Effective September 5, 2017, the settlement cycle in the Canadian and US securities markets will be shortened from three days after the date of a trade (T+3) to two days after the date of a trade (T+2). In Canada, this change follows the announcement on April 27, 2017 by the Canadian Securities Administrators of their
On March 22, 2017, Ontario’s Bulk Sales Act (BSA) was repealed by way of Schedule 3 of Ontario’s Burden Reduction Act. This repeal marks the end of bulk sales legislation in Canada as Ontario was the last Canadian jurisdiction to have such legislation.
Enacted in 1917, the BSA was intended to protect creditors from
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a staff notice on February 9, 2017 highlighting the initiatives regulators have taken to enhance segregation and portability arrangements for the exchange-traded derivatives markets in Canada following the CSA’s advanced notice of its adoption of National Instrument 94-102 Derivatives: Customer Clearing and Protection of Customer Collateral
On October 11, 2016, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) provided guidance with respect to pricing a prospectus offering or private placement where there is undisclosed material information. The TSX provided the following guidance:
Nordex Explosives Ltd. (Nordex), a Canadian explosives manufacturer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and Société Anonyme d’Explosifs et de Produits Chimiques (EPC) entered into a private placement and subsequent going private transaction on June 15, 2016. EPC was to purchase Nordex shares for $0.12 per share.
However, subsequent to Nordex’s announcement of the EPC
