Enforcement Notice - Decision - IIROC Sanctions Yonathan Chanoch Shields

TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2022 /CNW/ - Following a penalty hearing held on October 20, 2021, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) imposed the following penalty on Yonathan Chanoch Shields:

(a)      Disgorgement of $64,054.80;  

(b)      Fine in the amount of $40,000;

(c)      Suspension until October 20, 2022;

(d)      Successfully re-write the CPH examination before he is re-registered; and

(e)      Close supervision for one year from re-registration.

Mr. Shields is also required to pay costs in the amount of $35,000.

The penalty decision can be found at:

Re Shields, 2021 IIROC 31

In an earlier decision dated July 20, 2021, the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Shields acted contrary to Dealer Member Rules 1300.1(a) and 1300.1(q).  Mr. Shields failed to know nine of his clients, and implemented a high-risk options on futures trading strategy that was not suitable for these clients. The clients suffered a combined loss of approximately $1.2 million USD. 

The Hearing Panel's liability decision is available at:

Re Shields, 2021 IIROC 15

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Shields's conduct in April 2018. The alleged violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with the Toronto branch of R.J. O'Brien & Associates Canada Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Shields is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

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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.

IIROC is the pan-Canadian self-regulatory organization that 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 174 Canadian investment dealer firms of varying sizes and business models, and their more than 31,000 registered employees. IIROC also sets and enforces market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian debt and equity marketplaces. For more information,visit www.iiroc.ca.

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

Enforcement Contact: Andrew P. Werbowski, Director, Enforcement Litigation, 416-943-5789, [email protected]; Media Contact: Julia Mackenzie, Public Affairs Specialist, 416-786-1650, [email protected]