Unfazed by Wall Street
Toronto's exchange will not bow to Wall Street pressure
THE top brass at TSX Group, which owns the Toronto Stock Exchange, have spent the past few weeks trying to persuade North American investors to buy the TSX's own, soon-to-be-listed shares—a tough sell in today's equity markets. But Canada's biggest stock exchange has some special features it is not ashamed to boast about, including looser governance rules.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Unfazed by Wall Street”
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