MFDA issues Notice of Settlement Hearing in respect of Donald Shaw
TORONTO, April 27, 2017 /CNW/ - The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") today announced 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 Prairie Regional Council.
The settlement agreement will be between Staff of the MFDA and Donald William Shaw ("Respondent") and involves matters for which the Respondent may be disciplined by a Hearing Panel pursuant to MFDA By-laws. The subject matter of the proposed settlement agreement concerns allegations that the Respondent:
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between October 4, 2013 and October 8, 2013, provided a short term loan of $440,000 to a client, thereby giving rise to a conflict or potential conflict of interest between the Respondent and the client, which the Respondent failed to address by the exercise of reasonable business judgment, influenced only by the best interests of the client, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.4; |
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between November 2012 and November 2015, obtained, possessed, and in some instances, used to process transactions, 31 pre-signed account forms in respect of 18 clients, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; and |
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between November 2014 and April 2015, altered four (4) account forms in respect of two (2) clients by altering the date on the account forms without having the clients initial the alterations, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1. |
The settlement hearing is scheduled to take place on June 6, 2017, commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain), or as soon thereafter as the matter can be held, in the hearing room at the Westin Calgary, located at 320 4th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta.
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. During the period described in the Notice of Settlement Hearing, the Respondent carried on business in the Rocky Mountain House, Alberta area.
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]; Mark Stott, Vice-President, Prairie Region, 403-215-8329, [email protected]
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