The Exchange Seminar Series
Insights for public companies
From practical discussions around financial reporting changes to detailed reviews of regulatory updates and their impacts, MNP’s Exchange Series is everything you need to stay ahead of the curve.
How to prepare your organization for Bill S-211
Bill S-211 took effect on January 1, 2024. This strict new law aims to eliminate human trafficking and forced labour from Canadian supply chains and comes with sizable requirements for many public companies. Discover how this legislation will protect vulnerable populations worldwide and impact Canadian businesses.
Staying ahead of regulatory changes around ESG
Conversations around environmental, social and governance (ESG) are quickly evolving at the regulatory level – and mandated reporting requirements are on the horizon. Preparing your organization for ESG reporting will be an imperative before regulators enforce reporting changes.
Digital Currencies – Accounting and Regulatory Update
Over the past few years, the digital assets ecosystem has quickly evolved and made its way to the mainstream of capital markets. As currencies continue to become more accessible to the general public, we want to keep you ahead of the curve with critical updates on the current state of digital assets.
Public Companies Reporting - Market insights for public companies
MNP held a virtual Annual Financial Reporting and Regulatory Update webinar on February 23, 2022, to showcase how key reporting updates for public companies could impact you.
ESG – A journey to strategic advantage
Our recent webinar details ESG fundamentals and sustainable strategies for your publicly traded company - including two breakout sessions for mining- and cannabis-specific topic disclosures.
2020 Public Companies Reporting - What's Changed and How
Our webinar details accounting considerations for acquisitions, lease concessions and how accounting around COVID-19 support programs could impact your business. Our thought leaders also delve into ESG in capital markets and how to build a sustainable path to growth.
Public Companies Reporting: Market insights for public companies
MNP held an Annual Financial Reporting and Regulatory Update in-person session on March 22, 2023, with guidance on the current economic conditions, the implications on publicly traded companies and financial statements, and updates to accounting standards.
Contact our Public Companies Team
Maruf Raza CPA, CA
Partner, Senior Vice President Assurance & National Leader Public Companies
Maruf is MNP’s Senior Vice President of Assurance and Accounting Services and the firm’s national Public Companies Leader. He is responsible for ensuring the firm meets clients’ assurance business needs, as well as complying with professional standards. Maruf is also in charge of innovation in MNP’s audit and assurance practice, ensuring a dynamic approach in a rapidly changing assurance environment.
A thought leader on International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS), Maruf has conducted technical research on IFRS and U.S. accounting standards, including being part of CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group and committees at the Ontario Securities Commission. He has worked in countries around the world and helps companies in Canada obtain financing through both public and private transactions. Maruf has extensive experience helping clients in the technology, mining, and gaming sectors. He also works with investment funds and Exempt Market Dealers.
As MNP’s Public Companies Leader, Maruf advises public companies and private companies planning to go public through direct initial public offerings or reverse mergers. He has served as a director and audit committee chair for multiple Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)-listed companies, and is a past board chair of a TSX-Venture listed company.
Maruf graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) in accounting and finance in 1999. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in 2001.
Maruf serves on the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)-CPA Canada Joint Mining Task Force.