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Ellen Bessner, a litigation partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, describes her experience with regulators when defending her clients. She says regulators ought to be more transparent with enforcement notices and share information with the advisors, dealers and issuers under investigation. She spoke with Gavin Adamson at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.
In part three of this series, Ellen Bessner, a litigation partner with Cassels, Brock and Blackwell LLP, discusses how advisors can be transparent about the products they sell. She argues that if manufacturers can’t describe products in a way that advisors can understand, then clients should not own them. She spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.
In part 2 of this series, Ellen Bessner, a partner with Cassels, Brock and Blackwell LLP in Toronto, says clients don’t like to be surprised. She describes how an advisor can avoid surprises by being transparent with clients. She spoke with Gavin Adamson at the TMX Broadcast Centre.
John Fabello, a partners with the law firm Torys LLP, describes advisors' gatekeeper obligations as described by the Investment Industry Organization of Canada, and what they can learn from regulatory investigations. He spoke with Gavin Adamson at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.