by Barbara Hendrickson | Sep 4, 2019
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and the Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) have agreed to pay the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) over CAD $24 million for their failure to properly supervise their respective Foreign Exchange (FX) traders who exchanged confidential client...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 27, 2019
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued Staff Notice 11-787 Improving Fee Disclosure Through Behavioural Insights (the Staff Notice), outlining the findings of a research report (the Report) aimed at improving the investor’s experience with correspondingly...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Aug 13, 2019
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published Staff Notice 33-750 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (the Staff Notice or Summary Report), which reviews information impacting registration, information from compliance reviews, and...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 29, 2019
An Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) panel has approved a settlement with CoinLaunch Corp. (CoinLaunch) which had formerly operated in the crypto-asset space, penalizing it for engaging in the business of trading in securities without a registration. CoinLaunch,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jul 15, 2019
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has lifted some of the regulatory burden for investment fund managers of pooled funds. Fund managers of pooled funds now no longer need to apply for approval to act as trustees. As registrants, the OSC deems that fund managers...
