BAX Securities Law is one of the leading boutique law firms in Canada assisting clients with establishing, structuring, and maintaining MICs—companies that pool investor funds to lend as mortgages. BAX ensures compliance with securities and financial service regulations drafting documentation for incorporation, management agreements, offerings including offering memoranda and shareholder relations.
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has published a set of resources to support Canadian mortgage industry compliance under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Finance Act (PCMLTFA) and…
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has published new anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism requirements (the new requirements) for the mortgage industry in Canada as stated under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Finance Act (PCMLTFA) (the Act) and its…
An area of enforcement activity has been in the syndicated mortgage area, Syndicated mortgages continue to be a regulatory minefield for many issuers. A case in point is the story of Hi-Rise Capital, a Toronto-based provider of syndicated mortgages. In May 2023, the mortgage syndicator…
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has issued new Anti-Money Laundering Requirements (AML) for Mortgage Administrators, Brokers, and Lenders. The new AML requirements will become effective on October 11, 2024. As of October 11, 2024, the mortgage industry in Canada will become…
On February 25, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), referring to amendments to certain securities rules affecting the prospectus and registration exemptions for syndicated mortgages that were published on August 6, 2020 (Syndicated Mortgage Amendments), reported in a notice that the Syndicated Mortgage Amendments would…
On December 7, 2020 the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that they are making amendments to OSC Rule 45- 501 Ontario Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (OSC Rule 45-501) relating to syndicated mortgages (the Amendments). The Amendments were originally published for comment on March 15, 2019…