FSRA names new CEO for troubled PACE
The Ontario regulator resumed oversight of the embattled credit union last month
- By: James Langton
- December 14, 2020 December 14, 2020
- 11:15
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U.K. courts grapple with Covid-19 insurance claims
FCA consults on guidance for insurers and clients, as the U.K. Supreme Court considers policy interpretations
- By: James Langton
- December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020
- 15:18
Court restores IIROC disciplinary decision
A New Brunswick court has overturned a tribunal's finding that an IIROC proceeding was unfair
- By: James Langton
- December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020
- 14:42
Madoff victims get more money back
Latest payout brings investor recovery from massive Ponzi scheme to over 80%
- By: James Langton
- December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020
- 14:40
Fraudsman fails to evade BCSC disgorgement order
Nevada Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling, allowing BCSC to enforce hearing panel decision
- By: James Langton
- December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020
- 11:28
Avoiding insider trading on auto-pilot
CSA issues guidance on the use of issuers' ASDPs
- By: James Langton
- December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020
- 18:40
IIROC calls for crypto experts
SRO seeks volunteers with crypto experience for working group
- By: James Langton
- December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020
- 17:06
Exempt market sees surge in individual investor activity: OSC
The volume and value of exempt financings was steady in 2019, while investor participation rose
- By: James Langton
- December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020
- 14:41
FCA bans risky retail investments, warns tech firms
The regulator has banned the marketing of speculative, illiquid securities to retail investors
- By: James Langton
- December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020
- 14:36
CFTC head, SEC enforcement chief to depart
Top U.S. regulators are leaving their agencies in months ahead
- By: James Langton
- December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020
- 14:29
SEC invites competition in market data
New rules will expand the content of market data, allowing for competing data consolidators
- By: James Langton
- December 9, 2020 December 9, 2020
- 12:57
E-signatures get boost from pandemic
MFDA to continue accepting documents from dealers in electronic format
- By: James Langton
- December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020
- 14:56
Hedge fund took the cream for itself, SEC finds
Firm to return US$170 million to investors in SEC settlement
- By: James Langton
- December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020
- 12:03
Big banks to hold capital buffers at 1.0%
OSFI maintains current capital cushions as risks remain elevated but stable
- By: James Langton
- December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020
- 10:50
After less than a quarter, the SEC is poised to set a whistleblower record
With almost US$170 million in awards so far, the regulator is nearing a new yearly high
- By: James Langton
- December 7, 2020 December 7, 2020
- 15:17
OSC’s oversight of syndicated mortgages delayed
Handover for mortgage investments from FSRA to OSC knocked to July
- By: James Langton
- December 7, 2020 December 7, 2020
- 14:42
SEC launches innovation office
The fintech unit has been given a higher profile as a standalone office reporting to directly to the SEC's chair
- By: James Langton
- December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020
- 12:51
OSC suspends exempt-market dealer
Working capital deficiency and other compliance issues led to suspension
- By: James Langton
- December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020
- 12:45
SEC charges Cheesecake Factory over Covid-19 disclosures
The firm was bleeding cash while publicly claiming operations were sustainable
- By: James Langton
- December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020
- 10:55
Market for advice improving, but slowly: FCA
There are more advisors — and more consumers receiving advice — following major reforms
- By: James Langton
- December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020
- 18:15
SEC to overhaul fund valuation rules
The regulator is introducing a new framework for ensuring that funds properly value their assets
- By: James Langton
- December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020
- 15:08
CSA tackles traders who “short and distort”
Regulators launch consultation on activist short seller phenomenon
- By: James Langton
- December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020
- 14:00
IOSCO examines market data issues
Consultation addresses growing demand for regulatory action on data access
- By: James Langton
- December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020
- 13:47
Why U.S. leaders must help push for ESG disclosure
The SEC's Allison Lee confronted concerns over "lagging" U.S. efforts in the last decade
- By: Katie Keir
- December 2, 2020 December 2, 2020
- 13:59
Liberals plan foreign buyers tax in bid to create affordable housing
The fiscal update said the feds plan to tax homeowners who use Canada to passively store wealth in housing
- By: Anita Balakrishnan
- December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020
- 16:58