Does Disclosure Work?

Does the disclosure received by retail investors help them to make optimal investment decisions?

 

Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Rotman School of Management

Desautel Hall, 2nd floor

105 St. George Street

Toronto, ON

 

The Capital Markets Institute and Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR Canada) are hosting a panel discussion on the effectiveness of disclosure. The discussion will draw expertise in securities regulation, securities law, behavioural economics and investor advocacy. Topics for discussion include -- Does the disclosure received by investors assist in making optimal choices?  If not, what are the barriers?  Do investors receive information that is helpful to their decisions?  Do investors pay attention to the disclosure they receive?  Do investors understand the disclosure they receive?  How do investors interpret the disclosure they receive?  Does the traditional disclosure model ensure adequate investor protection?   What behavioural effects impede or enhance investor decisions?  Academic research has identified some contradictory and unintended consequences of certain aspects of required disclosure such as conflict of interest disclosure.  What is the best way to correct these failures?  What regulatory (or other) response could address the issues raised?

Keynote Speaker:

Susan Wolburgh Jenah, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada 

 

Panelists:

Mary Condon, Ontario Securities Commission & Osgoode Hall Law School
Christopher Nicholls, Faculty of Law, Western University

Ian Russell, Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC)

Sunita Sah, Georgetown University, Research Fellow, Ethics Center of Harvard University 

Dilip Soman, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Ed Weinstein, Brondesbury Group

 

PRE-REGISTRATION is required to attend. 

Please sign up online by noon on October 27, 2014.

 

$39 plus HST per person

$29 plus HST for Rotman/U of T alumni

 

If you have any questions, please contact:

 

Jessica Chen 

Treasurer and Office Administrator

FAIR Canada

T: 416.214.3404 / E: [email protected]

 

or

 

Kathleen Coulson

Capital Markets Institute

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
T: 416.948.5654 / E: [email protected]
 
 

The Capital Markets Institute is sponsored by: