by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 10, 2023
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is providing further guidance to crypto asset trading platforms based on its interim approach to the trading of value-referenced crypto assets or VCRAs (commonly referred to as stablecoins) as laid out in in CSA Staff...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 10, 2023
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued an update on proposed amendments to modernize the continuous disclosure requirements for non-investment fund reporting issuers published for comment in May 2021 (The Proposed Amendments). The Proposed Amendments...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 10, 2023
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today the adoption of OSC Rule 52-503, Exemption from Disclosure of a Specified Financial Measure (The Rule). This action is intended to make permanent a temporary exemption issued on December 2, 2021, which expired...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 5, 2023
The Participating Jurisdictions of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories (the Participating...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 3, 2023
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is seeking public comment for a 90-day period ending December 20, 2023, on a proposed expedited shelf prospectus regime for well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs) in Canada (The Proposed Amendments). The Proposed Amendments...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Sep 7, 2023
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...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Sep 5, 2023
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...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 15, 2023
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 and Registrant Regulation...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 15, 2023
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 the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 21, 2023
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 be switched...
