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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Companies can significantly enhance their stock market performance by adopting integrated reporting (IR) and combined assurance (CA) practices, according to new research from Murdoch University. The research underscores the importance of transparency and accuracy in financial reporting. Companies that use integrated reporting consider non-financial information such as human, governance, social and environmental inputs—not just the financial bottom line—to deliver a more complete picture of performance. Combined Assurance ensures companies consider all factors in assessing risk. Dr. Augustine Donkor from Murdoch Business School led the study and...

Open this photo in gallery:The 407 toll highwayFred Lum/The Globe and MailPublic Sector Pension Investment Board is making its largest-ever investment in Canada with a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire a piece of Ontario’s 407 ETR toll road.In a series of transactions announced Thursday morning, Montreal-based engineering giant AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. ATRL-T said it was divesting its 6.76-per-cent stake in the toll road for nearly $2.8-billion. Spanish construction giant Ferrovial will buy most of that stake – 5.06 per cent – for $2.1-billion and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will acquire...