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• CSA release notice regarding review of executive compensation disclosure

  The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published a staff notice regarding its review of executive compensation disclosure subsequent to the adoption of the revised Form 51-102F6. The revised Form applies to financial years ending on or after…

• IIROC hosting compliance conference in Toronto

  The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is hosting a compliance-focused conference on December 1 in Toronto. The conference, targeted to employees of compliance, legal and related departments of IIROC member firms, will be considering issues…

• CSA publish guidance on compliance with forward-looking information requirements

  On November 20, 2009, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 51-330 Guidance Regarding the Application of Forward-Looking Information Requirements under NI 51-102 (the Staff Notice). The purpose of the Staff Notice is to…

• Ontario Bill 218 introduces amendments to Securities Act

  On November 16, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 218, An Act to implement 2009 Budget measures and to enact, amend or repeal various Acts in the provincial Legislature. Of particular interest, Schedule S of…

• TSX publishes proposals regarding security holder approval requirements and exemptions for investment fund acquisitions

   PDF Version On November 13, the TSX published for comment proposed changes to Part VI of its Company Manual proposing specific requirements and exemptions with respect to security holder approval in the case of investment fund acquisitions. These proposed amendments…

• SEC publishes proposals regarding dark pools

  As described in our post of October 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently voted to propose measures intended to increase the transparency of private automated trading systems known as "dark pools". On November 13, the…

• Revised Income Trust Conversion Guide published

  Stikeman Elliott has recently published the 2010 edition of the Income Trust Conversion Guide.  From taxation and securities law to employment and corporate governance matters, this concise publication identifies key legal issues that an income trust…

• CSA publish amendments to marketplace operation and trading rules

  The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice today outlining amendments to National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation, National Instrument 23-101 Trading Rules and their related companion policies. The amendments follow in the footsteps of earlier proposals, discussed…

• Impact of registration reform on existing sub-advisory and other advisory arrangements in Quebec

  Alix d'Anglejan-Chatillon  Canadian, U.S. and other non-Canadian investment advisers which have entered into portfolio management agreements with permitted institutional clients in Quebec and, in particular, sub-advisory agreements with Quebec-registered dealers and advisers, on the basis of the…

• CSA publish status report on proposed changes to corporate governance regime

  The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a status report today on the proposed changes to the corporate governance regime published in December 2008. Citing the numerous comments received questioning the timing of the proposed changes,…