Jan 31, 2024 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have provided the following insights we thought might interest our readers: New trust reporting rules are now in effect Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation – 2023 Year in Review Is the printed prospectus dead? CSA to implement access model for...
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...
Apr 23, 2021 | Featured, Nutshell Series
Industry participants are re-thinking their business operations as a result of mortgage lenders no longer being able to operate outside of a securities law regime as of March 1, 2021. Many lenders that previously qualified investors on a deal by deal basis in order to...
Jan 29, 2021 | FAQs, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Answer: The FATCA and CRS provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “ITA”) and the guidance issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in connection with those provisions addresses the application of the FATCA and CRS due diligence and reporting requirements in...