Advocacy Update on Consultation Paper 51-404: Considerations for Reducing Regulatory Burden for Issuers
You may recall that the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a request for comments on April 6, 2017 to which CIRI responded. The CSA issued an update on March 27, 2018 indicating that they will initiate the following six CSA policy projects as a result of the feedback received from CIRI and others:
Prospectus Requirements:
1. Considering potential alternative prospectus model
2. Facilitating at-the-market offerings
3. Revisiting the primary business requirements
Continuous Disclosure Requirements:
1. Removing or modifying the criteria to file a business acquisition report
2. Revisiting certain continuous disclosure requirements
Other Securities Regulation Requirements:
1. Enhancing electronic delivery of documents
While CIRI was supportive of semi-annual reporting, the majority of commenters were not. As such, semi-annual reporting has not been included in the policy projects.
CIRI will monitor developments in these projects, engage with the regulators as appropriate and inform you of progress.
CSA Outlines Disclosure Expectations for Real Estate Reporting Issuers
For those of you in the Real Estate sector, the CSA issued a Staff Notice on disclosure expectations for real estate reporting issuers. The Staff Notice is based on a review that found the quality of disclosure pertaining to distributions and non-GAAP financial measures in the real estate industry needs improvement.
Should you have any comments and/or questions pertaining to our advocacy initiatives, please contact Yvette Lokker directly.
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CIRI is pleased to inform you that new job opportunities are available in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
CIRI members can click here to view the postings. You must be logged in as this is a 'Members Only' benefit.
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Members may submit a job posting free of charge. Non-members may submit a job posting for $150+HST.
To submit a job posting, contact Jane Maciel at jmaciel@ciri.org or (416) 364-8200.
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Securities regulators are taking a hard look at whether companies should be allowed to pay investment dealers for securing favourable shareholder votes.
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Canada's securities regulators have published a staff notice discussing the quality of disclosure by real estate reporting issuers, focusing on distribution disclosure and non-GAAP financial measures.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 52-329 Distribution Disclosures and Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Real Estate Industry. The notice details findings of a recent review and provides additional guidance on disclosure expectations relating to distributions and non-GAAP financial measures for real estate reporting issuers.
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This notice outlines certain issues that staff of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have identified with respect to the use of soliciting dealer arrangements. Staff are publishing this notice for a 60-day comment period to better understand these arrangements to aid the CSA in assessing whether any additional guidance or rules in respect of those arrangements would be appropriate. In addition to any general comments, we also invite comments on the specific questions set out at the end of the notice.
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