by Barbara Hendrickson | May 12, 2017
On April 6, 2017 the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released CSA Consultation Paper 51-404 Considerations for Reducing Regulatory Burden for Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers. The goal of the paper is to identify and consider areas of securities...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 12, 2017
On April 20, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 45-323 Update on Use of the Rights Offering Exemption in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions which reviewed the use of the revised right offering exemption which...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 12, 2017
On April 26, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) (other than the British Columbia Securities Commission) published for comments, proposed National Instrument 91-102 Prohibition of Binary Options and proposed Companion Policy 91-102 Prohibition of...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 3, 2017
Introduction Mortgage investment corporations (“MICs”) are created under section 130.1 of the Income Tax Act which sets out the rules that apply to mortgage investment corporations and their shareholders. MICs primarily invest in mortgages including...
