Registration closes May 14: OSC Dialogue 2024: Inviting, thriving and secure capital markets
Raymond James Ltd. and certain other registered firms registered as of the date of this decision
Headnote
The applicant has a physical place of business within Ontario and its head office in another jurisdiction of Canada. Under the order, the applicant and other similarly situated registered firms are exempted from the disclosure requirement in section 14.5 of National Instrument 31-103.
Instruments Cited
National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements and Exemptions, s. 14.5.
February 26, 2010
IN THE MATTER OF
NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 31-103
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND
EXEMPTIONS ("NI 31-103" or the "Instrument")
AND
RAYMOND JAMES LTD. (the "Lead Filer") AND
CERTAIN OTHER REGISTERED FIRMS
REGISTERED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS DECISION
DECISION
Interpretation
Unless otherwise defined in this decision or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this decision that are defined in NI 31-103 or National Instrument 14-101Definitions have the same meaning.
Background
1. Section 14.5 of NI 31-103 provides that a registered firm whose head office is not located in Ontario must provide its clients in Ontario with a written statement disclosing information specified in the section.
2. The purpose of section 14.5 is to ensure clients are given information that may be relevant to their ability to obtain civil remedies against a registrant located outside Ontario.
Application
1. The Lead Filer has applied to the Director, under section 15.1 of NI 31-103, for exemptions for itself and each registered firm registered as of the date of this decision that has a physical place of business in Ontario (together with the Lead Filer, the Filers or, individually, a Filer) from section 14.5 of NI 31-103, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in this decision.
2. The Lead Filer represents that compliance with section 14.5 of NI 31-103 presents costs that are not justified in respect of a registered firm that has its head office in another jurisdiction of Canada and a physical place of business within Ontario.
Decision
The decision of the Director is that each Filer is exempt from section 14.5 of NI 31-103 so long as
(a) the head office of the Filer is located in another jurisdiction of Canada, and
(b) the Filer has a physical place of business in Ontario.