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...
Oct 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On October 17, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its 2021-2022 Annual Report – Responding to Change; Preparing for the Future (the Report), along with its financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2022, and the accompanying...
Apr 29, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
On April 7, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) proposed amendments to a number of national instruments to implement an access equals delivery model for most types of prospectuses, annual and interim financial statements and related annual and interim...
Oct 29, 2021 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The CSA released a consultation paper on October 18, proposing a new National Instrument NI 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (“NI 51-107”) and its companion policy, which would introduce new disclosure requirements for reporting issuers. NI 51-107 would...
Sep 30, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On September 2, 2021, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its 2021 Annual Report – Promoting Confidence, Fostering Innovation (Report), along with its financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2021 and the accompanying MD&A. The Report...
May 31, 2021 | Corporate Finance, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On May 20, the CSA proposed amendments to NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations in order to streamline and clarify continuous disclosure requirements for reporting issuers other than investment funds. The proposed amendments would include consolidating the...
Dec 11, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Corporate Law
On November 19, the Corporate Finance Branch (CFB) of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published Staff Notice 51-731 Corporate Finance Branch 2020 Annual Report (Report). The Report provides insight into how the CFB has undertaken its operations throughout...
Oct 30, 2020 | Corporate Finance, COVID-19
On October 29, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published their biennial report (Report) on staff reviews of reporting issuers’ continuous disclosure (CD). Although the Report focuses mainly on staff’s findings for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and...
