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 finalize significant changes to the rights offering regime

...The amendments create a prospectus exemption that is available only to reporting issuers, but not investment funds subject to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds. The exemption removes the current requirement...

Regulators Release Results of Compliance with New Disclosure Requirements on Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

...Staff’s review of disclosure of over 700 TSX-listed issuers with year-ends between December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 following the implementation of amendments to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of...

Regulators Finalize Offering Memorandum Exemption

Toronto –  The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (collectively, the participating jurisdictions) today published Multilateral CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 45-106...

Canadian Securities Regulators Publish New Requirements for Clearing Agencies

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published National Instrument 24-102 Clearing Agency Requirements (NI 24-102) and its Companion Policy, which adopt international standards for recognized clearing agencies that operate...

Canadian securities regulators propose pre-sale delivery of Fund Facts for mutual funds

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for a second comment period, proposed amendments to National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure (NI 81-101), which would require a...

Canadian securities regulators publish for comment guidance for proxy advisory firms

Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed National Policy 25-201 Guidance for Proxy Advisory Firms (Proposed Policy). “The CSA recognize that proxy advisory firms play...

CSA Publishes Proposed Amendments to Order Protection Rule for Comment

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 23-101 Trading Rules (NI 23-101). These proposals follow a review of the Order Protection...

Canadian securities regulators adopt amendments to modernize investment fund rules

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published final amendments to National Instrument 81-102 Mutual Funds (NI 81-102) and related consequential amendments, as part of the CSA’s Modernization of...

Canadian securities regulators streamline at-the-market distribution regime

...revised the proposals to reflect some of the comments received. The CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions and its related companion policy are available on participating jurisdictions’...