Canadian securities regulators publish guidance on disclosure expectations for cannabis issuers

Toronto and Vancouver – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 51-357 Staff Review of Reporting Issuers in the Cannabis Industry, which summarizes CSA staff’s review of 70 reporting...

Canadian securities regulators publish amendments to finalize Alternative Mutual Funds Framework

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published amendments that establish a comprehensive framework for alternative mutual funds (currently called commodity pools) and streamline the regulation of non-redeemable investment...

Canadian securities regulators highlight cross-country activities for Investor Education Month and World Investor Week

MONTREAL – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) will mark Investor Education Month this October with a variety of activities designed to help investors achieve a greater understanding of how to...

Canadian securities regulators release fourth review regarding women on boards and executive officer positions

Toronto – Securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan (the participating jurisdictions) today published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-310 Report on Fourth Staff...

CSA appoints new Secretary General

Montreal - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced the appointment of Laura Belloni as Secretary General, effective September 17, 2018. Before taking on this role, Ms. Belloni served as Manager...

Canadian securities regulators announce agreement with Kx to deliver advanced post-trade analysis

Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced that it has selected Kx, a division of First Derivatives plc, to build and manage a next-generation market analytics platform designed...

Canadian securities regulators propose rules to prohibit certain embedded commissions

Proposed amendments would discontinue the deferred sales charge (DSC) option and trailing commissions to dealers who do not make a suitability determination Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today...

Canadian securities regulators propose rule regarding non-GAAP and other financial measures

Calgary and Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment Proposed National Instrument 52-112 Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure (the Proposed Instrument), which establishes disclosure requirements...

Canadian securities regulators issue guidance on bail-in debt regime

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published two notices outlining CSA staff’s views regarding the implementation of the bail-in debt regime for domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs), which include...

Canadian securities regulators provide update on trading fees and rebates pilot study

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has awarded a research contract to develop a pilot study that will examine the impacts of trading fees and rebates on order routing...