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Trust & Ethics

Let’s get ethical

Reflecting on a decade of the CFA Societies Canada Ethics Challenge

Many people within the investment community are familiar with CFA Institute’s mission to promote the highest standards in ethics, education, and professional excellence worldwide...

Charterholder Profile

The Higgins Family’s shared journey to CFA success

How family discussions inspired a shared pursuit of the CFA charter and thriving careers in finance

When people talk about family traits, they usually talk about dimples or hair colour. For the Higgins family, however, a defining familial trait...

Book Review

Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economics Table

by Carol Ann Hilton

Indigenomics by Carol Anne Hilton highlights Indigenous economic growth, challenges myths, promotes sustainability, and calls for Indigenous inclusion in economic policy and decision-making.

Investment Industry

An Initiative to Improve Corporate Disclosure

ISRRC aims to standardize Alternative Performance Measures (APMs) for better corporate disclosure, ensuring consistency, investor focus, and global relevance through industry-specific standards.

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Learning to lead

Lessons from the Annual Future Leadership Forum

The Annual Future Leaders Forum, hosted by CFA Society Toronto’s Professional Development Committee, is a popular event among professionals looking to develop their leadership skills.

Canadian Advocacy Council

Canadian Advocacy Council Quarterly Update

CAC advances investor protection, market integrity, and industry professionalism. Recent advocacy includes comments on OBSI loss calculations, CSA derivatives clearing, and CIRO fund distribution.

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Search funds & acquisition entrepreneurship

A unique path to entrepreneurship & business leadership

A typical path to the pinnacle of business is to climb the corporate ladder to an executive position or create a startup company...

Canadian Advocacy Council

Canadian Advocacy Council Quarterly Update

Advancing investor protection, industry professionalism, and market integrity across Canada, the CAC works to focus attention on pressing advocacy files dominating the

SOCIETY UPDATES

CFA Society Toronto is constantly engaged with the greater investment community and taking part in many activities to promote the long-term sustainable growth of our profession. Stay up-to-date and find out what we've been up to through our Society Updates. 

 

Transparency in Bank Capital: Making Capital Buffers More Usable

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Ten years after the global financial crisis, we can confidently say that when it comes to capital, banks are better prepared than ever to weather the next major stress event. But is having capital set aside enough, if banks don’t use it? Thinking about how to incent a bank to use its capital, particularly in a time of stress, is a challenge for regulators. In remarks prepared for CFA Society Toronto, OSFI Assistant Superintendent Carolyn Rogers speaks to the setting of capital requirements for Canada’s largest banks, the mechanics behind OSFI’s Domestic Stability Buffer, and how increased transparency can lead to appropriate market reactions when banks use their capital buffers as intended.   

“Capital buffers, and the Domestic Stability Buffer in particular, are one of the safeguards that have been put in place to help insulate the Canadian financial system from economic downturns or period of stress.  By making them more transparent and more widely understood by the markets, we expect that decisions to increase or decrease buffers, or decisions to draw on capital buffers will be seen as normal course, stabilizing actions, rather than market events.”

        -          Carolyn Rogers, Assistant Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Read the complete prepared remarks at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca

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MEDIA CONTACTS

The Media Contact Directory is a comprehensive guide of our members that gives you direct access to investment industry experts within the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.

The directory consists of members who have had their CFA charter for more than five years and have areas of expertise that they are willing to share by accepting phone calls or taking part in media interviews. We have also added a new section for members who have had their charters for three to five years. There are over 25 investment-related areas showcased in the directory.