Jul 31, 2024 | Investment Funds, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
The Registration, Inspections and Examinations Division of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released its highly anticipated OSC Staff Notice 33-756: Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers. The report is always a must-read for...
Jun 27, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On June 20, 2024, Canadian securities regulators from Ontario, Québec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Nova Scotia announced an initiative to support capital-raising by early-stage businesses by allowing exempt market dealers (EMDs) to participate as...
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...
May 30, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
The type and use of promotions for securities has long been scrutinized and regulated. For example, in 2021, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) released for comment Proposed BCI 51-519 Promotional Activity Disclosure Requirements, which set out a...
Apr 24, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Back in November, 2022 we wrote about CSA Consultation Paper 21-403 Access to Real-Time Market Data, which dealt with concerns about the cost of accessing market data in Canada where there are multiple marketplaces competing for the same securities to trade. The...
Mar 28, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
In our February bulletin, we wrote about the importance of updating your SEDAR+ profile if the information contained in the profile is inaccurate. Generally, information must be updated no later than 10 days after the date on which the transmitter knew, or reasonably...
Feb 29, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
The System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR+), is the web-based system that is now used to file, disclose, and search for information regarding firms in Canada’s capital markets. SEDAR+ includes extended search capabilities, access to historical...
Feb 29, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
One way to spend your time during February’s extra day is considering whether your offering memoranda continue to comply with regulatory requirements. As noted in our bulletin entitled Don’t Stay Away too Long – Revised Guidance Published for Issuers...
Jan 31, 2024 | Regulatory Compliance
On January 11, 2024, the CSA published final rules to permit issuers (other than investment fund issuers, i.e. corporate finance issuers) to adopt an access equals delivery model for most prospectuses. The model does not apply to prospectuses for rights, medium-term...
Nov 30, 2023 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG LLP have written a number of thought-provoking articles our readers may be interested in, including the following: Understanding the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO): A quick primer OSC issues new summary report with guidance...
Oct 31, 2023 | Corporate Finance, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have indicated they are not immediately moving forward with proposed amendments to modernize the continuous disclosure requirements for non-investment fund reporting issuers. These proposed amendments, published for comment...
Jul 31, 2023 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Investment Funds, Mortgage and Real Estate Investment Vehicles, Regulatory Compliance
On July 27, 2023, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released its annual report outlining the work staff conducted in 2022/23 (to date). The report has four parts, outlining the OSC’s (i) education and outreach to registrants; (ii) regulatory oversight activities...
