Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IN THE MATTER OF Brian Michael Sutton - Appearance to set a hearing date

TORONTO, May 3, 2016 /CNW/ - An appearance has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) for the purpose of setting a date for the disciplinary hearing in the matter of Brian Michael Sutton.

The discipline hearing concerns the allegation that Mr. Sutton failed to ensure that proprietary fund products offered by First Leaside Securities Inc. were properly priced on client account statements.

The set date appearance is open to the public, unless the Hearing Panel orders otherwise. The date for the discipline hearing will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.

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Set Date Appearance:	May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Location:	Quebec Boardroom
	121 King St. West, Suite 2000
	Toronto, ON

Specifically, the allegation is that:

(a)	Between September 2009 and October 2011, Mr. Sutton, as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of First Leaside Securities Inc. ("FLSI"), failed to ensure that proprietary fund products recommended and sold by FLSI were properly priced, contrary to IIROC Dealer Member Rule 38.6(c).

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Sutton's conduct in May 2013. The alleged violation occurred while he was the CFO with FLSI, formerly an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Sutton is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm. 

The Notice of Hearing which sets out the allegations is available at: http://www.iiroc.ca/Documents/2016/bec4b8dc-26ef-4f52-b77e-aae3ebc76d0e_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 maintaining efficient and competitive 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: Elsa Renzella, Vice President, Enforcement, 416 943-5877, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]