North America: Finance and Banking

Infrastructure projects increasingly rely on collaborative delivery models that challenge traditional risk allocation frameworks. As capital markets evolve and financing sources diversify, the tension between collaborative approaches and conventional bankability requirements creates new structural challenges that demand innovative solutions from owners, contractors, lenders, and equity providers.

Agnico Eagle's listing of contingent value rights on the Toronto Stock Exchange marks a groundbreaking development in Canadian capital markets, establishing the first-ever CVR listing on a Canadian exchange. This precedent-setting transaction demonstrates how mining companies can bridge valuation gaps in M&A deals through innovative securities structures that provide both liquidity and tax efficiency for investors. The listing through the TSX Sandbox program offers a blueprint for future resource sector tra

A distinguished panel of banking, fintech, crypto, and consumer financial services experts examines the transformative trend of fintech companies, payments firms, lenders, and crypto-native businesses seeking their own banking charters instead of relying on traditional bank partnerships. The discussion reveals how this strategic shift is fundamentally reshaping the financial services industry and what it means for nonbank financial services companies navigating regulation, growth, and market access.