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MFDA releases strategic plan through 2014
May 15th, 2012

The Mutual Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) has released a new strategic plan for the period through 2014. Specifically, the MFDA identifies four key strategic goals for itself in the plan, namely: (i) enhancing collaboration with the industry; (ii) promoting investor co... Read more »

IIROC provides information on exemptions granted in 2011
May 15th, 2012

Yesterday, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released a notice providing information on exemptions granted in 2011. Ultimately, IIROC granted a total of 66 exemptions last year, most of which were related to requests by a Participant to act as a principal or... Read more »

CDS proposes amendments to buy-in process functionality
May 10th, 2012

The OSC today published a proposal to amend functionality of CDS' Continuous Net Settlement Service buy-in process. Specifically, the changes would (i) allow the receiver (buyer) to select the specific deliverers (sellers) they wish to grant or deny extensions to; (ii) ... Read more »

Proposed recognition orders related to Maple acquisition published by OSC
May 10th, 2012

On May 3, the Ontario Securities Commission published a notice summarizing the public comments received to date on Maple Group's proposed acquisition of TMX Group and identifying changes to the application since its original publication in October 2011. The notice also contains a proposed... Read more »

More on the CSA's proposed end-user exemption
May 10th, 2012

Margaret Grottenthaler - As we discussed last month, the Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee recently released the latest in a series of eight papers intended to build on the high-level proposals found in Consultation Paper 91-401 regarding the regulation of OTC ... Read more »

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