May 30, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
The type and use of promotions for securities has long been scrutinized and regulated. For example, in 2021, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) released for comment Proposed BCI 51-519 Promotional Activity Disclosure Requirements, which set out a...
Mar 28, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) released its compliance priorities for the year. There is much in the document for CIRO members to note. Dealers need to pay special attention to the emphasis on compliance with the Client...
Mar 28, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
Since the CFRs in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations came into effect the other year, firms have been making serious efforts to meet their enhanced conduct obligations. This includes taking reasonable...
Mar 31, 2023 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On March 20, 2023, the New Self-Regulatory Organization of Canada (New SRO) published its New SRO Compliance Priorities Report for 2022/2023: Helping Firms with Compliance. The report highlights what the New SRO believes are issues and challenges faced by the...
Oct 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Registrants should be mindful of an uptick in regulatory scrutiny relating to conflicts of interest, as we first noted in our June 2022 bulletin here. As a reminder, the Client Focused Reforms (CFRs) pursuant to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements,...
Oct 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On October 14, 2022, the Compliance and Registrant Regulation (CRR) Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its annual summary report in OSC Staff Notice 33-754 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (the Report). The...
Jun 30, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
Identifying OAs: Regulators have been busy with the implementation of the client focused reforms (CFRs) and the recent amendments to National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information (NI 33-109) and National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions...
May 31, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Since the enhancements introduced as part of the Client Focused Reforms (CFR) came into force in 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has been providing the industry with additional guidance by publishing an FAQ with a few updated responses to questions...
Apr 29, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
On April 21, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released another version of proposed amendments to its rules relating to the futures segregation and portability customer protection regime. As noted in our August 2021 bulletin, the...
Feb 28, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), FAQs
Answer: The regulatory guidance on this topic is similar to the answer above; registered firms can perform a suitability determination at a household level, but only if they also separately make an account-level suitability determination. In other words, the...
Sep 30, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), FAQs
Answer: While a firm is not required to approve securities that are held in an account as a result of a client-directed trade if they do not otherwise make those securities available to clients, the firm is required to: (a) inform the client of the basis for the...
