On June 22, 2012, Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that Colmatec Inc. and its operations director, Rénald Drouin, have pleaded guilty in a scheme to rig bids on contracts for specialized sewer services in the province of Québec

The British Columbia Securities Commission announced earlier this week that it is extending to BC Instrument 32-517, which provides a dealer registration exemption related to trades in prospectus-exempt securities of mortgage investment entities, to June 30, 2015.

The OSC, AMF, ASC and BCSC announced this week that they have recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. CFTC.

The OSC announced last week that amendments to NI 31-103 that would set out requirements for, among other things, client reporting with respect to cost disclosure, investment performance reporting and client statements, have received Ministerial approval.

The OSC and IIROC this week announced that the deadline for submitting participation forms in connection with the distribution of settlement funds is being extended to October 26, 2012.

Regulatory changes requiring investment funds to transition to IFRS for financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 have now received Ministerial approval in Ontario and Quebec.

The TSX-V issued guidance yesterday regarding the specific circumstances in which the exchange will consider waiving the $0.05 minimum pricing requirement.

Between Friends: New Directions In German-Canadian M&A.

At the CanSIA conference on December 4, 2012, Ontario’s Minister of Energy, Chris Bentley, announced the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) will start accepting applications for Small FIT on December 14, 2012.

Quebec's Regulation to amend Regulation 91-507 respecting Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting has now received Ministerial approval.

The federal government introduced Bill C-31 Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, which would amend the Bank Act.

A summary on the third annual conference organized by the Canadian Securities Lending Association.

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.

Professor Randy Martin from New York University will explain how the movement of capital in financial markets is linked to the history of dance in a lecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic in Troy, N.Y. this fall.

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

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

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

The TSX-V issued guidance regarding the specific circumstances in which the exchange will consider waiving the $0.05 minimum pricing requirement.

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