On August 24, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 46-307 Cryptocurrency Offerings (“Notice”), to address the increasing number of cryptocurrency offerings, either through Initial Token Offerings (“ITOs”) or Initial Coin Offerings…
On July 14, 2017 the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) published its 278-page decision respecting Sino-Forest. The panel found that the respondents, former CEO Allan Chan and three other executives of Sino-Forest Corporation – Alfred Hung,…
On July 29, 2017, the securities regulatory authorities in Ontario, Québec, Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick (the participating jurisdictions) published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 61-302 Staff Review and Commentary on Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security…
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On July 13, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice CSA 33-320, The Requirement for True and Complete Applications for Registration to state its concern to stakeholders regarding what it calls the…
On June 15, 2017, the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) released OSC Staff Notice 45-715, 2017 Ontario Exempt Market Report (“Report”) which summarizes capital raising activity in 2015 and 2016 by corporate (non-investment fund) issuers in…
On May 18, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released CSA Staff Notice 31-350 Guidance on Small Firms Compliance and Regulatory Obligations (“Staff Notice”). The Staff Notice was the result of a two-year compliance review…
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On May 21, 2017 the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released CSA Staff Notice 33-319 Status Report on CSA Consultation Paper 33-404 Proposals to Enhance the Obligations of Advisers, Dealers, and Representatives Toward Their Clients (“Staff…
On April 6, 2017 the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released CSA Consultation Paper 51-404 Considerations for Reducing Regulatory Burden for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers. The goal of the paper is to identify and consider areas…