Participating jurisdictions (except Ontario) of the Canadian Securities Administrators (the Participating Jurisdictions) are publishing Multilateral Staff Notice 45-309 (Revised) Guidance for Preparing and Filing an Offering Memorandum under National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (45-309, the…
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Canada’s national self-regulatory organization that oversees all investment dealers, mutual fund dealers and trading activity on Canada’s debt and equity marketplaces, is publishing for a comment (the Request for…
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published OSC Staff Notice 33-752 – Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (The Summary Report). The Summary Report describes the work conducted by the OSC’s Compliance…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is launching a review of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are an increasingly popular investment vehicle, offering exposure to a variety of underlying assets and investment strategies, with intraday liquidity on…
Participating members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) will be issuing exemptions from certain filing requirements (the blanket orders) to cover the brief period before the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) will…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the Staff Notice), which provides guidance to help fund managers understand and comply with…
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Technology has issued its report, Blockchain Technology: Cryptocurrencies and Beyond. The 62-page report examines the ways that blockchain technology is already changing the digital landscape and…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has welcomed two new developments in the field of Climate-Related Disclosure. The first, on June 26th, is the publication by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s first two sustainability disclosure…
BAX Securities Law is pleased to announce that Barbara Hendrickson has been appointed to a second two year term with the BCSC Fintech Advisory Forum. The Forum is made up of financial technology (fintech) industry…
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published a report aimed at guiding public accounting firms to develop and implement robust internal ethical policies and procedures (OSC Staff Notice 52-724, Considerations for Public Accounting Firms in…