by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 14, 2017
On December 7, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) (the regulators) jointly released CSA Staff Notice 31-351, IIROC Notice...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 24, 2017
In January 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 51-347: Disclosure of Cyber Security Risks and Incidents (the “Staff Notice”), the findings of a review of the disclosure provided by the constituents of the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 24, 2017
On October 5, 2017, the participating jurisdictions of the securities regulatory authorities of all provinces with the exceptions of British Columbia and PEI (the “Participating Jurisdictions”) published a review (the Staff Notice) of disclosure regarding women on...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 20, 2017
On November 17, 2017, the Ontario Government released its 2017 Ontario Economic and Fiscal Review (the Review). The Review contains advance notice of two important forthcoming changes for the securities industry in Ontario. First, it confirmed that the province is...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 20, 2017
Pressure is continuing to grow on Canadian companies to disclose the risks associated with climate change. In late October, 2017, thirty Canadian and international financial institutions and pension funds representing approximately CAD $1.2 trillion in assets under...
