Canada
DLA Piper
On February 15, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") published its Systemic Risk Committee's (the "Committee") 2023 Annual Report on Capital Markets (the "Report").
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
On Jan. 18, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment CSA Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-102...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
The Systemic Risk Committee (SRC) of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) allows staff to review and monitor systemic and emerging risks in the Canadian capital markets.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
During the 2017 and 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) boom, the concept of tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) became popularized. Many innovators saw the potential to disintermediate...
DLA Piper
On February 14, 2024, The Bank of Canada (the "Bank") released How to complete a registration application: A step-by-step guide (the "Step-by-Step Guide").
Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
Canadian cryptocurrency investors and traders have lost millions of dollars' worth of crypto investments and crypto inventory as a result of fraud by both large and small crypto exchanges and platforms.
Mills & Mills
You have worked hard for years to save up enough money to buy your dream home.
Lawson Lundell LLP
On February 2, 2024, the BC Supreme Court dismissed a petition by Conifex Timber Inc. challenging the validity of a regulation that effectively relieved BC Hydro of its obligation...
Gowling WLG
As we move into 2024, Gowling WLG's Financial Services and Technology (FSxT) Group shares its take on key legal and regulatory developments expected to affect the Canadian market this year...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On January 31, 2024, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI") published the final Integrity and Security Guideline.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
In Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) dismissed a motion to stay a proposed class action in favour of arbitration. In making its decision...
WeirFoulds LLP
Canadian and American regulators have made concerted efforts in the last year to definitively demonstrate that cryptocurrencies are under their securities purview...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
On January 26, 2024, Ontario's Capital Markets Tribunal (the Tribunal) approved a settlement [PDF] in the matter of Nicholas Agar and Paul Ungerman (the respondents)...
McMillan LLP
Challenges and opportunities in the FinTech industry have attracted a massive regulatory response over the last few years.
Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
Under S.233.3 of the Income Tax Act, Canadian tax residents (individuals, corporations or certain partnerships and trusts), who at any time of year, own any specified foreign property with a total cost that exceeds $100,000 Canadian ...
WeirFoulds LLP
Cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly regulated under securities laws in Canada and the United States, often to the chagrin of those in control of crypto assets.
Dentons
On January 18, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice and request for comment regarding proposed amendments (Proposed Amendments)...
Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
If Canadian e-commerce businesses have been utilizing Shopify, the Canada Revenue Agency is interested in finding out if they have been correctly reporting their sales.
McMillan LLP
Amidst the backdrop of a recovering global economy, the landscape of capital markets in 2023 was marked by evolving geopolitical tensions and the aftermath of pandemic-induced disruptions.
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
On January 18, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") issued proposed amendments to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds ("NI 81-102")...