by Barbara Hendrickson | Feb 23, 2019
On February 15, 2019, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) published a variation order (the Variation Order) for BC Instrument 21-502, Exemption from Certain Filing Requirements for Out-of-Province Alternative Trading Systems (BCI 21-502), removing the...
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 | 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 1, 2018
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) reports that it has found an increased number of deficiencies in compliance among portfolio managers during 2018. The BCSC published these findings in its 2018 BCSC Annual Compliance Report Card (the Report Card). In...