Canadian Corporate & Securities Lawyer
“Well it’s about time!” That’s what Greg Pollock, the President and CEO of Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada, says about a proposed new bill to regulate financial advisors in Ontario. Bill 157 , proposed by Ontario Liberal MPP Rick Bartolucci, passed first reading on February 18, 2014. Bill 157 defines a “financial advisor” as […]
By: Brian Koscak, Jonathan Fleisher, Alison Manzer and Michael Brown The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have published for comment proposed amendments (the 2014 Proposals) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106). The 2014 Proposals seek to: amend the existing prospectus exemption relating to short-term debt securities by imposing different credit rating […]
By: Brian Koscak, Alison Manzer, Jonathan Fleisher and Michael Brown The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have published for comment proposed amendments (the 2014 Proposals) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions . The 2014 Proposals seek to amend the existing prospectus exemption for short-term debt securities by imposing different credit rating requirements and […]
On January 15, 2014, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto held a half day conference on Equity Crowdfunding in Canada. The conference was about the evolution of Equity Crowdfunding in the Canadian capital markets. Here is the link to the event calendar where you can access the webinar. It is under “2014” […]
The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have published proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions And Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) on December 5, 2013 (the Proposed NI 31-103 Amendments), which included, among other things, a new short-term debt registration exemption under s. 8.22.1 of NI 31-103 (the Proposed registration exemption). Currently, all CSA […]
