by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 24, 2019
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has published a new policy publication, BCN2019/01: Expiry of BC Instrument 32-517 Exemption from Dealer Registration Requirement for Trades in Securities of Mortgage Investment Entities and registration requirements...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 23, 2019
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), has published updated suspicious activity guidelines. FINTRAC is Canada’s financial intelligence unit and is tasked with the detection and prevention of money laundering and the financing of...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 14, 2019
The Ontario Government has published the results of Expressions of Lottery Interest for retail Cannabis stores (the Lottery) the under Ontario Regulation 468/18 (the Regulation) made under the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 (the License Act). According to the Alcohol and...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 27, 2018
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has published updates to National Instrument, N1 41-101, Prospectus Requirements (NI 41-101). These non-material amendments, which deal with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), became effective, December 10, 2018. The...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 10, 2018
In late November, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled registration charges with two issuers of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), CarrierEQ Inc. (Airfox) and Paragon Coin Inc. (Paragon). These were the SEC’s first cases imposing civil penalties...
