MFDA Hearing Panel issues Reasons for Decision in the matter of Iftikhar Mahmood
TORONTO, April 13, 2015 /CNW/ - A Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") has issued its Reasons for Decision in connection with a settlement hearing held in Toronto, Ontario on March 26, 2015 in the matter of Iftikhar Mahmood (the "Respondent"). The Reasons for Decision relate to the Hearing Panel's acceptance of the settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") entered into between the Respondent and Staff of the MFDA. In its Reasons for Decision dated April 9, 2015, the Hearing Panel confirmed the sanctions imposed on the Respondent:
- shall pay a fine in the amount of $5,000;
- has paid costs in the amount of $2,500; and
- shall in the future comply with sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103.
In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that between between June 2010 and October 2010, he referred one (1) client to a company that sold mortgage investment products and received $750 in referral fees for doing so, thereby participating in a referral arrangement to which the Member was not a party and which did not otherwise comply with sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103.
Copies of the Reasons for Decision and the Settlement Agreement are available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Reasons for Decision, the Respondent carried on business in the Aurora, Ontario area.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its 104 Members and their approximately 80,000 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
Shaun Devlin, Senior Vice-President, Member Regulation, Enforcement, 416-943-4672, [email protected]
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