Jan 31, 2020 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Featured, Regulatory Compliance
In this bulletin: Client-Focused Reforms: A Closer Look at the Misleading Communications, RDI, Compliance Training and Record-Keeping Rules IIROC and FINRA Publish Their Compliance Priorities for 2020 Get Ready to RAQ and Roll IIROC Fines Registered Representative for...
Jan 31, 2020 | News, Regulatory Compliance
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) staff have begun notifying registrants that they will receive a risk assessment questionnaire (RAQ) on April 15. The OSC uses the information collected from these bi-annual questionnaires as part of its risk-based supervision...
Jan 31, 2020 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
As we reported in our October 2019 special bulletin, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have finalized their client-focused reforms (CFRs) to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) and...
Jan 31, 2020 | Regulatory Compliance
A recent settlement between the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and a registered representative (Representative) at Scotia Capital Inc. (Scotia) illustrates the importance for individual registrants of following through on their...
Jan 31, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Regulatory Compliance
On January 16, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) published Staff Notice 45-705 Compliance with Investment Limits under the Offering Memorandum Prospectus Exemption (the Notice). It outlines the results of staff’s recent review of over 80,000 (!) recent...
Jan 31, 2020 | FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Answer: The Investment Industry Regulator Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) have rules against such arrangements. Although these rules do not apply to non-member firms and their employees, they reflect a general...
Jan 31, 2020 | Regulatory Compliance
On December 20, 2019, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published its annual compliance report, which covers recent and current initiatives as well as 2020 priorities. And on January 9, 2020, the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory...
Jan 31, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Regulatory Compliance
On March 11, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published guidance to improve the quality of disclosure for crypto asset reporting issuers to help investors make informed investment decisions. We have previously reported on CSA guidance on the...
Jan 31, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Corporate Law
On January 9, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Consultation Paper 51-405 Consideration of an Access Equals Delivery Model for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers (CP 51-405). They noted that electronic access is a more cost-efficient, timely...
