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...
Mar 28, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Cyber-security and Data Privacy, Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) released its compliance priorities for the year. There is much in the document for CIRO members to note. Dealers need to pay special attention to the emphasis on compliance with the Client...
Mar 28, 2024 | Client-Focused Reforms (CFRs), Regulatory Compliance
Registrants are reminded that your basement is not the only thing that may need some spring cleaning – it may be time to dust off the product shelf and review your Know-Your-Product (KYP) documentation to ensure it is up to date. With securities regulators likely...
Jan 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
On January 11, 2024, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) published for comment Phase 2 of the Rule Consolidation Project (the Project). The aim of the Project is to consolidate the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules (IDPC Rules) and...
Jan 31, 2024 | Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Earlier this month, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) released proposed amendments to the Universal Market Integrity Rules relating to the reasonable expectation to settle a short sale (Proposed Amendments). UMIR 3.3 would require a seller to have...
Oct 31, 2023 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have provided the following insights we thought might interest our readers: ETFs in the spotlight: The CSA review exchange-traded funds What does a managed service look like in the legal world? Gender diversity in the Canadian boardroom: Where...
Aug 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
Earlier this month, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released Staff Notice 24-319 that outlines their position and recommendations for the T+1 trade matching deadline to be included in National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement....
Jun 30, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
As we first described in our April 2020 bulletin, securities commissions across the country granted exemptions to certain requirements in National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement (NI 24-101) to provide for a three-year moratorium on the...
Jan 31, 2023 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement (NI 24-101). The proposed amendments would allow for the shortening of the standard settlement...
Sep 27, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
In late August, IIROC released the final phase of its multi-year consultation to set base line competency profiles for all of its registration categories. This third phase deals with Supervisors, Traders, Associate Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Managers and...
Sep 27, 2022 | BLG Resource Corner
Our colleagues at BLG have provided the following insights we thought might interest our readers: No prospectus, no problem: the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption allows for free trading securities without a prospectus Cyber liability insurance exclusions: Is this...
Aug 17, 2022 | Investment Funds, Regulatory Compliance
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released its annual Enforcement Report (Report) for the fiscal year 2022 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022). The report highlighted IIROC’s commitment to protect clients, namely senior and vulnerable...
Aug 17, 2022 | Regulatory Compliance
On June 29, 2022 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued its fiscal year 2021-2022 Enforcement Report (Report), for the year ended March 31. The Report indicates an increased attention being applied by the Canadian securities regulators on the crypto-asset...
