June 26, 2018
The KoreChain is the first blockchain on a serious industrial-strength infrastructure that is focused exclusively on the complex world of global financial securities. The KoreChain […]
June 4, 2018
For private issuers, raising capital is the next natural step once you have exhausted other traditional forms of financing. It becomes even more enticing when […]
May 15, 2018
While Investor Relations may seem like an all-encompassing term referring to the relationship between investors and the company that they invest in, in practice the […]
May 1, 2018
Late last year I had the opportunity to collaborate with Catherine Lovrics, B.A., LL.B at Bereskin & Parr LLP, on the inner workings of raising […]
April 22, 2018
The internet changed everything when it was first introduced but it has not been until now that Broker Dealers, Exempt Market Dealers (EMD) are playing […]
April 12, 2018
Anyone that invests in more than one company or investment asset has a portfolio of investments to manage. With global markets opening up and alternative […]
April 9, 2018
Hiring a new employee can be challenging in any environment, but it’s even harder in the securities industry. Employee not only have to be the […]
February 28, 2018
Securities legislation is quite clear on what courses and designations you need in order to register in the various categories, but what relevant experience is […]
February 6, 2018
The term ICO has been very confusing to the investing market, even those selling ICOs have no understanding of it — when you start asking […]
January 25, 2018
Dealing Representatives are only allowed to sell products that have been approved by the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) — and only after they’ve been trained […]
January 23, 2018
Those that can remember the wild wild west of crowdfunding back in 2010-2011 will have a feeling of dejavu seeing the 2017 ICO market take […]
January 5, 2018
I know what you are thinking, why on earth do a blog regarding a hashtag. Clearly everyone knows what Investor Relations (IR) is and how […]
January 2, 2018
Think of yourself standing in front of a room full of strangers, about to give a speech on particle physics. You don’t know if they […]
December 14, 2017
Compliance Review Compliance reviews by regulators follow a prescribed format depending on what has triggered the visit, whether a full compliance review, targeted review or […]
December 8, 2017
We are so excited to be celebrating the 2nd year anniversary of the KoreConX all-in-one business platform launch. It’s amazing how fast the past 2 years have gone by. We have made friends all over the world who have shared their stories of how they use KoreConX to manage their investments with our Portfolio Management tool and how managing their companies corporate information is so easy.
November 16, 2017
The All-in-ONE platform The promise land of technology since the early days (going back to the 80’s) was to have one platform to make us […]
November 9, 2017
Each interview I’ve had in the past two weeks has asked a question about how some companies or outsiders believe that having a large pool […]
November 5, 2017
Welcome to the KoreConX blog. You are probably wondering who we are and what we do? As our first blog, we wanted to start by […]
November 2, 2017
Are you spending too much time on compliance and getting frustrated with all the paperwork? Compliance Officers have to deal with compliance and regulatory issues on […]
September 12, 2017
Regulators are paying increasing attention to firms’ compliance structures to ensure there is a system of control and supervision in accordance with securities rules and […]