Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
On December 8, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published amendments (the Amendments) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions relating to the offering memorandum (OM) prospectus exemption (the OM Exemption). The Amendments will impose...
Jan 31, 2023 | COVID-19, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
On December 7, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published OSC Staff Notice 45-718 – Ontario’s Exempt Market, a report on capital raised through prospectus exemptions in the province between 2019 and 2021 (the Report). The scope of the Report is limited to...
Jan 31, 2023 | Regulatory Compliance
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) published proposed guidance on IT risk management (the Guidance) for consultation. The Guidance is intended to help FSRA regulated sectors and individuals effectively manage a threat to their IT systems,...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement (NI 24-101). The proposed amendments would allow for the shortening of the standard settlement...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and IIROC (as it was then known) released Joint CSA and IIROC Staff Notice 23-329: Short Selling in Canada (Staff Notice).The Staff Notice states that the CSA and IIROC believe it is time to review the regulatory framework,...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
IIROC released a consultation paper in December regarding its arbitration program, which was last reviewed in 2011. The program requires investment dealers to participate in binding arbitration to settle disputes upon the request of a client. The consultation is a...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) announced in December that it was giving industry participants that use the title of “financial advisor” or “financial planner” more time to comply with its Financial Professionals Title Protection...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) recently released a draft regulation that would prohibit the use of deferred sales charges when withdrawing or transferring funds from or changing purchase options in an individual variable insurance contract relating to a...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) released another draft regulation relating to complaint handling, which is being published for comment for the second time. The draft regulation respecting complaint processing and dispute resolution in the financial sector is...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
By the time you are reading this reminder, investment fund managers registered in Ontario will have received the 2023 Investment Fund Survey from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). As stated by staff, access to the data requested will allow them to proactively...
Jan 31, 2023 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have provided the following insights we thought might interest our readers: CSA allows Fidelity Digital Asset Services to act as liquidity provider to Fidelity Clearing Canada Privacy, cybersecurity and M&A transactions – A cautionary tale...
Jan 31, 2023 | News, Regulatory Compliance
On December 16, 2022, the OSC announced the members of the Registrant Advisory Committee (RAC) for the 2023-2024 term. The RAC is composed of members representing the different registration categories and business models overseen by the OSC, including firms with...
