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The Insurance Council of B.C. revoked the registration of Trillion Financial in B.C. referring to “ongoing risk”

  • December 1, 2008 December 1, 2008
  • 11:27

But the matter of whether the SRO can go after wrongdoers in Ontario who have left the industry is still unclear

  • November 10, 2008 November 10, 2008
  • 13:20

The salaries of B.C. securities regulators are too high compared with other public servants

  • October 15, 2008 October 29, 2019
  • 09:52

What should have been a celebratory occasion for the RCMP integrated market enforcement team in Vancouver has become a growing embarrassment.On June 9, B.C. Crown prosecutors — after a three-year investigation by the Vancouver IMET — charged Ian Thow, former senior vice president of Berkshire Investment Group Inc. in Victoria, with 25 counts of fraud. […]

  • July 28, 2008 October 29, 2019
  • 15:16

The case of a CV Technologies executive highlights various problems with the settlement process

  • July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
  • 12:13

Enforcement staff atthe B.C. Securities Com-mission in Vancouver last month cited former NDP member of Parliament Nelson Riis for making false and misleading representations about Canadian Rockport Homes International Inc., a Vancouver-based company that is promoting low-cost, pre-fab concrete homes as a solution to the world housing problem.Riis, who served as the MP for Kamloops, […]

  • June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
  • 09:22

Benefits of the RBC takeover to PH&N clients are theoretical and prospective

  • April 1, 2008 October 29, 2019
  • 10:46

B.C. victims are launching a class-action suit in an effort to recover funds lost in these scams, which are plaguing investors

  • March 31, 2008 March 31, 2008
  • 09:44

Despite the CSA’s introduction of a national disclosure regime after Bre-X, investors find it provides little protection

  • March 3, 2008 March 3, 2008
  • 15:49

BCSC’s plan to curb fraudulent Vancouver businesses registering in the U.S. puts the onus on professional services people

  • February 20, 2008 February 20, 2008
  • 10:04