by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 3, 2015
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has published a notice to businesses which are seeking to enter the peer-to-peer lending space in Canada. According to the OSC, depending on the structure, underlying facts and circumstances, a loan arrangement entered into on...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 30, 2015
Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan) which will be in effect in Ontario on January 13,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 30, 2015
Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan), the “BC Model” (BC and Newfoundland) and the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 13, 2015
The securities commissions in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are amending National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) in respect of the offering memorandum exemption in section...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 13, 2015
The securities commissions in Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are publishing in final form Multilateral Instrument 45-108 Crowdfunding (“MI 45-108”), which includes a crowdfunding prospectus exemption and a...