The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have adopted a ban on deferred sales charges (the DSC Option) on mutual funds. Specifically, the ban will prohibit the payment by fund organizations of upfront sales commissions to dealers, which will result in the discontinuation of all forms of…
In its recent MFDA Special Report on Securities Industry Self-Regulation (the Report), The Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA) has proposed the creation of a new securities regulator that if adopted, would replace MFDA. The Report, which explores the self-regulatory organization (SRO) environment in Canada, proposes…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published CSA Staff Notice 23-326, Order Protection Rule: Market Share Threshold for the period April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (the Staff Notice and Proposed Rule), for a second notice and comment period ending May 13, 2020. The…
Two recent announcements, one in the United States, and the other in the European Union, provide further evidence that securities regulators are paying closer to attention to climate change disclosure by market participants. A recent address by Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange…
The securities regulators of Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan (the participating jurisdictions) have jointly published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-311 Report on Fifth Staff Review of Disclosure regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions (The Staff Notice). This…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Notice 23-325, Update on Trading Fee Rebate Pilot Study (the Update) on its plans to proceed with the Trading Fee Rebate Pilot Study (the Pilot Study), which would analyze the effects of the prohibition of marketplace trading…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 21-327 Guidance on the Application of Securities Legislation to Entities Facilitating the Trading of Crypto Assets (the Staff Notice) on January 18, 2020. The objective of the Staff Notice is to clarify where securities legislation may…
With recent news breaking that Barron’s fourth-annual ranking of big-cap equity funds receiving a “high” or “above average” sustainability rating from Morningstar substantially outperforming those with lower sustainability ratings, you might be forgiven to think sustainable investing has finally hit its stride. And it might…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Consultation Paper 51-405 Consideration of an Access Equals Delivery Model for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers (the Consultation Paper). The Consultation Paper seeks opinion from stakeholders regarding the appropriateness of introducing an “access equals delivery model” (the Proposed…
Mark Carney, OC, Governor of the Bank of England and former Governor of the Bank of Canada, has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to serve as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance. Carney’s appointment a UN Special Envoy will commence…