Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IN THE MATTER OF James Alexander Moon, Michael Edward Comeau and Mitchell Torch - Settlement Hearing Français
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Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General NewsJul 10, 2017, 10:15 ET
TORONTO, July 10, 2017 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) to consider whether the panel should accept a Settlement Agreement entered into between IIROC staff and James Alexander Moon, Michael Edward Comeau and Mitchell Torch.
The Agreement concerns conduct involving the purchase of securities by clients who may not have qualified as accredited investors, the supervision of those purchases and the handling of a client complaint.
The hearing is not open to the public, but will become open in the event that the panel accepts the agreement. If the agreement is accepted, the panel's decision and the Settlement Agreement 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.
Hearing Date: Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
Location: IIROC, 121 King Street West, Suite 2000, Toronto, Ontario
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Moon, Mr. Comeau and Mr. Torch's conduct in November 2012. The conduct occurred while they were Registrants with the Toronto, Ontario branch of All Group Financial Services Inc., formerly an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Moon and Mr. Comeau are currently registered with Hampton Securities Inc. and Mr. Torch is currently registered with Aligned Capital Partners Inc., both IIROC Dealer Member firms.
The Notice of Application announcing the settlement hearing is available at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=61D1CB15C42047F2A88510D0956804AC&Language=en
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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: Elsa Renzella, Vice-President, Enforcement, 416 943-5877, [email protected]; Media Contact: Paul Howard, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, 416 646-7279, [email protected]
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