Regulation

How Catfish Effects Drive Stock Market Reform
Competitive financial analysts from abroad force their domestic counterparts to up their game

Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
Explore the impact of non-competes on workers and businesses
Hedge Funds Find a Sweet Spot in Distressed Firms
By sitting on creditor committees of companies under bankruptcy protection, investors tap into valuable intel
What Economists Get Right
From finance to the environment to geopolitics, economic analysis has given us a way to better understand our world
Lessons From Quebec’s Cannabis Strategy
The province’s unique approach to selling cannabis offers some next steps for regulators across Canada
Why Canada Can’t Pass the Buck on Foreign Bribery
It’s time for the federal government to get serious about homegrown corruption
The Case for Free Markets
Policymakers focus too much on the perceived benefits of government intervention to notice costs that are difficult to undo
The Case for Market Regulation
Unshackled markets are no match for real-life messiness. Here are four ways they fall short
Should Non-Compete Agreements Be Non-Starters?
Provisions that limit worker mobility have at least one thing going for them: they encourage investment in training
A Corporate Watchdog Without Fangs
The Canadian Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise investigates firms for supply chain abuses. But its biggest impact may be felt elsewhere
Climate Impact Disclosure Gets Real
New regulations and accounting standards will give investors a truer picture of corporate sustainability
Dear Ottawa, Google is Not the Enemy
A proposed law to compel digital platforms like Google and Facebook to pay for content misses the mark