- QuadrigaCX: A Review by Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission
- Client Focused Reforms Implementation Feedback
- Latest developments on the impact of COVID-19
- Grant Vingoe assumes new role as OSC Acting Chair & CEO
- Save the Date - OSC Dialogue, November 4, 2020
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- OSC proposes rule to restrict use of deferred sales charge option
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What's New
- June 15, 2020 CSA News Release: Securities regulators mark WEAAD with campaign encouraging Canadians to learn and watch for signs of financial abuse of older adults
- June 11, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC publishes investigative report of QuadrigaCX
- June 11, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators sign fintech co-operation agreement with the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan
- June 10, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators make it easier for portfolio managers to use client relationship management specialists
- June 9, 2020 OSC Obtains Court Order Appointing Grant Thornton Limited as Receiver of Stableview
- June 4, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators reinforce disclosure expectations for mining issuers’ mineral resource estimates
- June 4, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators implement mandatory transparency of debt markets
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- June 11, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Jonathan Cartu et al., File No. 2020-14
- June 11, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: 0984750 B.C. Ltd. (D/B/A Quadriga CX and Quadriga Coin Exchange) et al., File No. 2020-15
- June 9, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Stanislaw A. Pasyk, File No. 2020-17
- June 9, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Paramount Equity Financial Corporation et al., File No. 2019-12
- June 5, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Paul Se Hui Oei and Canadian Manu Immigration & Financial Services Inc., File No. 2020-1
- June 5, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: VRK Forex & Investments Inc. and Radhakrishna Namburi, File No. 2019-40
- June 3, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: David Randall Miller, File No. 2019-48
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- June 19, 2020 10:00 AM - Aurelio Marrone
- July 3, 2020 10:00 AM - David Randall Miller
- July 3, 2020 11:00 AM - Paramount Equity Financial Corporation, Silverfern Secured Mortgage Fund, Silverfern Secured Mortage Limited Partnership, GTA Private Capital Income Fund, GTA Private Capital Income Limted Partnership, Silverfern GP Inc.
- July 10, 2020 11:00 AM - Sean Daley; and Sean Daley carrying on business as the Ascension Foundation, OTO.Money, SilentVault, and CryptoWealth; Wealth Distributed Corp.; CyberVision MMX Inc.; Kevin Wilkerson; and Aug Enterprises Inc.
- July 10, 2020 10:00 AM - Sean Daley and Kevin Wilkerson
- July 14, 2020 10:00 AM - Money Gate Mortgage Investment Corporation, Money Gate Corp., Morteza Katebian, Payam Katebian
- July 15, 2020 10:00 AM - MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc., Gary Brown and Bradley Jones
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- June 4, 2020 CSA Notice of Approval - Mandatory Post-Trade Transparency of Trades in Government Debt Securities, Expanded Transparency of Trades in Corporate Debt Securities and Amendments to NI 21-101 Marketplace Operation and Related CP
- June 4, 2020 CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions and Change to Companion Policy 44-102CP Shelf Distributions relating to At-the-Market Distributions
- June 4, 2020 Notice of Ministerial Approval of Amendments to National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement
- May 29, 2020 Notice of General Order - Ontario Instrument 13-506 Temporary Relief from Accrual of Late Fees Charged under Ontario Securities Commission Rule 13-502 Fees, No. 2
- May 29, 2020 General Order - Ontario Instrument 13-506 Temporary Relief from Accrual of Late Fees Charged under Ontario Securities Commission Rule 13-502 Fees, No. 2
- May 29, 2020 General Order – Ontario Instrument 13-507 Temporary Relief from Accrual of Late Fees Charged under Ontario Securities Commission Rule 13-503 (Commodity Futures Act) Fees, No. 2
- May 29, 2020 Notice of General Order – Ontario Instrument 13-507 Temporary Relief from Accrual of Late Fees Charged under Ontario Securities Commission Rule 13-503 (Commodity Futures Act) Fees, No. 2
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- Comments close: June 1, 2020 OSC Notice 11-788 – Statement of Priorities – Request for Comments Regarding Statement of Priorities for Financial Year to End March 31, 2021
- Comments close: June 29, 2020 Proposed National Instrument 52-112 Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measure Disclosure - Proposed Companion Policy 52-112 Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure - Related Proposed Consequential Amendments
- Comments close: July 6, 2020 Proposed Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Proposed Companion Policy 81-502 to Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Related Consequential Amendments
- Comments close: July 13, 2020 CSA Notice and Request for Comment Proposed National Instrument 45-110 Start-up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions
- Comments close: July 20, 2020 CSA Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations and Changes to Companion Policy 31-103CP Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations to Enhance Protection of Older and Vulnerable Clients
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- June 11, 2020: Investor News: QuadrigaCX Report; COVID-19 & DSCs; Financial Health for Seniors; Checking Registration; Personal Info Inventory; Qs & As; Stableview
- June 2, 2020: Investor News: Investor News: Seniors’ Month; Financial Support for Seniors; Retirement Money Tips; Financial Statement Basics; COVID-19 Response Update; Fraud Alert
- May 7, 2020: Investor News: Meet Grant Vingoe, Acting OSC Chair & CEO; COVID Scams; OSC Priorities; Dollar-Cost Averaging; Dividends; Wills; #COVIDFraudChat
- May 1 2020: Investor Warning: Pinnacle Capital
- April 16, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 News & Financial Supports; Elder Abuse Prevention; New Fraud Alerts; Telephone Townhall; CIPF; Retirement Cash Flow Calculator
- April 2, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 & Your Money; Circuit Breakers; Emergency Benefits; Coronavirus Fraud; Cash Flow; Important Financial Dates & more
- March 19, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 – Important Information and Response: OSC Operational Changes; Relief for Market Participants; Warning about Coronavirus-related Investment Scams; Changes to Tax Deadlines; Bear Markets; Historical Market Performance & more
- March 12, 2020: Investor News: Market Volatility; Managing Risk; Protecting Older & Vulnerable Investors; IAP; Yield Curve; Historical Charts; Seniors Tax Credits
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