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...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 12, 2023
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published the results of its 2023 Systemic Risk Survey (the Survey). This annual Survey, first conducted in 2022, provides the CSA with important information on market participants’ concerns about the stability of the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 8, 2023
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) (the Proposed Amendments) as well as proposed changes to Companion Policy...
