by Barbara Hendrickson | May 29, 2018
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced this month it had participated with over 40 North American Securities regulators in Operation Cryptosweep, in a coordinated effort to take down fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. Since its launch at the beginning of...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 29, 2018
On May 10, 2018, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) issued Staff Notice 2018-003, Prospectus Offerings and Private Placements (the Staff Notice), which provides guidance regarding pricing a prospectus offering or private placement where there has been recent disclosure...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 17, 2018
Since their inception, cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technologies have been touted by their promoters as both secure and anonymous. Unfortunately, as a number of recent breaches by hackers into blockchain-based cryptocurrency exchanges have shown,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 15, 2018
The provinces and territory (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and Yukon – the Participating Jurisdictions) participating in the development of the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System (Cooperative System) have...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 26, 2018
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published for comment Proposed National Instrument 93-102 Derivatives: Registration and Proposed Companion Policy 93-102 Derivatives: Registration (Together, these are referred to as the Proposed Instrument.) The...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 19, 2018
Barbara Hendrickson will speak at the Canadian Bar Association Environmental, Energy & Resources Law Summit on May 31 – June 1, 2018 in Winnipeg Manitoba on “Environment and Financial Markets” Barbara will speak on a CBA panel which will review the roles of legal...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 15, 2018
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published for comment CSA Staff Notice 61-303 and Request for Comment Soliciting Dealer Arrangements (The Staff Notice). The Staff Notice outlines regulatory issues raised by soliciting dealer arrangements and seeks...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 11, 2018
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that its Mediation Program, which began as a pilot in 2015, will now continue on a permanent basis. The Mediation Program, the first and only of its kind in Canada offered by a securities regulator provides a...
by Janny Cho | Apr 7, 2018
*Article available in English and Chinese – Criminals often make the funds gained from their illegal activities appear legitimate by money laundering. In contrast, terrorist financing provides funds for terrorist activities, which may involve funds raised...
by Janny Cho | Apr 7, 2018
*Article available in English and Chinese – Companies can raise funds from investors by “going public. ̋ “Going public” means offering equity securities to the public. A distribution of securities must be qualified by a prospectus that is approved by the...
