OSC report outlines priorities for investment funds and structured products branch
Disclosure often promotes benefits, but fails to outline risks involved
Amendments adopted for AI, MA and short-term debt prospectus exemptions
Illegal distributions remain the biggest violation that regulators are confronting
Regulator wants to crunch data for study on the effect of commissions on sales. But few companies have co-operated
CSA provides update on the regulation of alternative investment funds
Mandatory clearing of OTC derivatives intended to improve transparency
There are “divergent views” on many aspects of a proposed standardized risk classification methodology
CSA proposes that some OTC derivatives be required to trade exclusively on exchanges
Progress report proposes five improvements