Canadian securities regulators provide guidance to issuers on reporting impact of COVID-19

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published its biennial report on its continuous disclosure review program. Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report also includes...

Canadian securities administrators provide update on syndicated mortgage regime

Toronto – In light of COVID-19, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is adjusting the timeline to implement changes that will harmonize the regulation of syndicated mortgages across Canada. In December...

Canadian Securities Regulators’ Review Finds Room for Improvement in Mining Issuers’ Investor Presentations

Toronto – Members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released CSA Staff Notice 43-309 Review of Website Investor Presentations by Mining Issuers, which summarizes the findings of staff of the...

Canadian Securities Regulators finalize significant changes to the rights offering regime

Vancouver – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced the final implementation of a streamlined prospectus exemption for rights offerings by reporting issuers. The amendments to the rights offering regime...

Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Comments on Enhancing Regulation and Transparency in the Fixed Income Market

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment CSA Staff Notice 21-315 Next Steps in Regulation and Transparency of the Fixed Income Market, which describes the CSA’s plan...

Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Harmonized Reporting for the Exempt Market

Toronto – Today, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions that would introduce a new harmonized report of exempt distribution. This single report...

Canadian securities regulators announce results of continuous disclosure reviews for fiscal 2015

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 51-344 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, which summarizes the results of the...

Canadian Securities Regulators propose using SEDAR for certain exempt market filings

Calgary – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), except Ontario and British Columbia, today published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and...

Canadian securities regulators streamline disclosure requirements for private foreign securities offerings to certain Canadian investors

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced the final implementation of amendments to National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105). Also published in final form today are related CSA...

Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Comments on a Summary Disclosure Document and Delivery Regime for Exchange-Traded Mutual Funds

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments that will require exchange-traded mutual funds (ETFs) to produce and file a summary disclosure document called “ETF Facts.”...