season used to be a straightforward, no-drama exercise for Canadian issuers. True, it’s been a while since information and opinions traveled a one-way street from company to shareholder, when issues and director slates were put up for vote and &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/preparing-for-proxy-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Venture issuers await the simple life</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/venture-issuers-await-the-simple-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any company with a “V” appended to its stock symbol knows that the cost of compliance, not to mention the time it requires, can be a burden. True, ensuring transparency, providing access to timely information and financial records for the &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/venture-issuers-await-the-simple-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jalynn Bennett: Master class</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/jalynn-bennett-master-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s deep, and then there’s Jalynn Bennett deep. A senior executive, director and chair multiple times over; a veteran of private boards, public boards, crowns, nonprofits, panels and committees; and a champion for women in business and boardroom diversity, Bennett &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/jalynn-bennett-master-class/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deal of the year: Europe bound</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/deal-of-the-year-europe-bound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it came time to select Listed magazine’s Deal of the Year, Quebec convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s $2.9-billion acquisition of Norwegian gas bar operator Statoil Fuel and Retail ASA was a relatively easy choice. Sure, there’s been a &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/deal-of-the-year-europe-bound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Know your limits?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/know-your-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk-taking is central to any business. In fact, leveraging reward with risk is fundamental to creating long-term shareholder value. In the past, while risk-related parameters underpinned virtually every material transaction, they often remained unarticulated at the board of director level. &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/know-your-limits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>’Tis the season to be ready</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, compensation committees have had to contend with and adapt to an ever-expanding shareholder agenda. While the coming year is unlikely to bring major directional change with respect to this agenda, it will bring continued evolution. In addition to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/%e2%80%99tis-the-season-to-be-ready/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New rules of engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most dominant corporate governance trends to grab the headlines in 2012 was the rise in engagement between boards and shareholders. It was an active proxy season, with boards across the public company landscape challenged by investors. The &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/new-rules-of-engagement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Financial governance update welcome</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/financial-governance-update-welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) released its proposed corporate governance guidelines in August. Since then, there’s been a lot of discussion, and also some criticism of them for blurring the line between the board and management &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/financial-governance-update-welcome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rescue funds within reach</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/rescue-funds-within-reach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advances in medicine have continually extended the average life expectancy of the population. Advances in lending, similarly, are providing new lifelines to companies that are distressed and struggling to survive. These lifelines are emerging even as current global market volatility &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/rescue-funds-within-reach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A 2012: Nexen&#8217;s the one</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 mergers and acquisitions market is one that many in the listed community won’t soon forget. For much of the year, the markets have been on a roller-coaster, undulating between a fickle European debt crisis and concerns over slowing &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/nexens-the-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Corruption fighter</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/12/corruption-fighter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insider Huguette Labelle Who Chair, Transparency International Involvement While she lives in Ottawa, and spent 19 years as a deputy minister, Huguette Labelle, chair of the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI), now does most of her higher-profile work outside &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/12/corruption-fighter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ultimate impasse</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/the-ultimate-impasse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conflict happens. It is a natural outcome of putting a group of people together in a room and asking them to make oftentimes-difficult decisions. That dynamic is magnified when corporate directors and officers with varied backgrounds, skills, life lessons and &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/the-ultimate-impasse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Risk becomes us</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/risk-becomes-us-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insider Paul Cantor Who Chair of the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services Involvement In a post-Great Recession, post-liquidity crisis, LIBOR-tainted economic environment, risk management is top of mind for many institutions. It is within that context that the Global &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/risk-becomes-us-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Technical analysis: how insiders can use it to advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a general rule, investors respond well to share purchases by a company or its insiders. However, the magnitude of their enthusiasm will be a function of several factors. In the case of insiders, it’s the size of the purchase: &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/technical-analysis-how-insiders-can-use-it-to-their-advantage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pay pressure expected to increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 5, readers of the Financial Times were treated to an unusual column. Written by Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of advertising powerhouse WPP plc, a few days before the company’s annual meeting, it amounted to an angry defence of &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/pay-pressure-expected-to-increase/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going to extremes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday, financial crisis. Five years ago, in August 2007, BNP Paribas announced that because of losses related to U.S. housing loans, it was freezing three investment funds that at their peak had been worth more than $2 billion. So, &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/going-to-extremes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone into the pool</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/everyone-into-the-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Schmeichel shouldn’t have been restless, but he was. Though only in his 20s, and busy with the demands of law school at the University of Western Ontario, Schmeichel was already pondering ways of involving himself in Canada’s public markets. When &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/everyone-into-the-pool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vertically challenged</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/vertically-challenged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luc Bertrand, the leading voice in Maple Group Acquisition Corp.’s $3.8-billion takeover bid for the TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X), is finally getting his wish to pursue a “bold vision” and “build a new type of exchange for Canada.” That vision &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/vertically-challenged/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The changing face of risk management</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/the-changing-face-of-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk management, once the redheaded stepchild of corporate governance, is coming in from the cold—and coming with it is a newly empowered executive class of chief risk officers (CROs), vice-presidents of risk and other assorted risk-related personnel. Who better to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/the-changing-face-of-risk-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Dey: Let directors direct</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/peter-dey-let-directors-direct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No single Canadian can take more credit for being a catalyst of improved corporate governance and board reform than Peter Dey. Today, Dey is chair of Toronto-based investment dealer Paradigm Capital and an active adviser on governance to global bodies &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/peter-dey-let-directors-direct/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing with dynamite</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/fishing-with-dynamite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Deepwater Horizon was an oil drilling rig, a massive floating structure that cost more than a third of a billion dollars to build and measured the length of a football field from bottom to top. On the night of &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/fishing-with-dynamite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Investments with benefits</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/investments-with-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the hype in the media and political circles regarding foreign, and particularly, Chinese investment into Canada, it is important to examine the implications for domestic CEOs and CFOs seeking to sell their companies or raise equity capital. Are Canadian companies &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/investments-with-benefits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Putting strategy to the test</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/putting-strategy-to-the-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board oversight of strategy and correlated strategic risk typically occupies the top of board agendas—and rightfully so. While management is responsible for enterprise risk management, when it comes to assessing strategic risk, boards should have heightened engagement because the effectiveness &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/putting-strategy-to-the-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Director removal: a five-point plan</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/director-removal-a-five-point-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t let the sensational headlines fool you. If it takes an activist hedge fund’s power to oust a few directors from a listed company board, then it isn’t happening all that often. Even when you include directors dropped by fellow &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/director-removal-a-five-point-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stock options under scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/stock-options-under-scrutiny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more enduring debates in executive compensation is whether stock options are an appropriate form of compensation for executives. Despite their widespread use, some members of the shareholder and academic communities criticize the practice of granting options to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/stock-options-under-scrutiny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our clean energy present</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/09/our-clean-energy-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a myth being propagated by well-meaning environmentalists that Canada is a laggard in clean energy, and that we lead the world in “dirty” energy from fossil fuels. In the past year, this has prompted a number of studies, &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/our-clean-energy-present/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability reporting grows up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When PotashCorp (TSX:POT) first began publishing sustainability reports a decade ago, the agriculture company was among the first in this country to embrace the voluntary disclosure. Each year, it produced colourful and graphic standalone reports about its environmental and social &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/09/sustainability-reporting-grows-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More ways to the market</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/06/more-ways-to-the-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning next year, when the so-called U.S. JOBS Act is implemented, American start-ups are going to find it a lot easier to launch initial public offerings and raise money through private placements. But will Canadian companies get in on the &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/more-ways-to-the-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hire your elders</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/06/hire-your-elders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Tom Coughlin coached the New York Giants to a victory in the Super Bowl this past February, he also scored a victory for a much bigger team: the greying army of North American baby boomers that have hit or &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/hire-your-elders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme communicating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not what happens that’s important, it’s how you handle it. This old adage certainly rings true for issuer communications and investor relations in urgent and unexpected situations. Take U.S. electronics mega retailer Best Buy. Failure to address a festering &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/extreme-communicating/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is this thing called liquidity?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/06/what-is-this-thing-called-liquidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love might make the world go ’round, if you happen to be a songwriter or a poet. But when it comes to the market, it&#8217;s all about liquidity. Just ask Max Lof, chief financial officer of Surge Energy Inc., a &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/what-is-this-thing-called-liquidity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reimagining insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Connor leans forward in his chair at the boardroom table at Sun Life Financial Inc.’s downtown Toronto offices, and starts talking about history. Connor, who took on the role of Sun Life’s chief executive in December, may only be starting &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/reimagining-insurance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drawn to short-term debt? Know these risks</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/06/drawn-to-short-term-debt-know-these-risks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing I’ve learned as an analyst, it’s that markets do not reward companies that take risks outside of their core business. Whether it’s an airline that has not hedged its cost of fuel or an insurance company &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/drawn-to-short-term-debt-know-these-risks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your next CFO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They might be the second-most important executives at many companies, but the role, demands and make-up of the chief financial officer vary immensely, as do the times—and the reasons—companies find themselves looking to hire a new one. For small- and &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/your-next-cfo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Annette Verschuren: The compleat director</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annette Verschuren is a highly regarded CEO, chair and director who served as president of Home Depot Canada and Asia for 15 years through 2011. Her primary role today is chair and CEO of NRStor Inc., an energy storage company. &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/annette-verschuren-the-compleat-director/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Through a glass, murkily</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insider Subrata Bhattacharjee Who Partner, co-chair, national trade and competition group, Heenan Blaikie Involvement Eighteen months after the Conservative government killed BHP Billiton’s attempted takeover of Saskatchewan Potash Corp., it’s just unveiled long- promised amendments to the Investment Canada Act to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/through-a-glass-murkily/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet money runs deep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private placements are a generic form of financing that is sometimes misunderstood. Part of the confusion arises from the fact that the term “private placement” can be used to describe several types of financing. For instance: cross-border high-yield financings typically &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/quiet-money-runs-deep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The buck stops at the board</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the CEO of SNC-Lavalin allegedly overrode his own CFO and breached the company’s code of ethics in authorizing $56 million of questionable payments to undisclosed agents that the federal Canadian police are now investigating, did the board of directors &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/the-buck-stops-at-the-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing hot spots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In most jurisdictions and industries, the combination of a continuing weak economy together with improvements to executive pay governance has lead to a gradual stabilization of executive compensation levels. Notwithstanding this broad trend, there are some markets where demand for &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/managing-hot-spots/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Risk starts at the top</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The risk factors section of Hewlett-Packard’s 2011 Annual Report runs 16 pages and describes 24 risks, yet the only tangential reference to leadership risk is this single sentence: “The failure to successfully hire executives and key employees or the loss &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/risk-starts-at-the-top/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Faster approvals no sure thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when environmentalists would be delighted to see the word “environment” mentioned even a few times in a federal budget. Well, they are a little less happy about seeing that word in this spring’s edition. Bill C-38, &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/faster-approvals-no-sure-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Putting investors on the couch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To many companies, commissioning an investor perception study can seem like a waste of money. Why pay a consultant to ask shareholders what we can ask them ourselves? After all, the reasoning may go, company management and investor relations teams &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/06/putting-investors-on-the-couch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Banking on better boards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insider Julie Dickson Who Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Involvement Three years ago, The New York Times said Julie Dickson had moved from bureaucratic obscurity to become a minor celebrity for her role in keeping Canada’s banking system &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/banking-on-better-boards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging market issuer survival guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT WASN&#8217;T EXACTLY a quiet winter for scandal-plagued Sino-Forest Corp. Yet spring promises to get noisier still. On tap: year-end results, updates on ongoing fraud-allegation investigations and class-action suits, and a potential lifting in April of the trading halt imposed &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/emerging-market-issuer-survival-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two steps forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CANADIAN BUSINESSES have been disappointed for so long in the U.S. economy that it’s only natural to look with a splenetic eye at the most recent data streaming over the border. Jobs growth has jumped beyond modest expectations, the stock market &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/two-steps-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Game, set&#8230;rematch?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUST WHEN you thought you might get a break from hearing about the federal government’s plans for a national securities regulator—it did just lose a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the issue in December, after all—the subject is still &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/game-set-rematch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT IS WELL KNOWN that corporate directors of publicly traded companies face sharper scrutiny and disclosure duties than ever before. Education is or should be a critical ingredient in the excellent performance that corporations, shareholders, the public and regulators expect. In &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/learning-is-the-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, E. Hunter Harrison’s reputation as a railway titan rested squarely on his tenure as CEO of Canadian National Railway Co. when, from 2003 to 2009, he built CN into a North American leader in efficiency and &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/change-time-is-anytime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dividends: Should you yield to yield investors?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WITH HISTORICALLY low interest rates, and an uncertain economic climate, high dividend stocks have been on a tear over the past two years. It seems every day another TV pundit preaches the mighty dividend, and corporations are increasingly moving to &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/dividends-should-you-yield-to-yield-investors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S A CRAZY LITTLE growth story that hasn’t entirely found the spotlight. But it has found its market. Twice a week, every week, for the past year and a half, another Canadian listed company has signed up trade its shares &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/%e2%80%9cpssst-u-s-liquidity-cheap%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Robert L. Crandall: The board as wingman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Crandall is best known globally for being the CEO and chair of AMR Corp. and American Airlines Inc. through much of the 1980s and ’90s. He played a central role in making American the leading innovator in the industry &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/robert-l-crandall-the-board-as-wingman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saying no to social media</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/saying-no-to-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the new orthodoxy: social media is an irresistible force and it’s increasingly being used to communicate with existing or prospective shareholders. If your company’s investor relations officer (IRO) isn’t on board, she or he is a technophobe who &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/saying-no-to-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Water: your next risk factor</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/water-your-next-risk-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, it’s seemed like the only environmental issue getting any attention from the business community is climate change. However, a newer environmental risk is emerging in business conversations and in business publications—water. Every product and almost every service &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/water-your-next-risk-factor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to see it coming</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/how-to-see-it-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While board members from time to time may lay awake thinking about a so-called “Black Swan” event that could cause catastrophic damage to the company for which they serve as directors, we would assert that far fewer directors share sleepless &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/how-to-see-it-coming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hired today, gone tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/hired-today-gone-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boards today spend a lot of time and energy on establishing appropriate compensation arrangements for the CEO—including base salary levels, incentive plan design, and performance measures and targets. Often though, not enough time is spent on provisions triggered on various &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/hired-today-gone-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lead from the front</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/lead-from-the-front/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governance of executive compensation by boards continues to be in the headlines. Regulation has emphasized the independence of compensation committees and consultants, similar to what Sarbanes-Oxley did for audit committees and auditors. However, given the occupy movements and wealth &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/lead-from-the-front/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cash out? Or double down?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/03/cash-out-or-double-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit is the lifeblood of commercial real estate. Real estate is a capital-intensive industry so debt, and lots of it, is typically required to support real estate transactions. Fortunately, the Canadian commercial real estate sector has benefited from a healthy &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/03/cash-out-or-double-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Report on M&amp;A: Welcome to Splitsville</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview by Paul Brent What do Tyco, McGraw-Hill, Hewlett-Packard, Abbott Laboratories, Kraft Foods, ConocoPhillips and Sara Lee all have in common? In 2011, all of those giant U.S. corporations discussed or executed company-rending spinoffs, splits or demergers. All the action &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/welcome-to-splitsville/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My portal or yours?</title>
		<link>http://listedmag.com/2012/01/my-portal-or-yours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STEVE JOBS&#8217; VISION and understanding of what people wanted—sometimes before they even knew it—runs the spectrum from everyday iPod user to the most senior directors at the boardroom table. Case in point: the iPad. The iPad is single-handedly changing the &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/my-portal-or-yours/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did someone say &#8216;perp walk?&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Safe Streets and Communities Act (Bill C-10), passed in the House of Commons in December, could have harsh implications for violators of The Competition Act. Richard Wagner, an Ottawa-based partner at Norton Rose, warns that Wall Street “perp walks” may be &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/did-someone-say-perp-walk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Follow these leaders: 2011 Corporate Reporting Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We gave a nod to Suncor Energy Inc. in the adjoining column as a leading example among Canadian issuers in sustainable development reporting. So it won’t be a total surprise to learn that Suncor has won the award of excellence &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/follow-these-leaders-2011-canadian-corporate-reporting-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The future is integrated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIXTY YEARS AGO, when the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants began its annual program honouring best practices in corporate reporting, public companies could be certain of at least one thing: the audience for their statements consisted almost exclusively of well-heeled &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/the-future-is-integrated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who owns the strategy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANY BOARDS consider the oversight of corporate strategy their most important governance responsibility. For the past two years, “strategic planning and oversight” has ranked first—by a wide margin—in national surveys of U.S. public company directors about their top priorities. Despite &#8230; <a href="http://listedmag.com/2012/01/who-owns-the-strategy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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