Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IIROC to Hold a Settlement Hearing for Tiffany Sweeney

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 22, 2022 /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 Tiffany Sweeney.

The Agreement concerns allegations that Sweeney failed to properly perform her role as a gatekeeper to the capital markets and that she used unapproved third-party communication applications.

The hearing is not open to the public, but will become open in the event that the panel accepts the agreement. Members of the public who would like to attend the hearing may contact IIROC's National Hearing Officer at [email protected] in advance of the hearing to obtain further details. If the agreement is accepted, the Reasons for Decision and the Settlement Agreement will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.

Hearing Date:  The hearing will be held by way of videoconference on August 25, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Ms. Sweeney's conduct in April 2019.  The conduct occurred while she was a Registered Representative with the Vancouver branch of PI Financial Corp., an IIROC-regulated firm and then while she was a Registered Representative at the Vancouver branch of Research Capital Corporation, an IIROC-regulated firm. Ms. Sweeney is still within the industry in a registered capacity at the Vancouver branch of Research Capital Corporation.

The Notice of Application announcing the settlement hearing is available at:

Sweeney, Tiffany – Notice of Application

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.

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: Richard Korble, Vice-President, Western Canada, 403-260-6278, [email protected]; Media Contact: Julia Mackenzie, Public Affairs Specialist, 416-786-1650, [email protected]