Enforcement Notice - Decision - IIROC Permanently Bans Former Nanaimo Investment Advisor Kenneth Edward Smith

VANCOUVER, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Following a penalty hearing held on May 10, 2018, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) imposed the following penalty on Kenneth Edward Smith:

1. a $125,000 fine; and
2. a permanent prohibition from approval.

Mr. Smith is also required to pay costs in the amount of $20,000.

The Hearing Panel's reasons for the penalty decision will be available at www.iiroc.ca.

In an earlier decision on liability dated April 6, 2018, the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Smith:

1. engaged in an outside business activity without obtaining the approval of his employer;
2. engaged in personal financial dealings with his client;
3. placed off-book investments for his client, without the knowledge or consent of employer;
4. took $10,000 from a former client in order to invest the funds on her behalf, without the knowledge or consent of his employer; and
5. failed to cooperate with IIROC staff during their investigation.

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Smith's conduct in January 2017. The violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with Queensbury Securities Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm, in Nanaimo, BC. Mr. Smith is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

The decision on Liability can be found at: http://www.iiroc.ca/Documents/2018/ae7968aa-6e15-495a-930a-97772d9d560e_en.pdf.

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and their trading activity in Canada's debt and equity markets. IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while supporting healthy Canadian capital markets. IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1 877 442-4322.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News

Enforcement Contact: Warren Funt, Vice-President, Western Canada, 604 331-4750, [email protected]; Media Contact: Andrea Zviedris, Manager, Media Relations, 416 943-6906, [email protected]

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