By Danica Bennewies Welcome back to another installment of Top Five Friday Finds – the weekly series where we share some of the major corporate and securities law news stories that dominated the headlines, and our conversations, this week. First, let’s take a look at some of the big securities fraud cases in the U.S. …
Friday News Finds – October 19, 2018
By Danica Bennewies Welcome back to another Top Five Friday Finds – the weekly series where we share five of the top corporate and securities law news stories that have dominated our conversations this week. We took a short break last week, but now we’re back and ready to catch you up on the latest …
Friday News Finds – October 4, 2018
By Danica Bennewies Welcome back to another installment of Top Five Friday Finds – the weekly series in which we share five of the corporate and securities law stories that dominated the papers (and our conversations) this week. Let’s start off with one of the biggest topics of conversation from the past week – Elon …
Friday News Finds – September 28, 2018
By Danica Bennewies It’s Friday, which means its time for another round of Top Five Friday Finds – the weekly series in which we share five of the corporate and securities law news stories that dominated the papers (and our conversations) this week. Elon Musk took over news headlines on Thursday evening when the Securities and Exchange …
Ford government decision is a step backward for investor protection
By Anita Anand Originally published on The Globe and Mail. The Ontario Securities Commission recently published a proposed rule banning certain commissions to dealers on mutual fund sales. The rule was not just Ontario’s initiative – it was a joint effort by members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), which consists of regulators from all …
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Friday News Finds – September 21, 2018
By Danica Bennewies Happy Friday! Kick your weekend off with another round of Top Five Friday Finds – the weekly series in which we share five of the corporate and securities law news stories that dominated the papers (and our conversations) this week. CIBC’s week took a turn for the worse on Wednesday when Siskinds LLP and Bates …
Government of Ontario rejects CSA proposal on embedded commissions
Originally published on Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on September 13, 2018 Authors: Lawrence E. Ritchie, Blair Wiley, Lori Stein, John Black, Mark DesLauriers, Jennifer Jeffrey Earlier today, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published proposed regulatory amendments that would prohibit the payment of commissions to dealers on most sales of mutual funds (the Proposed Amendments). Shortly after publication, the Government of Ontario …
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