MONTREAL, April 10, 2017 /CNW/ - On March 29, 2017, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) accepted a Settlement Agreement, with sanctions, between IIROC Staff and JitneyTrade Inc.
JitneyTrade Inc. admitted that it failed to comply with its trading supervision obligations.
Specifically, JitneyTrade Inc. admitted to the following violation:
Between September 2013 and October 2014, JitneyTrade Inc. failed to comply with its trading supervision obligations to prevent and detect violations of UMIR 2.2 by one of its direct electronic access clients, contrary to UMIR 7.1 and UMIR Policy 7.1.
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, JitneyTrade agreed to the following penalty:
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A fine in the amount of $200,000; and |
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Implement the remedial measures described in paragraph 29 of the Settlement Agreement and provide a report to staff outlining the implementation and adoption date of the remedial measures within 6 months of the acceptance date of the Settlement Agreement. |
JitneyTrade Inc. also agreed to pay costs in the amount of $25,000.
The Settlement Agreement is available at http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=05C13C7568F845039C909214ACE7A98C&Language=en
The Hearing Panel's decision will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.
Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings – including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels – are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into JitneyTrade Inc.'s conduct in June 2014.
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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:Claudyne Bienvenu, Vice-President, Québec, 514 878-2854, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]
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