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Last week, the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published proposed amendments to its rules that would require its members and associated persons that offer or sell private placements, as well as those that participate in the preparation of private placement memoranda, term sheets or other related disclosure documents in connection with a private placement, to provide disclosure to investors regarding the anticipated use of the offering proceeds prior to sale.

Yesterday, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published Notice 12-0001 relating to securities trading halts in coordination with the application of "circuit breakers" on U.S. markets for the first quarter of 2012.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today published Notice 12-0122 relating to securities trading halts in coordination with the application of "circuit breakers" on U.S. markets for the second quarter of 2012.

As part of its plain language rules rewrite project, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently released proposed Rules 2100 through Rules 2700 regarding dealer member organization and registration.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada has confirmed that it has rescheduled the industry-wide test of dealers' business continuity plans, originally planned for June 2010, to September 10, 2011.

On December 15, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released a draft guidance note regarding the role of compliance and supervision at member firms.

In response to the required frequency of account statement delivery under NI 31-103 Registration "Requirements and Exemptions", the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) has released guidance to assist its members in assessing the issues respecting sending account statements by electronic means.

The Ontario Securities Commission announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority intended to establish a formal basis for cooperation between the regulators and to facilitate the exchange of information.

The OSC released a staff notice this week regarding business continuity planning and, specifically, the industry-wide test scheduled by IIROC for September 10, 2011.

On May 19, the OSC's Corporate Finance Branch issued a notice identifying deficiencies found in issuers' first IFRS interim financial reports for the quarter ending March 31

The OSC today issued a practice directive intended to assist issuers making an application for relief in connection with prescribed prospectus requirements where the exemption will be evidenced by the issuance of a receipt for a final prospectus.

The Ontario Securities Commission today released its strategic plan for 2012-2015. Entitled "The OSC: A 21st Century Securities Regulator", the plan is intended to guide the Commission as it seeks "to remain an effective, efficient, vigilant and modern organization."

In a recent speech to the Trust Companies Association of Canada, OSFI Superintendent Julie Dickson outlined OSFI's work toward revising its 2003 Corporate Governance Guideline.

The Canadian Securities Administrators, except for the OSC, today released Multilateral Instrument 51-105 "Issuers Quoted in the U.S. Over-the-Counter Markets", intended to improve disclosure by issuers whose securities are quoted in U.S. OTC markets and with a significant connection to a Canadian jurisdiction.

Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) announced last week that it intends to approve Maple Group's proposed acquisition of the TMX Group.

The Alberta and British Columbia Securities Commissions recently released a joint notice requesting comments on proposed amendments to the TSX Venture Exchange Rule Book that would allow the TSX-V to provide an automated market-on-close facility and a special trading session at the end of the day to enable traded and the submission of crosses at the last sale price.

On January 25, the U.S. SEC proposed amendments to the definition of accredited investor in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act.