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The OSC today published a revised Statement of Priorities for the financial year to end March 31, 2012, thereby updating the version released earlier this year.

The OSC released a notice today setting out the views of OSC Staff on the disclosure required by investment funds that use Form 41-101F2 (pre-IFRS version, IFRS version) when filing prospectuses.

Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released a notice this week summarizing their findings on the adequacy of disclosures in financial statements and MD&A related to the going concern assumption.

Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released a notice this week summarizing their findings on the adequacy of disclosures in financial statements and MD&A related to the going concern assumption.

According to the Ontario Securities Commission's website, the OSC intends to publish a rule for comment next month to address electronic trading and direct electronic access to marketplaces.

As we discussed in our post of June 24, the CSA recently published proposed amendments to NI 31-103 Registration Requirements and Exemptions.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced today that they are adopting amendments to Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive Compensation effective for financial years ending on or after October 31, 2011.

On March 25, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published for comment the proposed National Instrument 41-103 – Supplementary Prospectus Disclosure Requirements for Securitized Products and National Instrument 51-106 – Continuous Disclosure Requirements for Securitized Products (together, the Proposed Rules), along with proposed amendments to National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure in Issuers Annual and Interim Filings, National Instrument 45-106 –Prospectus and Re

On July 29, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") published for comment proposed National Instrument 51-103 Ongoing Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Venture Issuers (the "Draft Rule").

On May 31, 2010, securities regulators in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia published a consultation paper designed to assess market interest in developing a more tailored approach to regulating venture issuers.

Issuers filing their first IFRS interim financial report should keep in mind that the filing deadline has been extended by 30 days.

The final version of the revised Guideline B-20 Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures was published by OSFI on June 21, 2012. The Guideline, together with the tightening of the rules for government-backed insured mortgages announced by the Minister of Finance on the same day form part of the Canadian Government’s attempts to strengthen the Canadian housing finance system.

The internal control rules under section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 have been in place for two years in the United States and have generated more controversy than any other corporate governance reform.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted an amended "accredited investor" net worth standard that, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, excludes the value of an individual's primary residence.

The SEC has granted a one-year extension for smaller public companies to comply with the auditor attestation requirement under section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The SEC announced last week that it will not seek a rehearing of the recent decision of a U.S. Appeals Court to vacate its new proxy access rule.

On June 20, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision, with reasons to follow, regarding BCE’s proposed plan of arrangement.