Tag: investment dealers
Aug 30, 2024 | Featured
In this bulletin: Sound Justice: OSC Proposal on Disgorgement Orders An Orchestrated Collection of Information – 2024 CSA Investor Index Next in the Festival Line Up: Understanding New Complaint Handling Regulations in Québec In Brief: Dancing to FINTRAC’s Beat:...
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...
Jul 31, 2024 | Featured
In this bulletin: OSC’s Annual Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers: A Layered Regulatory Sundae CSA’s Cool Recap of the Year in Review CIRO’s Serving up Proposals for Proficiency ASC’s 2024 Annual Report Scoop In Brief: The Assorted...
Jul 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Earlier this month, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) released for comment proposed amendments to its proficiency rules, which would apply to Approved Persons of investment dealers. CIRO’s proposed model would shift from a course centric model...
Jun 27, 2024 | Featured
In this bulletin: A Balancing Act: New Time-Limited Expansion of Permitted EMD Activities FSRA’s Gearing up for Change: Consultation on Total Cost Reporting for Segregated Funds In Brief: 2023 Annual Report of OSC’s Investor Advisory Panel: Staying Safe ▪ Watching...
Apr 24, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On April 18, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) published for comment Phase 3 of its Rule Consolidation Project proposals. The objective of Phase 3 is to adopt rules that are common to the IDPC and MFD Rules and have been assessed as not...
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...
Jan 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Introduction On January 25, 2024 the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) published its long-awaited Position Paper on the matter of the payment of commissions to a private corporation. Historically, mutual fund dealers have been permitted to pay...
Jan 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On January 11, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) published for comment Phase 2 of the Rule Consolidation Project (the Project). The aim of the Project is to consolidate the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules (IDPC Rules) and...
Jan 31, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On January 10, 2024, the Ontario Securities Commission, in partnership with Ipsos, released the results of a survey of Canadians 50 years and older that identified and addresses the needs of older investors. The survey detailed eight key findings from the survey,...
Dec 21, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Systemic Risk Committee of the Canadian Securities Administrators recently released results from its second annual systemic risk survey provided to market participants. This year, the survey was completed by 489 investment dealers and portfolio managers between...
Oct 31, 2023 | Anti-Money Laundering, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
As noted in our June, 2023 bulletin article, the Department of Finance Canada is considering sweeping amendments to Canada’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime (AML/ATF regime) primarily contained in the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and...
May 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On May 30, 2023, the Ontario Securities Commission’s Investor Advisory Panel (IAP) released its report with respect to its activities in 2022 (the IAP Report). The IAP’s mandate is to solicit and represent the views of investors on the OSC’s policy and rule-making...
Apr 28, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The New Self-Regulatory Organization of Canada (New SRO) has proposed amendments to the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR) and the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules (IDPC Rules) to help facilitate the move from a T+2 settlement cycle to a T+1...
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...
