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…

Press Release Toronto ON – January 1, 2020 – Barbara Hendrickson, Managing Partner and Founder of BAX Securities Law welcomed securities lawyer Neil Mangan to the company’s team of legal professionals. “We are proud to have Mr. Mangan practice in association with BAX Securities Law,”…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Staff Notice 81-332, Next Steps on Proposals to Prohibit Certain Investment Fund Embedded Commissions (the Staff Notice). The document details the regulator’s ongoing plan to prohibit certain classes of embedded…

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) have updated the timeline for the handover of responsibility of oversight of syndicated mortgage investments from FSRA to the OSC. The handover which was  to occur at the start of 2020…

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has provided an update for its intentions to provide burden reduction for syndicated mortgage investments. While earlier introducing a new supervisory approach to higher-risk syndicated mortgages marketed to retail investors, the regulator is now introducing amended disclosure…