Moose Pastures and Mergers : The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980 /

Long before the spectacular collapse of Bre-X in 1997, the Canadian capital markets had their share of swindlers and crooks. In the boom times after Second World War, hard-sell speculative mining ventures, pushing what often amounted to a few acres of moose pasture, riddled over-the-counter markets...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, Chris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Securities > Ontario > History.
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I
  • 1. The Canadian Problem
  • 2. Self-Regulation
  • 3. Moose Pastures
  • 4. Regulating the Stock Exchange
  • 5. Fighting Fraud
  • 6. Windfall
  • PART II
  • 7. Challenges
  • 8. Disclosure
  • 9. Decline of the Broker-Dealer
  • 10. Foreign Ownership
  • 11. Mergers
  • 12. Competition
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Indexes of Common Stock Prices, 1940-1977
  • Notes
  • Index

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