by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 11, 2018
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that its Mediation Program, which began as a pilot in 2015, will now continue on a permanent basis. The Mediation Program, the first and only of its kind in Canada offered by a securities regulator provides a...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 6, 2018
On April 5, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 51-354 Report on Climate change-related Disclosure Project (The Staff Notice). The Staff Notice summarizes the results of the CSA’s review of the disclosure by reporting...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Apr 6, 2018
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today it is investigating several cryptocurrency platforms after receiving a number of complaints. The OSC said that the platforms and any businesses that allow cryptocurrencies that are securities as defined under CSA...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 28, 2018
On March 28 2018, in an effort to stop online fraud being carried out through its social networking service, Twitter began blocking all advertisements promoting Initial Token Offerings (ITOs). ITOs also referred to as an Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), are similar to...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 26, 2018
On March 20 2018, the Ontario Securities Commission published OSC Staff Notice 11-779 Seniors Strategy (the Staff Notice), which outlined new initiatives to respond to the needs of older investors and better equip registered firms and representatives to address issues...