Québec Bourse hosted last September 25th, its annual September cocktail. Guy Bourassa, president and chief executive officer of Nemaska Lithium Inc., shared with us his career path as well as the company’s evolution. Resiliance, discipline and tenacity are amongst the factors which have enabled Nemaska to evolve from the micro capitalization stage to the company…
The path has been set. Major funds have started to add pressure on portfolio managers. Portfolio managers place an increased emphasis on climat change in their allocation of capital. Companies must then react and adopt processes to allow them to identify, assess and reduce their carbon footprint. Not acting on this front could be harmfull…
At its annuel meeting held on May 23th, 2018, Québec Bourse members have elected the Board of Directors for the current year. The list of Québec Bourse 2018 Board of Directors, in alphabatical order: Frédéric Beausoleil, Director, Investment Banking, Desjardins Securities Inc.; Jean-Daniel Bélanger, Vice-President Legals Affairs & Corporate Secretary, Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc.;…
Please find hreunder the translation of our March 28, 2018 press release: Montréal, March 28, 2018 – Québec Bourse inc. is disappointed with the budget. While it is pleased for all the businesses that will benefit from the measures and the significant amounts allocated to their financing, Québec Bourse deplores the fact that the current…
The Canadian Securities Adminsitrators (the “CSA”) held last summer a public consultation aiming at reducing the regulatory burden for reporting issuers. If you are wondering at what stage is the project, join us on February 8, 2018. Our speaker, Lucie Roy, Senior Director, Corporate Finance, at Autorité des marchés financiers will report on the status…
Thank you to all who attended last Monday September 25th reception. During our panel, Mchel Champagne and Réjean Nguyen provided insights on their respective institution’s approach towards the review of the governance of companies in their portfolio. They shared their expectations and reaffirmed the importance of aiming for best practices (in terms of board composition,…
Québec Bourse has submitted its comments to the Canadian Securities Administrators public consultation aiming at reducing the regulatory burden for public companies. It is essential to have a close look at the current regulatory framework and the relevance and appropriateness of all the requirements. There is a significant imbalance between the regulatory burden, compliance costs…
It is in front of a full room that Claude Séguin and Louis Gendron, our two panelists, have delivered their testimonies on the importance of Québec based public companies on the province’s economy. The key elements brought up by our panelists included: Québec based public companies are significant agents of economic development; Shares of Québec…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published yesterday CSA Consultation Paper 51-404 Considerations for reducing regulatory burden for non-investment fund reporting issuers. Québec Bourse is pleased with the announcement. The CSA initiative falls directly within the mission and objectives of Québec Bourse. The results of a survey carried by CROP on our behalf during the fall…
Québec-based listed companies play a key role in the Province’s economy in terms of direct and indirect jobs (often high level jobs), social and caritative involment and the significant impact on professional service providers. However in recent years, few companies are accessing the public market while some listed companies are privatized or sold. What are…
