The importance of secure internal financial control systems have long been realised by the business community. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002, named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley, has, however, shifted the responsibility for t...

The riskiest business line for custodians is corporate actions. The current approach inserts risk deep into the system at a sizeable cost to deal with risk consequences. This is driven by the need to multi-source, scrub, reconcile, and often manually re-e...

IGM Financial is one of Canada's premier financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products. It trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: IGM) and has a market capital...

Founded in 1925, Power Corporation initially had interests in hydroelectric services. As the industry was gradually nationalised in the decades after, Power Corporation used the resulting capital to invest in a range of companies. Meanwhile, Paul Desmarai...

Investor relations is a term that is used to encompass the organised efforts of a publicly traded business to keep investors informed of what is happening within the company and with their investments in that company. Many businesses create a structured i...

The concept of CSR is embraced by companies all over the world, with many choosing to comply with ISO 26000, a statement and guideline developed by the International Organisation for Standardisation in 2010. There are examples of exemplary implementation ...

In 2008, the responsible competitiveness initiatives of the King Khalid Foundation and SAGIA sought to catalyse awareness of sustainability issues. Three years on, I believe the time is now right for leading Saudi corporations to adopt sustainability repo...

Lonpac Insurance is in a league of its own as it listens, learns and acts. The company’s receptiveness to customer needs, and its solid financial performance year after year, have undeniably turned the insurer into one of the winners within the Mala...

An increasing number of investors are turning their hand to international markets to harvest cross-border opportunities. Now more than ever, it has become crucial for companies to use their investor relations to connect with oversees governments to help f...