Aug 30, 2024 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In Québec, the Regulation respecting complaint processing and dispute resolution in the financial sector (the Regulation) comes into effect on July 1, 2025. This regulation follows the consultation that the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) conducted in November...
Jul 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) recently released a bulletin setting out its priority report, describing CIRO’s focus for the 2025 fiscal year (running from April 2024 – March 2025). For this fiscal year, CIRO is focused on three key areas:...
May 9, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Click the link to access a PDF of the article >> AUM Law | CIRO’s Proposed Integrated Fee Model | May 2024 On April 25, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) proposed a new integrated fee model for investment dealers and mutual fund...
Apr 24, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Introduction On April 11, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) released its three-year Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan covers the period of April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2027. CIRO’s CEO Andrew Kriegler states, “The Strategic Plan acknowledges...
Oct 31, 2023 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the government of Quebéc announced the approval of delegation of powers to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO). As described in our May 2022 bulletin, it had already been contemplated that all mutual...
Sep 28, 2023 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
National Instrument 81-104 Alternative Mutual Funds (NI 81-104) has been repealed by all members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), except the Autorité des marchés financiers. Only Part 4 of NI 81-104 had been in force, and it dealt with proficiency...
Jul 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Manitoba government has joined Québec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick in considering or implementing legislation respecting the use of the titles “financial planner” and “financial advisor”. Title protection legislation in the province would prohibit the...
May 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In 2021, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) released its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, which declared the AMF’s four key guiding principles (called orientations in the plan) that will inform its decisions and actions for the four-year period. On April 27, 2023, the...
Mar 31, 2023 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have provided the following insights we thought might interest our readers: A New Year and a New SRO: Two months in Emphasizing risk culture in financial institutions: OSFI releases draft Culture and Behaviour Risk Guideline CSA publishes rules...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
IIROC released a consultation paper in December regarding its arbitration program, which was last reviewed in 2011. The program requires investment dealers to participate in binding arbitration to settle disputes upon the request of a client. The consultation is a...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) recently released a draft regulation that would prohibit the use of deferred sales charges when withdrawing or transferring funds from or changing purchase options in an individual variable insurance contract relating to a...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) released another draft regulation relating to complaint handling, which is being published for comment for the second time. The draft regulation respecting complaint processing and dispute resolution in the financial sector is...
