The Canadian Securities Administrators (CAS) has announced the creation of a single self regulatory organization (SRO) for the investment sector. According to a statement by the CSA, the SRO will consolidate the functions of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund… Read More
Canada has long held a fragmented approach to online capital formation where securities crowdfunding is regulated at the provincial level. Obviously, this creates unnecessary friction to an emerging sector of Fintech that facilitates capital formation for early-stage ventures. Today, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has… Read More
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have jointly published a notice outlining securities law requirements that apply to crypto-asset trading platforms (or CTPs) and how they may be tailored by regulators, according to a public statement. The… Read More
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced that in light of the COVID-19 crisis and difficulties regarding small businesses accessing capital, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has made an interim local order that adopts the start-up crowdfunding regime currently in place in certain other Canadian… Read More
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the leading financial regulator and central bank of Singapore, has announced renewed cooperation on Fintech with Canadian Securities Regulators while simultaneously announcing a tighter relationship with the Banque de France. The announcements were released during Singapore’s annual Fintech Week… Read More
Canada has joined a growing group of financial regulators seeking input on creating a regulatory compliant ecosystem for trading digital assets. Posted this week, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the group that represents all of the provincial regulators, posted a consultation in partnership with the… Read More
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued an alert to investors when considering buying crypto assets through trading platforms. The CSA states that even though a platform may call itself an “exchange,” that does not mean it is complying with the securities regulatory regime. The… Read More
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have posted a notice regarding companies that are using Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to raise capital online. The CSA published a Staff Notice, 46-307 Cryptocurrency Offerings, noting that issuers may need to comply with existing securities law. Canada is the… Read More
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has launched a bespoke Fintech regulatory sandbox. The CSA described the Sandbox as an initiative that supports businesses seeking to offer innovative products, services, and applications. “The objective of this initiative is to facilitate the ability of those businesses to… Read More
Provincial securities regulators in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia announced Thursday that they will permit startup and early-stage companies to issue shares to investors through crowdfunding websites, according to the Globe and Mail. However, Ottawa stated that it will not take… Read More
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