- OSC publishes updated service standards
- OSC Publishes Charter for Innovation Office
- OSC and IIROC appeal for tips on abusive trading
- OSC awards over half a million to three whistleblowers
- OSC publishes 2020 Corporate Finance Branch Report
- OSC invites businesses to participate in cross-border testing
- OSC Director Tyler Fleming to chair Government of Ontario Financial Literacy Committee
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What's New
- November 26, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC Director Tyler Fleming to chair Government of Ontario Financial Literacy Committee
- November 26, 2020 CSA News Release: Canadian securities regulators outline recent developments on interest rate benchmarks
- November 23, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC publishes updated service standards
- November 19, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC publishes 2020 Corporate Finance Branch Report
- November 17, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC awards over half a million to three whistleblowers
- November 16, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC seeks comment on priorities for 2021-2022
- November 9, 2020 OSC News Release: OSC research demonstrates how industry can use behavioural insights to protect older investors
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- November 25, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Dino Paolucci, File No. 2020-25
- November 20, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: First Global Data Ltd. et al., File No. 2019-22
- November 19, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: An Application by Epix Resource Finance Corporation regarding Aberdeen International Inc., File No. 2020-29
- November 18, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Solar Income Fund Inc. et al., File No. 2019-35
- November 17, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Trevor Rosborough et al., File No. 2020-33
- November 17, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: Douglas John Eley, File No. 2020-35
- November 16, 2020 Notice from the Office of the Secretary: VRK Forex & Investments Inc. and Radhakrishna Namburi, File No. 2019-40
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- November 23, 2020 10:00 AM - Majd Kitmitto, Steven Vannatta, Christopher Candusso, Claudio Candusso, Donald Alexander (Sandy) Goss, John Fielding and Frank Fakhry
- November 25, 2020 10:00 AM - First Global Data Ltd., Global Bioenergy Resources Inc., Nayeem Alli, Maurice Aziz, Harish Bajaj, and Andre Itwaru
- November 27, 2020 11:00 AM - Daniel Sheehan
- November 30, 2020 9:00 AM - Aurelio Marrone
- December 3, 2020 9:00 AM - Trevor Rosborough, Taylor Carr, and Dmitri Graham
- December 3, 2020 10:00 AM - Jonathan Cartu, David Cartu, and Joshua Cartu
- December 4, 2020 10:00 AM - Douglas John Eley
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- November 26, 2020 CSA Staff Notice 25-302 Matters Relating to CDOR, LIBOR and Other Interest Rate Benchmarks
- November 19, 2020 OSC Staff Notice 51-731 Corporate Branch 2020 Annual Report
- November 19, 2020 Changes to Companion Policy to National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions
- November 19, 2020 Changes to Companion Policy to National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements
- November 19, 2020 Changes to Companion Policy 51-102CP Continuous Disclosure Obligations
- November 19, 2020 Amendments to National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations
- November 12, 2020 OSC Notice 13-708 – Fees Under OSC Rule 13-502 Fees and OSC Rule 13-503 (Commodity Futures Act) Fees
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- Comments close: November 4, 2020 Proposed Amendments to OSC Rule 48-501 Trading During Distributions, Formal Bids and Share Exchange Transactions and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 48-501CP
- Comments close: December 2, 2020 Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives
- Comments close: December 16, 2020 Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions and Proposed Changes to Companion Policy 45-106CP Prospectus Exemptions Relating to the Offering Memorandum Prospectus Exemption
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- November 26, 2020: Ontario's New Financial Literacy Committee; Investor Research; OSC Priorities; FinLit Videos; COVID-19; Risk Tolerance; Scam Spotter
- June 2, 2020: Investor Warning: JC Capital Ltd.
- November 9, 2020: Investor News: New Behavioural Research on Protecting Aging Investors; Making a Budget; Apply for the Investor Advisory Panel; Retirement; Socially Responsible Investing
- November 2, 2020: Financial Literacy Month; New Cash Flow Calculator; Investing Questions; New Investor Readiness Quiz; Income Tax; Upcoming Webinars
- October 20, 2020: Investor News: COVID-19 & Job Loss; Robo-Advisors; High-Yield Bonds; OEO Trailer Ban; Investor Decisions; OSC Dialogue; Cranial Cash Clash & more
- October 5, 2020: Investor News: Investor Education in October; SRO Framework Consultation; Pay Down Debt or Invest; COVID-19 & Retirement Savings; Diversification
- September 21, 2020: Investor Warning: tradebits3.com
- September 8, 2020: Investor News: "Back to School" for Investors; Online Investor Education; Post-Secondary Student Money Tips; Budgeting; Education Costs; SEAC
- August 19, 2020: Investor News: New Research – Investor Experience & COVID-19; Meet Walied Soliman; Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce; Summer Financial Checkup
- August 5, 2020: Investor News: Our most notable and most popular articles, tools and calculators from the past year
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