/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Jack Mintz in Toronto to release new report on regulating the exempt market/
Nov 17, 2014, 09:00 ET
CALGARY, Nov. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - We all know about the stock market. Trillions of dollars in a highly regulated, transparent trading environment that helps fuel corporate growth. But there is another, larger source of corporate funding. The "exempt market". You may know it from the $10,000 you invested in your brother's new business, with only a small application form to fill out. You may not know that the exempt market is BIGGER than the traditional stock market. More money is being invested in the largely unregulated market, than in the traditional one.
Governments have noticed. And regulators are promising to crack down on this unregulated market with stricter controls, and smaller investing limits. With the amount of money at stake, investors are right to ask, "Do the regulators know what they are getting into?"
The School of Public Policy intends to answer that question.
Media are invited to join Prof. Jack Mintz as he releases a new report on the size and scope of the exempt market. Mintz will release his paper at a speech topping off a morning of discussion on the potential for regulation in the exempt market. Other discussants will include Dr. Vijay Jog, former Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission Ed Waitzer, veteran investment strategist Kerri Golden, along with the N. Murray Edwards Chair in Business Law, Bryce Tingle.
| What: |
Prof. Jack Mintz to release report on the potential to regulate the exempt market – lunch speech, then scrum and media availability. Advance, embargoed copies of the report available upon request. See contacts below. |
| When: |
Noon Eastern time |
| Where: |
The Omni King Edward Hotel |
SOURCE: The School of Public Policy - University of Calgary
Renseignements: or interview requests, please contact: Morten Paulsen, 403.399.3377, [email protected]
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