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...
Apr 28, 2023 | FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Question: Can a “Term Sheet” be an Offering Memorandum? Answer: In some circumstances, yes. In Ontario, an offering memorandum (an OM) can be any document, or a collection of documents, that describes the “business and affairs” of an issuer that was prepared for the...
Jan 31, 2023 | COVID-19, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
On December 7, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published OSC Staff Notice 45-718 – Ontario’s Exempt Market, a report on capital raised through prospectus exemptions in the province between 2019 and 2021 (the Report). The scope of the Report is limited to...
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...
Nov 30, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On November 1, 2021, CFA Institute issued its Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Disclosure Standards for Investment Products (Standards). The Standards are the first voluntary global standards designed to report on how an investment product considers...
Jun 30, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
As the June 30th deadline for the “part one” of the Client Focused Reforms passes us in the rear-view window and we go and enjoy our long weekend, we wanted to highlight some high-level considerations for “part two”. This “part two” mainly deals with the KYC/KYP and...
Jun 30, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
A recent settlement between an Alberta-based registrant and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) presents a sharp reminder to all registrants about the importance of keeping their OBAs up to date. In a June 4, 2021 settlement with IIROC,...
Jun 30, 2021 | Investment Funds, News, Regulatory Compliance
On May 19, CFA Institute published its Exposure Draft of ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products (the Exposure Draft). The draft is the second proposed version of standards (the Standards) on principles, requirements and recommendations in connection with the...