MFDA issues Notice of Settlement Hearing in respect of Brien Ingram Robertson Marshall, Blair Robert Cooper, and Tradex Management Inc.
TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") announced that it has issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing dated October 27, 2017 regarding the presentation, review and consideration of a proposed settlement agreement by a Hearing Panel of the MFDA's Central Regional Council.
The settlement agreement will be between Staff of the MFDA and Brien Ingram Robertson Marshall, Blair Robert Cooper and Tradex Management Inc. ("Tradex") (collectively, "Respondents") and involves matters for which the Respondents may be disciplined by a Hearing Panel pursuant to MFDA By-laws. The proposed settlement agreement concerns allegations that:
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between August 14, 2003 and January 28, 2015, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Marshall and/or other Approved Persons at Tradex acting on their behalf, obtained, possessed and, in some instances, used to process transactions approximately 81 pre-signed account forms in respect of 39 clients, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; |
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between June 15, 2006 and February 21, 2014, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Marshall and/or other Approved Persons at Tradex acting on their behalf, altered information on 9 account forms in respect of 9 clients after the clients had signed the account forms without obtaining the clients' initials to acknowledge the altered information, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; and |
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between August 14, 2003 and January 28, 2015, Tradex failed to supervise the activities of its Approved Persons in order to ensure compliance with MFDA requirements and failed to establish, implement and maintain adequate policies and procedures that prohibited its Approved Persons from collecting, maintaining or using pre-signed or altered account forms, contrary to MFDA Rules 2.5, 2.9, 2.10, and 2.1.1, and MFDA Policy No. 2. |
The settlement hearing is scheduled to take place on December 20, 2017, commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern), or as soon thereafter as the matter can be held, in the hearing room at the offices of the MFDA, located at 121 King Street West, Suite 1000, Toronto, Ontario.
MFDA settlement hearings are typically held in the absence of the public pursuant to section 20.5 of MFDA By-law No. 1 and Rule 15.2(2) of the MFDA Rules of Procedure. If the Hearing Panel accepts the settlement agreement, then the proceeding will become open to the public and a copy of the decision of the Hearing Panel and the settlement agreement will be made available at www.mfda.ca.
A copy of the Notice of Settlement Hearing 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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