Jan 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On January 19, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) released Staff Notice 81-334 ESG-Related Investment Fund Disclosure, which provides guidance on the disclosure practices of investment funds as they relate to environmental, social and governance...
Jan 31, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
The CSA released Staff Notice and Request for Comment 11-343 Proposal to Establish a CSA Investor Advisory Panel, to obtain the views of retail investors more formally and methodically through a pan-Canadian panel. The panel is intended to include a diverse range of...
Nov 30, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Featured, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In this bulletin: Ontario’s New Draft Capital Markets Act – Topics of Interest to Registrants Déjà vu – Titles, Titles and More Titles – Proposed Amendments to Draft FSRA Guidance In Brief: FSRA Consults on Consumer Advisory Panel ▪ Independent Evaluation of OBSI ▪...
Nov 30, 2021 | Corporate Finance, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In the previous issue of our bulletin, we provided a high level report on the new draft Capital Markets Act (Act) released by the Ontario Ministry of Finance (Finance) on October 12, 2021. In this issue, we highlight some of the provisions of the Act, together with...
Nov 30, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Professor Poonam Puri has been appointed by the board of The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) to undertake an independent evaluation of OBSI’s operations. As the evaluation includes input from stakeholders, two requests for comment have been...
Nov 30, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
On November 4, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-313, its seventh annual review of disclosures relating to women in board and executive roles at reporting issuers (the Report). The Report reviewed the...
Nov 30, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On November 18, 2021 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a news release announcing progress on the creation of a new self-regulatory organization (SRO) for the investment industry and a new investor protection fund (IPF). The new SRO will consolidate...
Nov 30, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
On November 18, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published OSC Notice 11-794 Statement of Priorities seeking comment on its draft 2022-2023 Statement of Priorities (SoP) to inform its business planning for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2023. The OSC has...
Nov 30, 2021 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have written a number of articles we thought might interest our readers, including the following: Mandatory Climate Related Disclosure Heats up: The CSA Seeks Comments on National Instrument Dufault v Toronto Dominion Bank: First Decision to...
Oct 29, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
We wanted to note for those that follow changes to the derivatives reporting rules that the CSA (other than the OSC) has released a notice and request for comment related to proposed amendments to NI 94-102 Derivatives: Customer Clearing and Protection of Customer...
Oct 29, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The CSA released a consultation paper on October 18, proposing a new National Instrument NI 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (“NI 51-107”) and its companion policy, which would introduce new disclosure requirements for reporting issuers. NI 51-107 would...
Oct 29, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On October 7 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published amendments (the Amendments) to implement eight initiatives to reduce the regulatory burden for investment funds. Generally, the changes eliminate duplicative requirements, streamline regulatory...
Sep 30, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On September 2, 2021, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its 2021 Annual Report – Promoting Confidence, Fostering Innovation (Report), along with its financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2021 and the accompanying MD&A. The Report...
