IIROC consults on revisions to personal financial dealings with clients Français
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Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General NewsApr 24, 2014, 13:26 ET
TORONTO, April 24, 2014 /CNW/ - The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today published for comment proposed amendments to clarify the application of rules relating to personal financial dealings with clients.
The main objectives of the proposed amendments, which with one exception came into effect in December 2013, are to:
- clarify which dealings should be managed (including avoided where appropriate) in accordance with IIROC's general conflicts of interest rules and which dealings are prohibited personal financial dealings;
- reduce the administrative burden associated with engaging in permitted personal financial dealings with certain family members; and
- allow registered representatives and investment representatives to continue to act as a client's trustee or executor, subject to specific conditions and additional supervisory controls.
To allow for proper consideration of the proposed amendments, the deadline for the unwinding of existing trustee, executorship, power of attorney or similar arrangements is being extended to June 13, 2015.
The proposed amendments have been designed to balance the investor's right to choose the individuals they appoint to manage their financial affairs with the need to protect investors from exposure to inappropriate conflict of interest situations.
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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., 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.
SOURCE: Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News
June Yee, Manager, Corporate Communications, 416 943-6921, [email protected]; Karen Archer, Senior Media & Public Affairs Specialist, 416 865-3046, [email protected]
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