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The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently announced the withdrawal of proposed amendments to its Dealer Member Rules ...

Earlier this week, IIROC published a concept paper that considers lowering the minimum capital requirement for Type 1 and Type 2 introducing brokers.

This post provides an update on Guideline E-22 Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives (Guideline) from the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI).

On July 7, 2016, the Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee published CSA Consultation Paper 95-401 entitled "Margin and Collateral Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives" with respect to minimum margin requirements for certain non-centrally cleared derivatives...

On February 19, 2010, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a class action against the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) on behalf of employees claiming overtime pay.

Effective March 30, 2004, Canadian securities laws that determine how soon after an IPO or a private placement shareholders may resell their securities will be relaxed.

L'Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (l'« OCRCVM ») a annoncé dernièrement le retrait des projets de modification des Règles des courtiers ...

Management and auditor concerns about the significant costs of compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have spurred the SEC and PCAOB to issue additional guidance on internal control audits.

The Basel III regime requires a significant departure from the established thinking and practices of banking regulation.

The Canadian government today announced a temporary program to guarantee mid to longer term debt issued by Canadian banks and other federally-regulated deposit-taking institutions.

Yesterday the CSA published for comment a Consultation Paper proposing a framework for margin requirements on non-centrally cleared derivatives.

On March 26, 2013, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI"), the Canadian bank regulator, issued an Advisory.

Further to the Banking and Insurance bulletin we circulated in March regarding the draft regulations that were introduced to restrict the types of authorized insurance products.

From time to time, we receive inquiries from foreign banks that do not have a presence in Canada on whether there are any Canadian banking regulatory restrictions on lending to Canadian borrowers.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has issued proposed revisions (the Revisions) to certain chapters of the Liquidity Adequacy Requirements (LAR) guidelines.

The review of the legislation, which is required to occur every 5 years, received both written and oral submissions from industry stakeholders.

On 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.