Jan 31, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Following a similar process as in Ontario and Saskatchewan (which you can read about here), earlier this month the New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission (Commission) proposed two rules under the Financial Advisors and Financial Planners Title...
Jul 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Manitoba government has joined Québec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick in considering or implementing legislation respecting the use of the titles “financial planner” and “financial advisor”. Title protection legislation in the province would prohibit the...
Mar 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
As summarized way back in our August, 2021 bulletin, the Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick (FCNB) has previously consulted on a framework for the protection of titles used by financial professionals in that province. That consultation ended...
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...
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
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...
Mar 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
As reported in a number of previous AUM Law bulletins, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) had released Rule 2020-001 Financial Professionals Title Protection under the Financial Professionals Title Protection Act, 2019, the purposes of which...
Nov 30, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has released additional proposed changes to its draft Financial Professionals Title Protection (FPTP) Application Guidance, which describes its approach to the administration of applications for...
Aug 31, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) released draft regulations under The Financial Planners and Financial Advisors Act relating to title protection. The legislation and proposed regulations are based primarily on Ontario’s framework of...
May 31, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
On May 11, 2021, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (“FSRA”) proposed for a second time Rule 2020-001 Financial Professionals Title Protection under the Financial Professionals Title Protection Act, 2019. As a reminder, FSRA’s title protection...
Aug 31, 2020 | Regulatory Compliance
On August 13, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) published for comment Proposed Rule [2020-001] Financial Professional Title Protection (Rule), which will require individuals who use either the financial advisor (FA) or financial planner...
