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

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

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Armstrong, Chris,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2001
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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