Proposal aims to ease regulatory costs, encourage capital formation by mature issuers
Issuance weakest since 1995 as IPOs, structured products and preferred issues were all scarce
RBC led Canadian dealers on equity, debt league tables
Venture exchange plans series of initiatives to enhance appeal of public listing
No one-size-fits-all solution to protect investors from shell-company risks
Stronger trading results would help offset declines in new issue, M&A activity
The bank provided US$42 billion in fossil fuel funding last year
Equity issuance at lowest level since financial crisis; debt slumps too
RBC Capital Markets cracks top 10 in banker rankings
Goldman Sachs leads equity league tables, JP Morgan tops debt rankings