MFDA issues Notice of Settlement Hearing in respect of Chad Peters

TORONTO, March 13, 2012 /CNW/ - The MFDA announced today that it has issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing 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 Chad Mackenzie Peters (the "Respondent") and involves matters for which the Respondent may be disciplined by a Hearing Panel pursuant to MFDA By-laws. The settlement agreement concerns allegations that:

a)			on or about December 22, 2010, the Respondent completed parts of an account opening document for a client and falsified the signature of the client on the document, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; and
b)			on or about December 23, 2010, the Respondent interfered with the ability of the Member to conduct a reasonable supervisory investigation of his conduct by providing a false response to the Member in the course of its investigation, before admitting to the falsification, contrary to MFDA Rules 1.1.2, 2.5.1, and MFDA Rule 2.1.1.

The settlement hearing is scheduled to take place on March 19, 2012 commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern) in the MFDA hearing room located at 121 King Street West, Suite 1000, Toronto, Ontario. The hearing will be open to the public, except as may be required for the protection of confidential matters.

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 124 Members and their approximately 75,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest.

Shaun Devlin
Vice-President, Enforcement
416-943-4672 or [email protected]