by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 20, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice on March 19, 2020 warning investors about companies claiming to have products or services that will prevent, detect or cure coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. According to the notice fraudsters taking...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 19, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced on March 18, 2020 will provide temporary relief from some regulatory filings required to be made on or before June 1, 2020 in light of recent COVID-19 developments and their impact on market participants, The...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 19, 2020
On March 6, 2020 the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) published a press release reminding FSRA regulated entities about their business continuity plans in light of the COVID – 19 disruption. FSRA suggested that entities regulated by FSRA...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 19, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment on March 5, 2020 proposed amendments designed outline how registrants can address situations involving diminished mental capacity or the potential financial exploitation of vulnerable clients. Under...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 17, 2020
On March 16, 2020 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a press release which encourages reporting issuers to contact their principal regulator to discuss any potential effect of the current COVID-19 outbreak on their ability to comply with their...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 15, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have issued CSA Staff Notice 43-310 Confidential Pre-File Review of Prospectuses (for non-investment fund issuers) (the Staff Notice). The Staff Notice expands the availability of confidential pre-file reviews that some CSA...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 15, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published CSA Staff Notice 21-328 Regulatory Approach to Foreign Marketplaces Trading Fixed Income Securities(the Staff Notice). The Staff Notice discusses the framework developed by the CSA that will grant exemptions...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 13, 2020
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published for comment Proposed Ontario Securities Rule 81-502, Restrictions on the use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds (The Proposed Rule) restricting the use of deferred sales charges (the DSC Option)...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 13, 2020
As the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads across the globe, investor uncertainty over the economic impact of the coronavirus is increasingly reflected in the markets. Financial regulators have begun to take note and react. Early in March, in the United States, the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 2, 2020
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published Proposed National Instrument 45-110 Start-up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions (the Proposed National Instrument), for a 90-day comment period ending May 27, 2020. The Proposed National...
