by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 13, 2019
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published Staff Notice 33-750 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (the Staff Notice or Summary Report), which reviews information impacting registration, information from compliance reviews, and...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 6, 2019
With the publication of CSA Staff Notice 51-358, Reporting of Climate Change-Related Risks (the Staff Notice), the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) continue to set forth their expectations regarding the disclosure by issuers of material risks posed by climate...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 29, 2019
An Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) panel has approved a settlement with CoinLaunch Corp. (CoinLaunch) which had formerly operated in the crypto-asset space, penalizing it for engaging in the business of trading in securities without a registration. CoinLaunch,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 22, 2019
Ontario’s newest financial services regulatory body, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), has announced its priorities for the sectors it watches over, intending to provide sector-specific burden reductions while maintaining regulatory...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 15, 2019
Effective June 1, 2020, Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges and foreign cryptocurrency exchanges serving Canadians will be required by Canada’s Finance Department to register as Money Service Bureaus (MSBs) with FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis...
