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Regulation

OSC’s compliance work escalates

Risky firms, crypto platforms add to compliance division's workload

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Ontario proposes new MGA regulation

New regime aims to enhance consumer protection, set industry standards

Canadian money

Federal government posts $3.9B deficit in April, May

Sharp difference from last year when the result for the first two months of the fiscal year was a $1.5 billion surplus

Chopped dollar

U.S. core inflation cools in June

Monthly price rise of 0.1% seen as adding to likelihood of a September rate cut

right or wrong choice

Fewer prospectuses key to FCA reform proposals

Proposals seek to ease capital raising, bring back research bundling

Crossed fingers

Activist short seller charged with securities fraud

SEC, DoJ allege Citron Research, and its founder, misled investors

compliance puzzle

CSA aims to ease derivatives reporting burden

Revisions seek to better align with global standards

Red alert

Much work to be done, CSA year in review shows

Ongoing regulatory initiatives include binding authority at OBSI, climate-related disclosures, misleading titles, mutual fund sales practices and more

Manufacturing

Payrolls, wages higher in May: StatCan

Labour demand declined, and job vacancies were flat

Tread carefully

Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients

A company could face 60% tax on unintentional payout of excess amounts from its capital dividend account

Wall street sign in New York with American flags and New York Stock Exchange background.

Capital markets bolster Wall Street banks

Investment banking gains cushion weakness in banking: Fitch

gavel

FCA undertakes its first enforcement action against a crypto enabler

U.K. regulator fined Coinbase company £3.5 million for compliance violations

Tiff Macklem

BoC cuts to 4.5%

Macklem says he wants growth to pick back up as bank cuts key rate again