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Boards will play a critical role in banks’ evolving compliance models.

2014 was another year of considerable regulatory change for Canadian financial institutions.

Crisis for some is quite often opportunity for others. Record-breaking levels of Canadian M&A activity in 2006 had continued through the first half of 2007

On July 5, 2012, the Finance Minister announced the release of guidelines and a package of five proposed regulations to implement the regulatory framework applicable to federal credit unions.

Further to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institution's (OSFI) March 27th letter, OSFI announced more adjustments to existing capital requirements for Federally Regulated Deposit-Taking Institutions...

The extraordinary turmoil in the financial markets in recent times has caused many major economies, including the Canadian economy, to enter into a recessionary period.

Ce billet est une mise à jour de la ligne directrice E-22 Exigences de marge pour les dérivés non compensés centralement (la « ligne directrice ») du Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF »).

The British Columbia (B.C.) Reporter provides a monthly summary of B.C.'s legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to provincially regulated financial institutions.

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the G-20 empowered the Financial Stability Board ("FSB") with coordinating the overhaul of international banking regulations.

Canadian officials have been promoting embedded contingent capital as the best alternative for dealing with systemically important financial institutions ("SIFIs"), or banks that are "Too Big to Fail," as they have historically been referred to.

Receiving payment for goods or services by directly withdrawing funds from a customer or client’s bank account, a practice known commonly as a pre-authorized debit (a "PAD"), is an efficient and effective payment mechanism for many businesses.

The Reporter provides a monthly summary of Canadian federal legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to federally regulated financial institutions.

The issue of whether something is a “material change” or a “material fact” has often been a thorny issue for public companies and their advisers.

The high-paced growth of residential home prices, particularly in the Vancouver and Toronto markets, is continuing to generate concern both from the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI).

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently published Draft Guideline B-5: Asset Securitization (Draft Guideline)

On July 26, 2023, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) launched a consultation by releasing two draft guidelines (collectively, the Draft Guidelines)...

The adoption of the “Act respecting the transfer of securities and the establishment of security entitlements” (the “STA”) by Quebec’s National Assembly on June 18, 2008 is in line with a series of measures taken by legislators in a number of jurisdictions in an effort to make their laws reflect the reality of the “indirect holding system” for financial assets