Find a company's lurid details with sedar.com

So you want to be a corporate sleuth? If you’re aching to know compensation figures of the bosses of Canada’s biggest publicly traded companies, check out www.sedar.com/. All the Howe Street sharpies regularly visit this site, but it’s not as well known within the activist community. You can look up any company on a Canadian stock exchange and read documents filed with regulators. The proxy statement to shareholders and the management information circular usually list the top five salaries and the major institutional shareholders. The annual information form is packed with details about the company’s activities. In addition, there are lurid details on the retirement packages, golden parachutes, and benefits handed to the overpaid bosses of the corporate world.