by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 30, 2024
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has approved the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) as a credentialing body under Ontario’s Financial Professionals Title Protection Act, 2019 (FPTPA) The approval by FSRA means CIRO...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 23, 2024
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published for a 90-day comment period ending April 17, 2024, Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds Pertaining to Crypto and proposed changes to Companion Policy 81-102CP Investment Funds...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 22, 2024
Much media attention has been paid to the recent approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow the trading and listing of certain of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). The SEC’s hand was forced by the decision of the U.S....
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 22, 2024
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published final amendments and changes to several national instruments and companion policies, implementing an access model for prospectuses of non-investment fund reporting issuers (the Access Model). The goal of the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 22, 2024
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has published for a 90-day comment period, ending March 8, 2024, its proposed approach to strengthen the protection of vulnerable consumers in its regulated sectors (the Proposed Approach). The Proposed...
