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On December 5, 2013, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) proposed certain changes to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) and other rules, including a proposal to prohibit exempt market dealers (EMDs) from participating in prospectus offerings (the Proposed Amendments). I was privileged to Chair the Comment Committee […]
By Brian Koscak and Peter Dunne The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Obligations (NI 31-103) that seek, among other things, to clarify the use of the “trade through or to a registered dealer” exemption in section 8.5(a) of NI 31-103 (section 8.5(a)). The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Proposed Experience Requirement for Chief Compliance Officers of Exempt Market Dealers – PCMA Canada’s Comment Letter
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have proposed certain amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) and other rules (the Proposed Amendments) that includes, adding a new experience component to the proficiency requirement to be a chief compliance officer (CCO) of an exempt market dealer (EMD). Specifically, the […]
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