Sep 27, 2024 | FAQs, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On September 12, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) they have received about National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct (NI 93-101), in force on September 28, 2024. The CSA...
Aug 27, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On July 4, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) published for comment Rule Amendments which include significant changes to the proficiencies required for every registered position in an investment dealer. Fundamentally, the proposed changes...
Nov 30, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The CSA recently published notices that recognize the New Self-Regulatory Organization of Canada (New SRO) and approve the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF) both as of January 1, 2023. As set out in our May 2022 bulletin, the CSA released CSA Staff Notice and...
Feb 26, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
Richard Roskies, Senior Counsel at AUM Law, recently sat down with Parham Nasseri from InvestorCOM to discuss the Client Focused Reforms and practical approaches for investment dealers and advisors to meet their KYP obligations. Parham: What are your thoughts on how...
Dec 11, 2020 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), News, Regulatory Compliance
The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have both published a set of proposed changes to self-regulatory rules designed to conform to the provisions of the Canadian Securities...
Dec 11, 2020 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, COVID-19, Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, News, Regulatory Compliance
How do you summarize a year like no other in history? Well, the shift to a remote work environment didn’t do much to slow our regulators who, along with the Canadian asset management industry, rose to meet the multi-faceted challenges presented by the COVID-19...
Jul 31, 2020 | FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Item 14.1 of Form 33-109F4 Registration of Individuals and Review of Permitted Individuals (Form 33-109F4) requires individual applicants to indicate whether there are any outstanding or stayed charges against them alleging that a criminal offense was committed. Once...
Jul 31, 2020 | FAQs, News, Regulatory Compliance
As we mentioned in our May 2020 bulletin, Ontario-registered firms must submit online their 2020 Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ) responses and supplementary COVID-19 survey responses to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) by August 6. The OSC introduced...
May 29, 2020 | COVID-19, FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) prohibits an associate advising representative (AAR) from advising on securities unless that advice has been pre-approved by an advising representative (AR)...
Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
With so many registered firms operating remotely and avoiding in-person meetings with potential clients wherever possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, the question has arisen again whether electronic signatures (e-signatures) are acceptable for various agreements...
