Archive for November 23rd, 2007
Bay Street Buzz
23 November 2007This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad of Vlaad & Co.:
“Brian Prokop, Canaccord Adam’s salesperson focused on Energy and based in Calgary, has moved to National Bank Financial.
Bruce McDonald is the second in recent weeks to move from Research to Investment Banking at Canaccord Adams. McDonald, who is based in Calgary, was their Energy [...]
Where were the Boards on the CDN currency risks?
23 November 2007On this, “Black Friday”, why do Canadian consumers literally feel poorer as the Loonie peels off from US$1.10 to US$1.01? But we do.
The more important question is this: why did so many Boards appear to ignore currency hedging as part of their risk management / oversight role?
Think about all of the unique risks that [...]