Category: Regulatory Compliance
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) and the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO) are consulting on concerns they have regarding upfront commissions used in the sale of segregated funds and individual variable insurance contracts...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC’s) Investor Office leads the OSC’s efforts in investor engagement, education, outreach and research. The Investor Office launched a survey that ran between September 27 to October 4, 2021, to assess the financial literacy of...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSAs’) ongoing efforts to reduce regulatory burden and better provide for cost-effective capital raising mechanisms, the CSA has developed the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (Exemption), a prospectus exemption aimed at...
Sep 27, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
In August, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released proposed legislation (that was first introduced in 2018) that if enacted will expand annual trust reporting requirements beginning with the 2022 taxation year (for trusts that have a December 31 year end). Under the...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In early September, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) began reviewing the sales practices of certain mutual funds, namely those that have a relationship with a registrant to act as a principal distributor of those funds. According to National Instrument...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In late August, IIROC released the final phase of its multi-year consultation to set base line competency profiles for all of its registration categories. This third phase deals with Supervisors, Traders, Associate Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Managers and...
Aug 17, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On July 7, the Ontario Securities Commission’s independent Investor Advisory Panel (IAP) released its 2021 report outlining its activities for that calendar year. The IAP’s mission is to provide input to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) throughout its policy...
Aug 17, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
At the end of July, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) amended the self-certified investor prospectus exemption that is available in Alberta and Saskatchewan under ASC Blanket Order 45-538...
Aug 17, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released its annual Enforcement Report (Report) for the fiscal year 2022 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022). The report highlighted IIROC’s commitment to protect clients, namely senior and vulnerable...
Aug 17, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
On June 29, 2022 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued its fiscal year 2021-2022 Enforcement Report (Report), for the year ended March 31. The Report indicates an increased attention being applied by the Canadian securities regulators on the crypto-asset...
Aug 17, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
It’s been a year since we wrote about proposed draft regulations under Saskatchewan’s The Financial Planners and Financial Advisors Act. The title protection framework was initially based primarily on Ontario’s title protection framework, requiring approval for...
Aug 17, 2022 | Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Regulatory Compliance
The Department of Finance Canada is currently consulting on proposed changes to the governance framework for federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) to reflect changes that have been made to corporate legislation regarding diversity requirements, as well as...
Aug 17, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
In mid July, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that they have established its new, much anticipated Investor Advisory Panel (IAP) which was first publicized in 2021. The IAP is intended to provide awareness of the interests of retail investors’...
Aug 17, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
Faithful bulletin readers will recall our prior articles regarding the proposed derivatives business conduct rules, most recently released in January for the third round of comments in Proposed National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct and Proposed...
Aug 17, 2022 | Corporate Finance, Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Regulatory Compliance
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has released its final Guideline B-13 Technology and Cyber Risk Management, which sets out OSFI’s expectations for federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) with respect to how they should...
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