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OBSI reports rise in investment industry complaints

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) reported a surge in the number of investment-related complaints in the second quarter of...

Reducing Regulatory Burden for Investment Fund Issuers – Phase 2, Stage 1

On September 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment CSA Notice and Request for Comment Reducing Regulatory...

OSC Burden Reduction Initiative – Focusing on ‘Principles’ for more responsive and effective regulation

The Ontario Securities Commission’s Burden Reduction Initiative emphasizes the centrality of a risk and principle-based focus to effective...

NASAA targets ‘cross-selling’ sales tactic in investment and banking sectors

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is an association of securities administrators from Canada, the United States of...

IIROC moving forward with new enforcement tools

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, Canada’s national investment dealer self-regulatory organization, has announced it...

Co-investment: Why Canadian GPs should take note of SEC’s guidance

Co-investment was a hot topic at last month’s PartnerConnect East 2018 conference in Boston. Whether general partner or limited partner,...

Franchise Review April 2018

Osler’s Franchise Review includes legislative updates, commentaries on recent cases and frequently asked questions as well as news on our team.

CSA concludes real estate issuers should improve disclosure relating to distributions and non-GAAP financial measures

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have concluded that the quality and completeness of disclosure by real estate reporting issuers relating...

Poison pills under the new bid regime: lessons & questions flowing from Canada’s largest cannabis M&A deal to date

On March 15, 2018, the OSC and the Financial Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan issued their reasons for the Aurora-CanniMed decision.

PDAC 2018: Mining sector gets back to work

While PDAC 2018 was not on par with PDAC 2011, in our view, 2018 can be summed up as the year the mining industry got back to work with greater...