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On January 18, 2017, the United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released for comment a report titled Distributed Ledger Technology: Implications of Blockchain for the Securities Industry.

The report provides a helpful overview of distributed ledger technology (DLT) which FINRA describes as involving a distributed database maintained over a network of computers connected

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today its new initiative, OSC LaunchPad, described as the first dedicated team by a securities regulator in Canada to help fintech businesses navigate securities law requirements and accelerate time-to-market.

OSC LaunchPad will provide direct support to eligible new and early-stage fintech businesses through meetings with the OSC LaunchPad

Securities Regulatory Authorities Release Results of Gender Diversity and Term Limit Disclosure Review

Securities regulatory authorities in Ontario and nine other provinces and territories of Canada published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-308 Staff Review of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions – Compliance with NI 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices on September

On September 28, 2015 ten members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA members), including the Ontario Securities Commission, released Multilateral Staff Notice 58-307 (Staff Notice) entitled Staff Review of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions – Compliance with National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (NI 58-101

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced amendments to the TSX Company Manual (Amendments) effective September 17, 2015 relating to the listing of Exchanged Traded Products, Closed-End Funds and Structured Products, as defined in the Amendments.

Proposed Amendments were first published on January 15, 2015.  Nine commentators (including Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)

The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) has released a policy paper entitled “Shareholder Involvement in the Director Nomination Process:  Enhanced Engagement and Proxy Access”.

In the policy paper, CCGG refers to “proxy access” as the ability of shareholders to have meaningful input into the director nomination process, whether by being able to

In June 2015, a 13-member panel created by the Minister of Government and Consumer Services (Ontario), known as the Business Law Agenda Stakeholder Panel, released “Business Law Agenda: Priority Findings & Recommendations Report”.

The panel reviewed corporate and commercial statutes in Ontario and made recommendations encompassing five key themes:

  • establishing a process to

In a release issued today, the Ontario Securities Commission advised that the participating jurisdictions of the Canadian Securities Administrators are still reviewing the comments received on a proposed crowdfunding regime and an offering memorandum prospectus exemption.   In its release, the OSC stated that its goal is to publish proposed rules regarding these matters either

On January 15, 2015, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) published for comment proposed amendments to the TSX Company Manual which would introduce listing requirements for non-corporate entities, such as exchange-traded products, closed-end funds and structured products, as those terms are defined in the proposed amendments.

The proposed amendments address the following, among other matters:

  • minimum

On June 19, 2014, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released Staff Notice 33-743 – Guidance on Sales Practices and Expense Allocation for Investment Fund Managers which resulted from the targeted review of large investment fund managers (IFMs) conducted by Staff of the Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch of the OSC.  The Notice provides a summary