On February 19, 2015 the Ontario Securities Commission announced the introduction of the family, friend and business associates exemption (“FFBA exemption”) effective May 5, 2015. The purpose of the new rules is to bring Ontario in line with the rest of the Canadian jurisdictions to…
Barbara is running for Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The Law Society of Upper Canada is mandated to govern the legal profession in the public interest. Benchers sit as embers of Convocation to fulfill that mandate. The Bencher election will be held…
Effective February 11, 2015, the Ontario Securities Commission amended OSC Rule 45-501 to introduce a new prospectus exemption that allows issuers listed on the TSX, the TSXV, the CSE or the Aequitas NEO Exchange to raise capital from existing shareholders. The introduction of the existing…
Barbara has been appointed as Vice Chair of the Responsible Investment Committee (“RIC”) of the University of Toronto. RIC was created to provide advice to the Governing Council of the University through the Financial Services Department, the Business Board to the Administration and the University…
The Ontario Securities Commission announced today that it has appointed Barbara to its Small and Medium Enterprises Committee (SMEC).The purpose of SMEC is to advise OSC staff on matters related to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including the challenges they face in operating their businesses…
University of Toronto – Arbor Award June 27th, 2014The University of Toronto has selected the Environmental Finance Advisory Committee of which Barbara Hendrickson is a long time member for the prestigious 2014 Arbor Award. The Arbor Awards were created in 1989 to recognize volunteers for…
By Barbara HendricksonOn March 20, 2014, the securities commissions of Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Nova Scotia (“participating jurisdictions”) published for comment:proposed Multilateral Instrument 45-108 and CP “Crowdfunding” (“crowdfunding exemption”); anda separate prospectus and registration exemption for “start-up companies” published under local blanket rulings…
By Barbara HendricksonThe current traditional partnership structures for law firms have been in place for hundreds of years and are enshrined in legislation. Currently the legal profession and our regulators are examining alternative business structures including ones where non-lawyers can be owners of law firms….
On March 20, 2014, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan, Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick, the Manitoba Securities Commission and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (“Participating Jurisdictions”) published for a 90-day comment period:the “integrated prospectus…
On February 27, 2014, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment proposed amendments relating to the accredited investor prospectus exemption and the minimum amount investment prospectus exemption in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.The proposed amendments include, among other things:Individual accredited investors unless they have…