ArticleOSC Temporarily Waives Late FeesThe OSC will also consider any additional late fee relief needed for the pandemic period before April 17, 2020 on a case-by-case basis. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleOSFI Proposes Changes To The Liquidity Adequacy RequirementsThe Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has issued proposed revisions (the Revisions) to certain chapters of the Liquidity Adequacy Requirements (LAR) guidelines. CanadaFinance and BankingNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticlePerfection And Priority: Dealing With Serial Numbered GoodsLenders should be aware that when taking security in certain goods with serial numbers in Canada, the rules regarding registration of financing statements vary across provincial jurisdictions; a detail that, if overlooked, could impact the priority of the lender’s security interest. CanadaFinance and BankingOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
ArticleProposed Amendments To Bank Act – Federal Consumer Code For BanksThe proposed amendments to the Bank Act require further analysis to fully assess the impact on Canadian banks and authorized foreign banks.CanadaFinance and BankingOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
ArticleProposed Amendments To The Credit Unions And Caisses Populaires Act, 1994 (Ontario)The review of the legislation, which is required to occur every 5 years, received both written and oral submissions from industry stakeholders.CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleQuebec's AMF Adjusts Fees For 2013Last week, Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced that certain annual and other fees pursuant to laws it administers will be increasing as of January. CanadaFinance and BankingStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleReading The Defence: The 2025 Systemic Risk ReportThe Canadian Securities Administrators Systemic Risk Committee (SRC) has released its 2025 Annual Report on Capital Markets (Report), which includes an analysis of capital market trends and vulnerabilities...CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleRegulating The Carbon Market: Canada's Federal Carbon Pricing RegimeJason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer's Daily that discusses Canada's federal carbon pricing regime.CanadaFinance and BankingMiller Thomson
ArticleRegulations Relating To Financial Advisors And Planners To Be ReviewedThe Ontario Ministry of Finance, further to its announcement in the 2014 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, is launching a review of regulations pertaining to financial advisors and planners.CanadaFinance and BankingAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleRelaxing Of The Liquidity Coverage Ratio Under Basel IIIOn January 6, 2013, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced that it was relaxing the liquidity rules that will be applied to banks beginning in 2015. CanadaFinance and BankingLavery
ArticleRetail Payments Supervision – Bank Of Canada Issues Update And Reminder For Payment Service ProvidersThe Bank of Canada has announced that, although the transition period will end and the regulatory requirements under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA)...CanadaFinance and BankingGoodmans LLP
ArticleRRSP/TFSA – Deadline Approaching…Just a reminder that the RRSP/TFSA deadline is approaching. Here's what you need to know...CanadaFinance and BankingFuller Landau
ArticleSafely Navigating Financial Complaints – Single External Complaints Body NamedAfter many consultations and years of discussion, it was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on October 17 that the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments ...CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleSnap Projections Acquired By WealthBar Financial ServicesOn October 21, 2019, WealthBar Financial Services Inc., a leading Canadian wealth management platform and a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp.CanadaFinance and BankingGowling WLG
ArticleSpooktacular Annual Fee Payments Are Almost DueThe deadline to pay the applicable annual participation fees is January 3, 2023.CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleStaying Ahead Of OSC Staff's Approach To Sustainable FinanceEarlier this month, the OSC released a report entitled Insights on the OSC Staff's Approach to Sustainable Finance (the Report). CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleSummer's Over – It's Time To Consider Your RPAA RegistrationNot only has the summer flown by, but Halloween is six weeks away. That means payment service providers (PSPs) have six weeks to prepare for the November 1st...CanadaFinance and BankingGoodmans LLP
ArticleThe Financial Innovation Act: Regulations And Coming Into Force July 1, 2022On June 7, 2022, the Government of Alberta published Order in Council 200/2022, under which the Lieutenant Governor in Council ordered that the Financial Innovation Act, SA 2022 c F-13 (FIA)...CanadaFinance and BankingBennett Jones LLP
ArticleThe Investment Fund Rules BookThe Canadian investment fund industry is regulated by, among other things, a number of National Instruments. The Investment Fund Rules Book, prepared by members of BLG's...CanadaFinance and BankingBorden Ladner Gervais LLP