by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 22, 2018
In the wake of the Coincheck breach earlier this year, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has been cracking down on that country’s cryptocurrency exchanges. Now a new wrinkle has emerged over concerns that the country’s licensed crypto exchanges do not have...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 22, 2018
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by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 22, 2018
According to a recent speech in San Francisco, earlier this month by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s William Hinman, Ether – the cryptocurrency behind the Ethereum network – should not be regulated in the same way as stocks and bonds. These comments, by...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 19, 2018
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a notice and second request for comment on Proposed National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct and Proposed Companion Policy 93-101 CP Derivatives: Business Conduct (the Proposed Instrument). The...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 18, 2018
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by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 11, 2018
On May 31, 2018, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), published an update, varying BC Instrument 94-501 – Exemption from the mandatory clearing requirements in National Instrument 94-101 – Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives for...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 11, 2018
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has warned Canadians to be careful when buying cryptocurrency assets through trading platforms. The CSA advises although a platform may call itself an “exchange,” that does not mean it is complying with...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 29, 2018
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) last Thursday published for comment CSA Staff Notice 21-323 Proposal for Mandatory Post-Trade Transparency of Trades in Government Debt Securities, Expanded Transparency of Trades in Corporate Debt Securities and Proposed...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 29, 2018
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced this month it had participated with over 40 North American Securities regulators in Operation Cryptosweep, in a coordinated effort to take down fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. Since its launch at the beginning of...
by Barbara Hendrickson | May 29, 2018
On May 10, 2018, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) issued Staff Notice 2018-003, Prospectus Offerings and Private Placements (the Staff Notice), which provides guidance regarding pricing a prospectus offering or private placement where there has been recent disclosure...
