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Earlier this week, the Canadian Securities Administrators released their 2011 Enforcement Report, which sets out the results of regulators' enforcement activities over the last year.

As part of its Client Relationship Model Project, the CSA has recently published proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements and Exemptions intended to ensure that investors are provided with key information about their account and product-related charges.

On February 21, the European Union adopted a regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.

Last week, FAIR Canada released a report entitled A Decade of Financial Scandals, which reviews various cases of financial fraud and presents a number of recommendations for the consideration of governments and regulators.

Earlier this month, IIROC released a webcast intended to provide information regarding issues related to "accredited investors".

The Ontario Securities Commission today published notice of OSC Rule 21-501, which is intended to extend the current exemption for government debt securities from the transparency requirements found in section 8.1 of NI 21-101 until December 31, 2014.

Last month, the Ontario Securities Commission announced that it had secured the first finding of guilt for fraud in quasi-criminal proceedings it has brought before the Ontario Court of Justice.

The TMX Group yesterday published its new TSX Listing Fee Schedule effective as of January 1, 2011. While original listing and sustaining fees remain unchanged, the minimum base fee for additional listings for corporate issuers is increasing by $3,000 across all capitalization levels. By way of example, this increase raises the minimum base fee for additional listings from $2,000 to $5,000.

The Toronto Stock Exchange proposed amendments to its Company Manual today to implement a Due Bill tracking system for listed issuers.

IIROC has republished its market regulation fee model, which it first published for comment in November 2010. In response to comments received by IIROC to its original proposals, the republished fee model maintains the discount for market makers.

In response to the recent turmoil in global markets, Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced this morning the creation of the Canadian Lenders Assurance Facility.

The U.S. SEC has now adopted a revised final rule designed to award whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information to the SEC regarding violations of securities laws where the enforcement action leads to monetary sanctions totalling more than $1 million.

In upholding a $1 million costs award against the Crown in a decision released today, the Ontario Court of Appeal has provided significant protection to commercial landlords and mortgage lenders against forfeiture proceedings...

Last week, the Alberta Securities Commission released a staff notice providing a summary of staff's initial compliance reviews of firms registered as exempt market dealers (EMDs).

The Alberta Securities Commission recently released its 2011 Annual Report.

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) today published revisions to BC Instrument 32-513, which provides certain limited trade-based registration exemptions to persons that would otherwise be required to register as exempt market dealers in BC.

On January 3, the British Columbia Securities Commission published a revised version of BC Interpretation Note 33-705.