U can't touch this: insurance sales brokers may be free to take their book of business elsewhere *

Canada - February 7 2013
The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed that insurance sales brokers and other independent contractors may be free to take their books of business…

Co-authors: Paul Boshyk .

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Ontario Court of Appeal recognises new tort for invasion of privacy *

Canada - February 1 2013
Faced with the discovery that someone else had accessed her bank records more than 174 times, without authorisation or any lawful reason, Sandra…

Co-authors: Lyndsay Wasser.

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OSFI issues new draft corporate governance guideline *

Canada - September 19 2012
On August 7, 2012, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI"), Canada's regulator of federal regulated financial institutions such as banks, insurers and loan and trust companies ("FRFIs"), issued for comment a draft guideline entitled Corporate Governance of Federally Regulated Financial Institutions (the "2012 Guideline").

Co-authors: Calie Adamson, Carol Lyons.

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Investment funds and asset management - regulatory update *

Canada - July 19 2012
Several regulatory developments have recently occurred which will have an impact on investment funds, investment fund managers and advisers operating in Canada.

Co-authors: Michael Burns.

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Divergent paths – securities regulatory authorities in nine Canadian jurisdictions propose to adopt different rules for registration of non-resident investment fund managers *

Canada - March 8 2012
In a recent client bulletin, we noted that on February 10, 2012, the securities authorities of Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador published a request for comments in relation to proposed Multilateral Instrument 32-102 Registration Exemptions for Non-Resident Investment Fund Managers and Companion Policy 32-102CP.

Co-authors: Michael Burns.

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