Canadian Corporate & Securities Lawyer
By Brian Koscak and Alixe Cormick The term “offering memorandum” has two meanings under securities laws in Canada. In Canadian jurisdictions other than Ontario, an offering memorandum is a document prepared in the prescribed form under National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106 OM) to enable an issuer to rely on the offering […]
The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) announced today its series of Registrant Outreach Programs for 2014. These Programs are a series of free educational seminars to registrants and other industry participants to help them understand their regulatory requirements. Participants can attend in person or access the programs via webinar. Below are the scheduled program topics […]
December has just arrived and the year is almost over. Many capital market participants are waiting for the Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) to publish a draft of the proposed prospectus exemptions it is considering as previously published on August 28, 2013 (See OSC Notice 45-712 Progress Report on Review of Prospectus Exemptions to Facilitate […]
Many people often ask how they can check whether an individual or firm is registered as a dealer and/or advisor in different jurisdictions in Canada. The simple answer is you can easily do this by checking the website of the Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) for Ontario registrants and the website of the Canadian Securities […]
A picture is worth a thousands words, however, a video is worth even more! So why write about certain ways to raise capital in Canada when Canadian securities regulators have prepared videos discussing certain prospectus exemptions that are publicly available. British Columbia In October 2013, the British Columbia Securities Commission released a new video called […]
