- Canadian securities regulators propose changes to the offering memorandum prospectus exemption
- CSA update on annual report on women on boards and in executive officer positions
- OSC publishes Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers
- OSC Acting Chair Grant Vingoe speaks at C.D. Howe
- OSC Dialogue 2020: What comes next?
- Research Findings on the Impacts of CRM2 and POS on Investor Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour
- Registration needed for SMI registrable activity in Ontario - March 1, 2021
- OSC publishes local amendments for comment regarding syndicated mortgages
- OSC publishes 2020-2021 Statement of Priorities
- Client Focused Reforms Implementation Feedback
- Reducing Regulatory Burden Decisions and Recommendations – Status Update
- OSC Service Commitment: Service Standards and Timelines
- Frequently asked questions about proceedings
- Topical guide for registrants
- Director's decisions for registrants
What's New
- September 18, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Liquidity Risk Management Guidance for Investment Fund Managers
- September 17, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators propose changes to the offering memorandum prospectus exemption
- September 17, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators adopt ban on trailing commissions for order-execution-only dealers
- September 15, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators provide update on timing of annual report on women on boards and in executive officer positions
- September 14, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC publishes Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers
- September 3, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators seek new members for Mining Technical Advisory and Monitoring Committee
- August 27, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators publish research on investor knowledge, attitudes and behaviour
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- September 17, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: First Global Data Ltd. et al., File No. 2019-22
- September 17, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: VRK Forex & Investments Inc. and Radhakrishna Namburi, File No. 2019-40
- September 15, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: VRK Forex & Investments Inc. and Radhakrishna Namburi, File No. 2019-40
- September 14, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: ESW Capital, LLC and Optiva Inc., File No. 2020-26
- September 14, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Sean Daley and Kevin Wilkerson, File No. 2019-39
- September 14, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Sean Daley et al., File No. 2019-28
- September 14, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Canada Cannabis Corporation et al., File Nos. 2019-34 and 2020-13
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- September 25, 2020 9:00 AM - Epix Resource Finance Corporation Regarding Aberdeen International Inc.
- September 29, 2020 10:00 AM - Joseph Debus
- October 1, 2020 9:00 AM - Aurelio Marrone
- October 5, 2020 10:00 AM - Majd Kitmitto, Steven Vannatta, Christopher Candusso, Claudio Candusso, Donald Alexander (Sandy) Goss, John Fielding and Frank Fakhry
- October 5, 2020 10:00 AM - First Global Data Ltd., Global Bioenergy Resources Inc., Nayeem Alli, Maurice Aziz, Harish Bajaj, and Andre Itwaru
- December 3, 2020 10:00 AM - Jonathan Cartu, David Cartu, and Joshua Cartu
- December 16, 2020 9:00 AM - David Randall Miller
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- September 18, 2020 CSA Staff Notice 81-333 Guidance on Effective Liquidity Risk Management for Investment Funds
- September 17, 2020 CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 81-105 Mutual Fund Sales Practices and Related Consequential Amendments Prohibition of Mutual Fund Trailing Commissions Where No Suitability Determination Was Required
- September 14, 2020 2020 Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers
- September 10, 2020 Notice – Variation of Exchange Recognition Orders, ATS Protocol, and Revocation of OSC Staff Notice 21-706
- September 10, 2020 Companion Policy 21-101CP Marketplace Operation
- September 10, 2020 National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation
- September 10, 2020 Notice of Ministerial Approval of Amendments to National Instrument 21-101 – Marketplace Operation
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- Comments close: September 21, 2020 CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions and National Instrument 31- 103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations and Changes to Companion Policy 45-106CP Prospectus Exemptions and Companion Policy 31-103CP Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations relating to Syndicated Mortgages
- Comments close: September 30, 2020 CSA Staff Notice 31-358 Guidance on Registration Requirements for Chief Compliance Officers and Request for Comments
- Comments close: October 23, 2020 CSA Consultation Paper 25-402 – Consultation on the Self-Regulatory Organization Framework
- Comments close: November 4, 2020 Proposed Amendments to OSC Rule 48-501 Trading During Distributions, Formal Bids and Share Exchange Transactions and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 48-501CP
- Comments close: December 2, 2020 Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives
- Comments close: December 16, 2020 Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 45-106CP Prospectus Exemptions Relating to the Offering Memorandum Prospectus Exemption
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- September 8, 2020: Investor News: "Back to School" for Investors; Online Investor Education; Post-Secondary Student Money Tips; Budgeting; Education Costs; SEAC
- August 19, 2020: Investor News: New Research – Investor Experience & COVID-19; Meet Walied Soliman; Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce; Summer Financial Checkup
- August 5, 2020: Investor News: Our most notable and most popular articles, tools and calculators from the past year
- June 11, 2020: Investor News: QuadrigaCX Report; COVID-19 & DSCs; Financial Health for Seniors; Checking Registration; Personal Info Inventory; Qs & As; Stableview
- June 2, 2020: Investor News: Investor News: Seniors’ Month; Financial Support for Seniors; Retirement Money Tips; Financial Statement Basics; COVID-19 Response Update; Fraud Alert
- May 7, 2020: Investor News: Meet Grant Vingoe, Acting OSC Chair & CEO; COVID Scams; OSC Priorities; Dollar-Cost Averaging; Dividends; Wills; #COVIDFraudChat
- May 1 2020: Investor Warning: Pinnacle Capital
- April 16, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 News & Financial Supports; Elder Abuse Prevention; New Fraud Alerts; Telephone Townhall; CIPF; Retirement Cash Flow Calculator
- April 2, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 & Your Money; Circuit Breakers; Emergency Benefits; Coronavirus Fraud; Cash Flow; Important Financial Dates & more
- March 19, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 – Important Information and Response: OSC Operational Changes; Relief for Market Participants; Warning about Coronavirus-related Investment Scams; Changes to Tax Deadlines; Bear Markets; Historical Market Performance & more
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