Nov 30, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
A few impending filing deadlines that we thought would be helpful to note from past bulletins for your reference: December 1 (yes, December 1) is the deadline for registrants in Ontario and foreign firms that rely on certain exemptions from the registration...
Oct 31, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On October 14, 2022, the Compliance and Registrant Regulation (CRR) Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its annual summary report in OSC Staff Notice 33-754 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (the Report). The...
Oct 31, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
As we also described in our June bulletin, it is expected that it may take some firms a significant amount of time to amend an individual registrant’s Form 33-109F4 to update any “other activities” as required by amendments to National Instrument 33-109 Registration...
Jun 30, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
Identifying OAs: Regulators have been busy with the implementation of the client focused reforms (CFRs) and the recent amendments to National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information (NI 33-109) and National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions...
May 31, 2022 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Since the enhancements introduced as part of the Client Focused Reforms (CFR) came into force in 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has been providing the industry with additional guidance by publishing an FAQ with a few updated responses to questions...
Mar 31, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
Think way, way back to our January 2022 bulletin, where we wrote about the final changes to the Outside Business Activities (OBA) framework, effective as of June 6, 2022. Two months have just flown by, and so will the time between now and June. The amendments to...
Jan 31, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
On December 16, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) announced that amendments to legislation clarifying the “Outside Activity” (OA) reporting framework and modernizing registration information requirements (the Amendments), have been finalized and...
Aug 31, 2021 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On August 10, 2021, staff of the Compliance and Registrant Regulation (CRR) Branch at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published OSC Staff Notice 33-752 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (Report). The Report provides an overview...
Mar 31, 2021 | Featured, Nutshell Series
On February 4, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment Proposed Amendments to NI 33-109 and Related Instruments – Modernizing Registration Information Requirements, Clarifying Outside Activity Reporting & Updating Filing Deadlines...
Jul 31, 2020 | FAQs, Regulatory Compliance
Item 14.1 of Form 33-109F4 Registration of Individuals and Review of Permitted Individuals (Form 33-109F4) requires individual applicants to indicate whether there are any outstanding or stayed charges against them alleging that a criminal offense was committed. Once...
