The Reporter provides a monthly summary of Canadian federal legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to federally regulated financial institutions. It does not address Canadian provincial financial services legislative and regulatory developments, although this information is tracked by BLG and can be provided on request. In addition, purely technical and administrative changes (such as changes to reporting forms) are not covered.
January 2017
| Institution | Published | Title and Brief Summary | Status |
| Finance | Published (Gazette) — January 25, 2017 | January 25, 2017 — Canadian Payments
Association By-law No. 1 — General Amendments to CPA By-law No. 1 — General are being made to include eligibility criteria for membership in the Member Advisory Council (MAC). Amendments are also made to the Stakeholder Advisory Council eligibility criteria. These amendments remedy a potential conflict of interest situation with the new governance structure established by the revised legislation (i.e. an individual who is an independent CPA Board director will not be eligible to serve on the Council as a representative of a stakeholder) and expand on relevant criteria to be used in assessing nominees. The current By-law No. 1 — General, SOR/2003-174 is repealed and replaced by By-law No. 1 — General, SOR/2017-1. |
Effective January 3, 2017 |
| Financial Stability Board (FSB) | Published January 12, 2017 | Policy Recommendations to Address Structural
Vulnerabilities from Asset Management Activities This report sets out 14 policy recommendations to address the following structural vulnerabilities from asset management activities that could potentially present financial stability risks:
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