The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently released their 2022 Annual Activities Report (Report) summarizing their key oversight activities and assessments of self-regulatory organizations (SROs) and investor...more
On October 12, 2022, Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd. (CCML) was approved as a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Canadian SRO for investment dealers. This is the first...more
Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (« ACVM ») ont annoncé que les plateformes de négociation de cryptoactifs (les « PNC ») qui exercent des activités au Canada, mais qui ne sont pas encore inscrites auprès de...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) umbrella group has announced that crypto asset trading platforms (CTPs) that operate in Canada but are not yet registered to do so must sign a preregistration undertaking that...more
Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issue a request for comments on draft documents related to the proposed amalgamation of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have published guidance for crypto asset trading platforms (CTPs) with respect to advertising and marketing...more
Le 3 août 2021, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont annoncé leur intention de regrouper l’Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (l’« OCRCVM ») et l’Association...more
On August 3, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that it intends to consolidate the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada...more
Le 15 juillet 2021, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié les modifications définitives (les « modifications ») du Règlement 31-103 sur les obligations et dispenses d’inscription et les...more
On July 15, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published final amendments (Amendments) to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations and Companion...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently published guidance on how securities legislation applies to platforms that facilitate the trading of...more
Le Groupe de travail sur la modernisation relative aux marchés financiers de l’Ontario (le « groupe de travail ») a récemment soumis au ministre des Finances de l’Ontario son rapport final (le « rapport »), qui modifie et...more
The Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce (Taskforce) recently delivered its final report (Report), which updates and expands on the recommendations contained in its July 2020 initial consultation report (Initial...more
L’Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (l’« OCRCVM ») a récemment publié son rapport annuel 2019-2020 (le « rapport »), qui énonce les progrès accomplis par l’OCRCVM au cours de la dernière...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has released its Annual Report for 2019-2020 (Report). The Report outlines IIROC’s progress over the last year in increasing enforcement and collection...more
L’Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (l’« OCRCVM ») a confié à Deloitte le mandat d’évaluer les avantages et les coûts de son projet de fusion avec l’Association canadienne des fonds...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) engaged Deloitte to assess the benefits and costs of consolidating the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) and IIROC into a single regulatory...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has released its Reducing Regulatory Burden in Ontario’s Capital Markets report (Report), identifying 107 initiatives to address 34 underlying concerns identified in the 199 suggestions...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has amended its Dealer Member Rules to require mandatory reporting by dealer members (Dealers) in the event of a cybersecurity incident. The amendments are...more
Recently, the federal government published amendments to the regulations made under the United Nations Act (UN Act) and the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA), Canada’s key sanctions legislation. Among other changes, the...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently released its Annual Enforcement Report (Report), which highlights IIROC’s efforts to increase its rate of collection on monetary fines, including...more
As part of its 2018 budget (Budget), the Ontario government announced that it plans to propose new tools to enhance and expand the securities enforcement activities of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), including in...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is engaged in a three-year strategic plan to expand its portfolio of enforcement options. As part of this initiative, IIROC has proposed two potential new...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) have each released statements of priorities for 2018. Taken together, and in conjunction with...more