MFDA Hearing Panel accepts settlement agreement with Worldsource Financial Management Inc.
TORONTO, June 29, 2017 /CNW/ - A settlement hearing in the matter of Worldsource Financial Management Inc. ("Respondent") was held on June 28, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario before a three-member Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA").
The Hearing Panel accepted the settlement agreement ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and the Respondent, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed on the Respondent:
- a fine in the amount of $150,000; and
- costs in the amount of $20,000.
In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that:
| a) |
after receiving a written report dated November 28, 2011 informing the Respondent of misconduct by Conrad Eagan, the Respondent failed to conduct a reasonable supervisory investigation concerning the allegations of misconduct or take such supervisory and disciplinary action as may have been warranted by the results of such an investigation, contrary to MFDA Rules 1.1.5, 2.1.1, 2.1.4 and 2.5.1 and MFDA Policies 2 and 3; and |
| b) |
after receiving a written report dated November 28, 2011 alleging that Conrad Eagan had engaged in misconduct, including unauthorized outside business activities involving will preparation, accepting powers of attorney and appointments as estate trustee for clients, processing unauthorized trades and account transfers, and engaging in unauthorized complaint handling, it failed to report these allegations to the MFDA, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1 and MFDA Policy No. 6. |
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 83,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
Charles Toth, Director, Litigation, 416-943-4619, [email protected]
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