Nov 29, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has released OSC Notice 11-799 – Statement of Priorities: Request for Comments Regarding Statement of Priorities for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The proposed Statement of Priorities is intended to reflect the OSC’s key priorities...
Aug 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On August 10, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that it will be reviewing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Canada, noting that ETFs make up almost 15% of the assets invested in publicly offered investment funds nationwide. The CSA will examine if...
Jun 30, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released a request for comment on June 9th relating to derivatives data reporting requirements in OSC Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Amendments to OSC Rule 91-507 Trade Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting (and...
Jan 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On January 20, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published CSA Notice and Third Request for Comments on Derivatives Business Conduct (the Notice), the CSA’s draft publication setting out rules intended to better protect OTC derivatives market...
May 31, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Certain of the securities regulatory authorities are proposing changes to Multilateral Instrument 25-102 Designated Benchmarks and Benchmark Administrators to provide for a securities regulatory regime for commodity benchmarks and administrators. MI 25-102, which was...
Jan 29, 2021 | Regulatory Compliance
On January 27, 2021, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report titled “Complaint Handling and Redress System for Retail Investors” that sets forth practices aimed at assisting its members in developing and...
Jun 30, 2020 | Regulatory Compliance
On May 28, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published for comment revised Principles on Outsourcing (Revised Principles). Previously, IOSCO had issued outsourcing principles for market intermediaries (2005) and markets (2009). The...
Jun 30, 2020 | Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Regulatory Compliance
On June 25, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a draft report and proposed guidance (Report) regarding asset managers and market intermediaries’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML). It’s a useful...
