Statistics Canada says Financial services among most impacted by AI

Statistics Canada has published a report looking at the rise of artificial intelligence and how it will affect multiple industries. The report highlights financial services occupations in business, finance and insurance, are among industries most at risk, compared to...

CIRO’s TR&A role in Market Conduct Complaints

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization’s (CIRO) Trading Review and Analysis team’s (TR&A) role is to conduct preliminary reviews of complaints, to determine a breach of the trading rules has occurred. If the TR&A team concludes that there is...

Using principles-based regulation to meet compliance requirements

The regulators have shifted to principles-based regulation, providing an opportunity to support more meaningful interactions with clients in a less complicated way, whilst remaining informative. Regulators are increasingly leaving it to each firm to determine “how” to...

CSA orders crypto firms to join CIRO

In a joint release, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) said crypto trading platforms, (CTPs) now need to comply with Canadian securities laws, by prioritizing their applications for registration as...

CIRO announces its Annual Risk Questionnaire

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) will be launching a new harmonized risk questionnaire. Both mutual fund dealers and investment dealers, will soon be required to complete an Annual Risk Questionnaire (ARQ). The ARQ seeks to capture material...
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