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Former Facedrive execs to pay fines after misleading news releases
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Emerge Canada tells investors it will wind up or sell operations after OSC order
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Emerge funds manager fights for its life as regulators say it’s out of money
The Bay Street sign is pictured in the heart of the financial district as people walk by in Toronto, May 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
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OSC accuses former Facedrive executives of issuing misleading press releases for its contact-tracing tech
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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GlobeNewswire employees in Toronto accused of insider trading
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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More investors are using advisors while managing portfolios themselves
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Ontario regulator says rule reforms not meant to stop banks selling third-party mutual funds
Commerce Court West (let) and buildings at the TD Centre (centre and right) in TorontoÕs Financial District, are photographed on July 15 2020.
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Do regulators need to prioritize negligence over fraud?
Suspect businessman displaying regret, worry and concern using body language in dark interrogation room
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Why advisors and investors need to take growing concerns of ‘greenwashing’ seriously
Uncertainty in Business
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Ontario joins the rest of Canada in banning mutual fund early withdrawal fees
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Subsidiaries of three more Canadian banks face potential class actions against trailing commissions paid to discount brokerages by mutual funds without providing the funds' investors any service of value, such as professional advice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
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OSC to start enforcing new rules for unregistered crypto trading platforms
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Ontario’s regulatory agency finds COVID-19 pandemic impacts retail investors unevenly
A commercial retail space is advertised for lease along King Street West in Toronto on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Growing companies are searching for new offices as businesses ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic are closing, downsizing or moving toward permanent work from home policies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Investment-industry regulator drops plan for minor-offence program
Bank towers are shown on Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
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Ontario task force falls short in its proposals to reform capital markets
Catherine McCall and Edward Waitzer
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Province extends term of Ontario Securities Commission chair and CEO Grant Vingoe
OSC chair and chief executive Grant Vingoe, in Toronto, in April 2020.
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Brazilian businessman Eike Batista accused of stock market manipulation in former TSX-listed companies
(FILES) In this file picture taken on November 18, 2014 Brazilian businessman Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest man, gestures during the first day of his trial for alleged insider trading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Brazilian ex-magnate Eike Batista was sentenced on May 27, 2019 to pay 536 million reais (about 134 million US dollars) in fines for manipulating stock prices when he was in charge of the board of directors of oil company OGX, the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) reported. He was also banned for seven years to hold positions as administrator or director of a company with open capitals. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
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A strong case can be made for Ontario to support market passport system
Ian Russell
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Revamped banking ombudsman could strengthen dispute resolution for customers
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The latest report from the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) shows a 13 per cent increase in complaints/cases, driven by a 28 per cent increase in complaints about banking. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
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Ontario task force recommends sweeping overhaul for OSC
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Bloomberg, Ontario securities regulator reach settlement over alleged unauthorized fixed-income trades
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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OSC accuses Bloomberg subsidiary of operating trading facility for investors before regulatory approval granted
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Changes to regulation of syndicated mortgages in Ontario pushed to 2021
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on Dec. 12, 2019.
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Investor advocate group FAIR Canada gets $3.75-million pledge from Ontario Securities Commission
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019. (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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WeedMD grower leaked details on production expansion, Ontario Securities Commission says
This April 6, 2018, file photo shows the leaves of a marijuana plant inside Ultra Health's cultivation greenhouse in Bernalillo, N.M.
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Four lessons advisors have learned from the pandemic
Brent Allen
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To reinvigorate our capital markets, Ontario must act boldly
Walied Soliman
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Canada must merge investment industry regulators, former OSC chairs say
About $60-million collected by the OSC and IIROC from brokerage firms is sitting in investment accounts.
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Ottawa may have to require corporate boards to set diversity targets, senator says
THORNBURY, ON - Maureen Jensen is critical of Canada's loose laws that allow a shady stock promotion to flourish. Maureen is the former chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail October 8, 2020.
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New OSC office to focus on innovative financing tools for start-ups
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on Dec. 12, 2019.
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New rules for portfolio managers could redefine hiring practices at financial services firms
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Streetwise newsletter: Brookfield Property plans to whittle down its mall portfolio but sees J. C. Penney surviving the downturn
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2017, file photo, a shopper heads into a J.C. Penney store in Seattle. Mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners are close to a deal to buy department store chain J.C. Penney out of bankruptcy and keep the chain running, an attorney for Penney's announced Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Streetwise newsletter: Business groups applaud Ottawa’s extension of wage subsidy program
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits for Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to deliver the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Streetwise newsletter: Bombardier Inc.’s deal with Spirit AeroSystems cast in doubt
FILE PHOTO: Bombardier's logo is seen on the building of the company's service centre at Biggin Hill, Britain March 5, 2018. Picture taken March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
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Streetwise newsletter: Why Canadian stocks are performing better than you think
The sign for TMX, the parent company of the Toronto Stock exchange is seen outside its office in Toronto, Ontario on March 24, 2020. - The province of Ontario has set a deadline of midnight Tuesday for all non-essential businesses to close due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's online plea for people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic has gone viral, with actor Ryan Reynolds, musician Michael Buble and other Canadian celebrities on Tuesday helping to spread the word. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Streetwise newsletter: Regulators prohibit discount brokers from selling funds with embedded advisory fees
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo trader Timothy Nick, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Mutual fund managers are making the most of the shaky stock market, which has provided them an opportunity to prove themselves and lure back investors who dumped them in recent years. Nearly half of all actively managed U.S. stock funds turned in better returns than their average index-fund peer for the 12 months through June, according to fund tracker Morningstar. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Streetwise newsletter: Nuvei raises target price on initial public offering amid strong demand
The Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre is shown in Toronto on June 28, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim