Sep 27, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently released proposals to modernize the continuous disclosure regime for investment funds, which is intended to improve the quality of disclosure provided to investors as well as reduce unnecessary regulatory burden of...
Jun 27, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On May 27, 2024, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) launched a public consultation on its new proposed rules that will affect all insurers that offer customers individual variable insurance contracts (also known as individual segregated...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) recently released a draft regulation that would prohibit the use of deferred sales charges when withdrawing or transferring funds from or changing purchase options in an individual variable insurance contract relating to a...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) and the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO) are consulting on concerns they have regarding upfront commissions used in the sale of segregated funds and individual variable insurance contracts...
Feb 28, 2022 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have written the following articles we thought might interest our readers: Reduced Regulatory Burden For Investment Funds and Managers-Progress for 2022 Obligations of Financial Services Providers and Payment Services Providers Under the...