Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IIROC to Hold Penalty Hearing for Halifax Investment Advisor Shirley Locke

HALIFAX, NS, June 30, 2020 /CNW/ - A penalty hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of Shirley Locke.

The Hearing Panel will consider the penalty to be imposed as a result of their liability decision dated May 28, 2020.   

The Hearing Panel's liability decision is available here: Locke, Shirley - 2020 IIROC 14

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Ms. Locke's conduct in May 2017. The alleged violations occurred while she was a Registered Representative with National Bank Financial Inc., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. and Aligned Capital Partners Inc., all IIROC-regulated firms. Ms. Locke is currently employed with Aligned Capital Partners Inc.

The penalty hearing is open to the public, unless the Hearing Panel orders otherwise. Members of the public who would like to attend the hearing should contact IIROC's National Hearing Coordinator at [email protected] to obtain the details.  The decision of the Hearing Panel will be made available at www.iiroc.ca. 

Hearing Date:  The hearing will be held by way of videoconference on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time.

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.

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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 175 Canadian investment dealer firms and their nearly 30,000 registered employees, the majority of whom are commonly referred to as investment advisors. IIROC also sets and enforces market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian debt and 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: Charles Corlett, Director, Enforcement Litigation, 416 646-7253, [email protected]; Media Contact: Andrea Zviedris, Manager, Media Relations, 416 943-6906, [email protected]

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www.iiroc.ca