Thanks again to all the great speakers, sponsors, partners and delegates who contributed to an amazing experience at the Women’s Leadership Forum in Toronto. Take click here to see what happened at the event on May 13-14, and be sure to block your calendar off for our Calgary forum taking place on November 4-5,…
Moving Past Gender Barriers to Negotiate a Raise Research on gender and negotiation has largely focused on requests for a raise, but the same strategies can — and probably should — be applied to a broad range of requests, including negotiating for a new position or job title. “How women negotiate their career paths is…
More work needed to achieve gender equality, says SCOC chief justice CALGARY — The head of the Supreme Court of Canada says progress is being made in attracting more women to the legal profession. But Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin told a legal conference in Calgary on Monday that more work is necessary before equality is…
U.S. probes Citi over compliance with money laundering laws (Reuters) – A federal grand jury is probing Citigroup Inc, including its Banamex USA affiliate, over compliance with the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and regulations on money laundering, the company said. In an annual filing on Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company…
Canada’s FINTRAC Imposes Fine on Questrade for Serious AML Breaches Canada’s financial watchdog that supervises money laundering and terrorist financing has issued details of violations committed by a Canadian regulated broker dealer. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), a government organization that reports to Canada’s ministry of finance, has found Questrade, a…
HSBC is paying $2 billion, or 5 weeks’ worth of its profit, to avoid criminal charges in drug cartel laundering case The Justice Department agreed to suspend criminal charges against the world’s largest bank and its US subsidiary for five years if the bank agreed to pay the penalty. US regulators continue to find weaknesses…
